Solution deployment introductionMicrosoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies can be deployed in the following ways: Deployment prerequisitesDell Technologies assumes that the management services that are required for the operating system deployment and cluster configuration are in the existing infrastructure where the Azure Stack HCI cluster is being deployed. Predeployment configurationBefore deploying AX nodes, complete the required predeployment configuration tasks. Operating system deployment Change the hostnameBy default, the operating system deployment assigns a random name as the host system name. For easier identification and uniform configuration, Dell Technologies recommends that you change the hostname to something that is relevant and identifiable. Registry settings Joining cluster nodes to an Active Directory domainBefore you can create a cluster, the cluster nodes must be a part of an Active Directory domain. Configuring firewall settings