I am starting on my first “real” design of a Windows AD forest on AWS.  I’m attempting to do it using some of the recommended approaches.

I’m using a mostly private network with NAT and RDP gateways across multiple availability zones.  I’m also trying to plan for future network growth and additional functionality as the use case grows.  Far too often, tight schedules end up causing designs to “happen” rather than be researched and planned.

Some days I feel like I’m trying to walk a rather large, determined, and eager Golden Retriever — while wearing roller-skates…

FYI: Me + roller-anything = REALLY bad idea.