Virtual machine provisioning and directory service management

A machine-readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor of a machine to cause the processor to perform operations to perform a method, the operations comprising:

• granting a subscriber client access to a cloud service-based resource group within a subscriber controlled computing environment, the subscriber controlled computing environment having a virtual network;
• establishing, via the virtual network, a direct network connection to a domain controller in the subscriber controlled computing environment;
• extending the virtual network to a subscriber client virtual machine in a producer cloud service;
• joining the subscriber client virtual machine with the virtual network;
• and
• providing access, by the subscriber client via the subscriber controlled computing environment and virtual network, to the subscriber client virtual machine.

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device coupled to the processor and having a program stored thereon for execution by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• granting a subscriber client access to a cloud service-based resource group within a subscriber controlled computing environment, the subscriber controlled computing environment having a virtual network;
• establishing, via the virtual network, a direct network connection to a domain controller in the subscriber controlled computing environment;
• extending the virtual network to a subscriber client virtual machine in a producer cloud service;
• joining the subscriber client virtual machine with the virtual network;
• and
• providing access, by the subscriber client via the subscriber controlled computing environment and virtual network, to the subscriber client virtual machine.