Typically, when we try to set the user role and owner to an existing virtual machine using PowerShell commands, we might get the following error.

Set-SCVirtualMachine: The specified owner is not a valid Active Directory Domain Services account.

Here are couple of blog posts explaining the theory and how to do it correctly.

• Working in VMM like Service Provider Foundation and Windows Azure Pack
• Adding an already running VM  to a Windows Azure Pack Subscription
• Assigning Owner and User Role to VMs in Windows Azure Pack

This is a PowerShell script, you could directly use after fixing the variable names in the first section, as you need.

# Edit the following properties according to the environment
$vmmServerName = “sc01.terawelabs.com”;
$tenantName = “jdev@manesh.me”;
$tenantSubscription = “99a39f76-b938-4e75-b8e3-78a24f60add7”;
$vmName = “java-devops-03”;

# Connect to VMM Server
Get-SCVMMServer –ComputerName $vmmServerName – ForOnBehalfOf;

# Tenant user is expected to sign up in WAP Portal and added to a plan with VM Resources
# This will ensure that user role is created in SC, with required quota limits

$roleName = $tenantName + “_” + $tenantSubscription;
$role = Get-SCUserRole –Name $roleName;
Get-SCVirtualMachine –Name $vmName | Set-SCVirtualMachine –UserRole $role;
Get-SCVirtualMachine –Name $vmName | Set-SCVirtualMachine –Owner $tenantName –OnBehalfOfUserRole $role –OnBehalfOfUser $role;