While creating a Hyper-V replica broker in my HV cluster, I came across a problem. No matter what workaround I tried, my broker wont work. I tried pre-staging the computer account etc, as mentioned here but for my particular environment, it did not work. I read this: “https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2012/12/09/why-adding-hyper-v-replica-connection-broker-fails-in-failover-cluster-manager/” and this https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/36ab7df9-a202-4493-a4a4-57b9cc8370b8/hyperv-replica-broker-stuck-in-failed-status?forum=winserverhyperv   Here is how I resolved it : I deleted the pre-staged computer account in AD, (which I had created manually, earlier for the replica broker) Configured the role in FCM, no errors while creation After that… yes, I got errors in the log (ignore for a minute) Then I recreated the AD computer name by hand and gave…