diff --git a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/interfaces.ts b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/interfaces.ts
index f20366f93b..20450b7416 100644
--- a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ export interface FieldInfo {
 	defaultValue?: string;
 	confirmationRequired?: boolean;
 	confirmationLabel?: string;
+	textValidationRequired?: boolean;
+	textValidationRegex?: string;
+	textValidationDescription?: string;
 	min?: number;
 	max?: number;
 	required?: boolean;
diff --git a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/deployClusterWizard/pages/clusterSettingsPage.ts b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/deployClusterWizard/pages/clusterSettingsPage.ts
index 6196f1aa39..60608f9bb0 100644
--- a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/deployClusterWizard/pages/clusterSettingsPage.ts
+++ b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/deployClusterWizard/pages/clusterSettingsPage.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import { AuthenticationMode } from '../deployClusterWizardModel';
 const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 
 const ConfirmPasswordName = 'ConfirmPassword';
+const clusterNameFieldDescription = localize('deployCluster.ClusterNameDescription', "The cluster name must consist only of alphanumeric lowercase characters or '-' and must start and end with an alphanumeric character.");
+
 export class ClusterSettingsPage extends WizardPageBase<DeployClusterWizard> {
 	private inputComponents: InputComponents = {};
 	private activeDirectorySection!: azdata.FormComponent;
@@ -37,7 +39,11 @@ export class ClusterSettingsPage extends WizardPageBase<DeployClusterWizard> {
 					label: localize('deployCluster.ClusterName', "Cluster name"),
 					required: true,
 					variableName: VariableNames.ClusterName_VariableName,
-					defaultValue: 'mssql-cluster'
+					defaultValue: 'mssql-cluster',
+					textValidationRequired: true,
+					textValidationRegex: '^[a-z0-9]$|^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]$',
+					textValidationDescription: clusterNameFieldDescription,
+					description: clusterNameFieldDescription
 				}, {
 					type: FieldType.Text,
 					label: localize('deployCluster.AdminUsername', "Admin username"),
@@ -309,6 +315,13 @@ export class ClusterSettingsPage extends WizardPageBase<DeployClusterWizard> {
 						messages.push(getInvalidSQLPasswordMessage(localize('deployCluster.AdminPasswordField', "Password")));
 					}
 
+					this.validators.forEach(validator => {
+						const result = validator();
+						if (!result.valid) {
+							messages.push(result.message);
+						}
+					});
+
 					if (messages.length > 0) {
 						this.wizard.wizardObject.message = {
 							text: messages.length === 1 ? messages[0] : localize('deployCluster.ValidationError', "There are some errors on this page, click 'Show Details' to view the errors."),
diff --git a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts
index 209beedbed..9622b7af9e 100644
--- a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts
+++ b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,27 @@ function processTextField(context: FieldContext): void {
 	});
 	context.onNewInputComponentCreated(context.fieldInfo.variableName!, input);
 	addLabelInputPairToContainer(context.view, context.components, label, input, context.fieldInfo.labelPosition);
+
+	if (context.fieldInfo.textValidationRequired) {
+		let validationRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(context.fieldInfo.textValidationRegex!);
+
+		const removeInvalidInputMessage = (): void => {
+			if (validationRegex.test(input.value!)) { // input is valid
+				removeValidationMessage(context.container, context.fieldInfo.textValidationDescription!);
+			}
+		};
+
+		context.onNewDisposableCreated(input.onTextChanged(() => {
+			removeInvalidInputMessage();
+		}));
+
+		const inputValidator: Validator = (): { valid: boolean; message: string; } => {
+			const inputIsValid = validationRegex.test(input.value!);
+			return { valid: inputIsValid, message: context.fieldInfo.textValidationDescription! };
+		};
+		context.onNewValidatorCreated(inputValidator);
+
+	}
 }
 
 function processPasswordField(context: FieldContext): void {