Today at Microsoft Ignite, one of the announcements was about Azure Local.
Azure’s adaptive cloud approach, powered by Azure Arc, revolutionizes how over 39,000 customers manage their hybrid, multi-cloud, and edge infrastructure. With Azure Local, you can deploy cloud-connected infrastructure at your physical locations, maintaining operational control while leveraging Azure’s powerful tools and services.
Key Features of Azure Local:
- Unified Management: Operate and scale distributed infrastructure using the Azure portal and APIs, treating physical machines like cloud resources.
- Flexible Deployment: Connect compatible machines to Azure Arc and follow a simple workflow to create an Azure Local instance with customizable clusters, networking, and storage options.
- Seamless Updates: Manage Azure Local updates through Azure Update Manager, ensuring non-disruptive updates in multi-node environments.
- Centralized Monitoring: Integrate with Azure Monitor for unified observability across cloud resources and distributed locations.
- Support for All Apps: Run VMs and containers, Windows and Linux, side-by-side on the same physical infrastructure.
- Enhanced Security: With built-in security features and integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, extend cloud security practices to your distributed locations.
Azure Local offers flexible hardware and software options to meet your specific requirements and budget, making it an ideal solution for industries with distributed computing needs. Whether you’re in retail, manufacturing, finance, or government, Azure Local provides the tools to enhance efficiency, security, and scalability.
What do you think about this announcement? Excited?
đŸ“–Learn more: Introducing Azure Local, cloud infrastructure for distributed locations enabled by Azure Arc