Azure Arc Blog

Since the launch of our vNext experience for Arc Jumpstart last year at Microsoft Ignite, we have witnessed remarkable growth in adoption, usage, and community involvement. At Jumpstart, our core…

Last year, we released Jumpstart Agora, a new industry-led marketplace for Jumpstart automation, where we shared the story of Contoso Supermarket and illustrated how retailers can explore the art of…

As our annual Build conference is about to kick off this week, I’m thrilled to share several product announcements to empower developers to take advantage of Azure’s adaptive cloud approach:…

This week we are excited to announce the Public Preview of Azure Arc site manager. We designed site manager to meet the needs of customers who manage solutions on the…

Release Summary We are thrilled to announce the Limited Public Preview of Edge Storage Accelerator (ESA), a 1P storage system designed for Arc-connected Kubernetes clusters.  ESA is a cloud-native persistent…

Announced during last week’s Windows Server Summit 2024, customers will be able to transition to Azure Arc for WS2012 Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc for Year 2 if…

With the new year in full swing, we are excited to announce the relaunch of the “Azure Arc Community Calls”, now rebranded to “Adaptive Cloud Community”, and invite you to…

Azure Arc is a multi-cloud and on-premises management platform that simplifies governance and management by delivering a consistent way to manage your entire environment together by projecting your existing non-Azure and or on-premises…

Azure Arc simplifies governance and management by delivering a consistent way to manage your entire environment together by projecting your existing multicloud/non-Azure and on-premises resources into Azure Resource Manager. Azure Arc…

Since HCI 23h2 was announced, HCIBox users have been asking me and the Jumpstart team, "when will HCIBox be ready?" Some are interested in the new cloud deployment features, others…

Earlier this year, Kubernetes Apps in the Azure Marketplace became Generally Available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). With Kubernetes Apps, teams can extend the capabilities of their deployments with a…

While more and more organisations are moving towards cloud they are all using cloud in their own way depending on size and scale. Some have adopted cloud native model using…

Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview of the Arc VS Code Extension - a one-stop-shop for all your developer needs. Whether you’re just starting your journey with Arc,…

We are excited to announce the Public Preview of Run Command on Azure Arc-enabled servers. This feature is a game-changer for remotely and securely managing your Azure Arc-enabled servers. You…

Introduction As organizations embrace containerization and Kubernetes for their applications, the need for seamless portability across the Kubernetes ecosystem coupled with cloud object storage and local persistence has become a…

Hey folks  In the November release of Arc data services which also happened to be the same week the PASS and Microsoft Ignite conferences happened, we announced the public preview…

Azure Stack HCI (hyperconverged infrastructure) is a virtualisation host that runs on-premise on validated partner hardware. AKS Hybrid is an on-premise implementation of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) orchestrator which automates running containerised applications…

SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc has numerous features designed to help DBAs and IT Admins better maintain, govern, and secure their hybrid and multi-cloud data workloads. From an observability…

It’s been almost two weeks since the first post-End of Life Patch Tuesday for Windows Server 2012/R2.  To receive that critical security patch from November’s Patch Tuesday, your servers must…

One common question which I’ve come across is certificate management for web servers. Usually when servers are hosted on Azure there are ways like storing certificates and secrets in Azure…

At Microsoft, we're committed to providing our customers with the tools they need to succeed wherever they are. By extending Azure services to the customer's preferred environments like System Center,…

Azure AI Video Indexer, an Azure AI, solution with artificial intelligence and cognitive capabilities that are specifically designed for video content. It enables users to easily extract video insights and…

With Azure Arc, our mission is to bring comprehensive capabilities of the to customers wherever they run workloads. We are excited to share some of the new integrations and improvements…

Dear Arc Jumpstart community,   Today, I am thrilled to announce the launch of the next version of Arc Jumpstart, a project that has been close to my heart for…

Empowering the digital evolution requires seamless integration, agility, and scalability. By extending Azure services to the customer’s preferred environments like VMware, we want to ensure a consistent experience and help…

As many of you know, Windows Server 2012 is reaching end-of-support (EoS) on October 10, 2023. Extended Security enabled by Azure Arc is the best way for customers to get…

With Azure Arc, we want to bring the goodness of Azure to the customers wherever they are. As part of this mission, Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)…

We are excited to announce that Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc is now Generally Available. Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2…

Almost one year ago the Jumpstart team released the public preview of HCIBox, our self-contained sandbox for exploring Azure Stack HCI capabilities without the need for physical hardware. Feedback from…

With Azure Arc, our mission is to bring comprehensive capabilities of the Azure platform to customers wherever they are. As part of expanding our solutions across hybrid, multicloud, and edge…

In the past four years, Azure Arc Jumpstart has grown tremendously to become the de facto standard Azure Arc skilling and enablement resource for customers, partners, and Microsoft's field sellers. Today,…

We are thrilled to announce the Public Preview of Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Service-Managed Credential Rotation for Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance. With a strong focus on data security and…

We are excited to share the general availability of SSH for Azure Arc which was released earlier this month. Remote management, and SSH specifically, is a critical tool for programmatic and…

With Azure Arc, we want to empower businesses to transcend cloud boundaries and innovate from the cloud to the edge. As part of our commitment to enable seamless management. security,…

Welcome back to the third installment of our multi part blog series on enhancing the security and management of Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server. In our previous posts, we explored…

The June release of Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server and Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance brings exciting new features and enhancements that simplify management and provide greater flexibility for database administrators. In this…

Sustainability is not just a moral necessity but also a critical strategic imperative for businesses. Accenture reports that sustainability has become a top-10 business priority for the first time ever,…

Do you work with Kubernetes? Are you interested in improving Kubernetes experience across hybrid and multicloud environments?     Azure Arc allows teams to manage servers and apps across data centers, at the edge,…

hi folks   As many of you may know, we have a monthly release coinciding with the patch Tuesday. So, our April release went out on the 12th.  The release…

Tired of manually onboarding and configuring Azure services for your Arc-enabled servers? With Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices, you can point, click, set, and forget to extend Azure security, monitoring,…

The demand for deploying agents in bulk on on-premise SQL servers is increasing, and manual deployment of the agent in bulk is a highly time-consuming task.   Azure Arc-enabled SQL…

Do you manage cloud resources or services on more than one Public Cloud? We're looking for security engineers, cloud architects, developers or anyone who wants to share their experience with…

  While Azure brings most benefits to customers via its PaaS offerings, we understand that not every workload could move to PaaS, some can’t even move to the cloud. You…

This blog is an update to the original blog published comparing AKS in Azure and on Azure Stack HCI, a year ago. Since then, we’ve released multiple features and fixes…

In today’s complex and dynamic IT landscape, managing your compute across hybrid, multicloud, and edge workloads is a critical challenge. You need to have a clear and comprehensive view of…

Starting today, there's no limit to the number of Azure Arc-enabled servers you can add to a resource group! We listened to your feedback and understood that the previous limit…

Whether its Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s Security Posture Management capabilities or Azure Automanage Machine Configuration’s Guest-OS level governance capabilities or Update Management Center’s patching capabilities, Azure Arc-enabled servers helps customers…

There is a growing need for the deployment of tools or agents on on-premise servers in bulk. Its highly time consuming to manually deploy the agent in bulk.   Microsoft…

We are excited to announce the public preview of viewing Databases for Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server.   The feature surfaces all the active databases and their configurations for each of…

It’s not a question of Ansible or Azure Arc. Customers are leveraging Ansible and Azure Arc-enabled servers in tandem as they blend Ansible automation and governance with Azure security and…