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Microsoft service that connects servers and Kubernetes clusters running outside Azure, for example on-premises or at the edge, to Azure management.
| Type | Product |
|---|---|
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/overview |
2026-07-16 · Video on YouTube
Azure Arc extends Azure's management, security, and governance capabilities beyond the Azure cloud, allowing you to manage servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and other resources running on-premises, at the edge, or in other cloud providers from a single…
2026-08-04 · Video on YouTube
Some workloads cannot leave the factory, hospital or store, yet running them on isolated local servers splits teams and tools. This Simply Explained episode helps IT pros and architects understand what Azure Local is, how it differs from Azure Arc, and when…
2026-02-26 · Video on YouTube
This episode argues that although Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates infrastructure, the real “cloud war” has shifted to the enterprise control plane — the system that enforces identity, policy, and governance across hybrid environments. Most enterprises are…
2026-06-11 · Video on YouTube
Cloud strategies often focus on scalability, cost optimization, and centralized services, but many organizations overlook one critical factor: latency. In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters explores why network latency can become a major barrier to…
2026-06-09 · Video on YouTube
Small Language Models (SLMs) are emerging as one of the most important developments in enterprise AI. While Large Language Models (LLMs) power tools like Microsoft Copilot with impressive reasoning and language capabilities, they also introduce challenges…
2025-11-16 · Video on YouTube
Still paying sky-high cloud rent for servers you can’t even touch? This episode shows you how to bring “the cloud” home, slash your Azure bill, and keep all the governance, security, and automation you actually care about. You’ll learn how Azure Arc lets your…
2026-08-09
https://www.m365.fm/categories/azure-talk/ Update Manager brings operating system patching into one central Azure-native service. Instead of managing updates through scattered tools, separate server lists, and disconnected reports, it gives IT teams a common…
2026-08-22 · Video on YouTube
What happens when your cloud strategy cannot live entirely in the public cloud? Organizations are modernizing infrastructure with Azure, platform services, Infrastructure as Code, automated deployment pipelines, and Azure Landing Zones. At the same time, some…
2025-11-27 · Video on YouTube
Summary: In this episode I explain why “1,400+ connectors” is a vanity metric and compare Power Automate vs Azure Logic Apps for real enterprise integration. We dig into throttling, throughput, vNet and private endpoints, Azure Arc hybrid, AI agents with…
2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube
Most teams “pass” audits yet miss real misconfigurations between reviews. Microsoft Defender for Cloud changes that by turning compliance into a live posture: map your estate to frameworks (ISO/NIST/PCI), tailor controls to your own standards, auto-remediate…
Azure Arc is a service that extends Azure management to resources outside Azure, such as on-premises servers, edge devices and other clouds, bringing them into Azure Resource Manager. · From the episode: Azure Arc - Simply Explained
Companies often have servers in their own data center, VMs in Azure, workloads in AWS and more, each with its own portal and policies. Arc unifies management and visibility. · From the episode: Azure Arc - Simply Explained
No. The show notes say you can connect existing servers and Kubernetes clusters without migrating resources. · From the episode: Azure Arc - Simply Explained
In the Azure portal find Azure Arc, pick servers, choose a subscription and resource group, generate the onboarding script and run it on a test machine. The server then appears in your portal. · From the episode: Azure Arc - Simply Explained
Azure Arc lets your own mini-PCs and edge boxes wear an Azure badge. They then follow the same policies, Defender rules, RBAC and monitoring as any public Azure region, managed from the same portal. · From the episode: Cut Cloud Costs with Azure Arc and Azure Local…
Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Local is now generally available, making enterprise-grade disaster recovery simpler, accessible, easier to setup and secure than ever before. Customers can protect supported Windows and Linux virtual machines by replicating workloads to Azure, extending their disaster recovery capabilities to the cloud.
With streamlined setup in the Azure portal, customers can validate their recovery plans without disrupting production replication, fail over to Azure during planned or unplanned outages, and return workloads to Azure Local when their on-premises environment is ready. The capability is available in all…
General Availability: October 2026
The preview of performance monitoring for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc is expanding with more flexible ways to explore and visualize your performance data. You can query Microsoft-managed monitoring data directly through a telemetry endpoint. The built-in Azure portal experience now uses Grafana dashboards, providing ready-to-use views without requiring you to deploy and manage a monitoring pipeline.
You can also connect your own Grafana environment to the same telemetry endpoint and build dashboards tailored to your operational needs. Integration with Fabric Database Hub brings this telemetry into a unified, estate-level monitoring…
Preview: September 2026
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