Azure Arc

Overview

• Extends Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to automate resource lifecycle to resources running outside of Azure
• Managed resource types:
  • Servers—Windows/Linux, physical/VMs
  • Kubernetes clusters
  • Azure Data Services—run on-prem or at the edge in Kubernetes
    • SQL Managed Instances
    • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
  • VMs—lifecycle management
    • vSphere, Azure Stack HCI

Benefits

• Manage resources outside of Azure through same control plane
  • Automation
  • Azure API
• Apply RBAC, tagging etc. to on-prem resources
• Azure Security Center—ensure compliance of all resources
  • OS patching
  • Enforce encryption
  • Policies across cloud/on-prem
• Send all logs to central Azure Monitor
• Interact via Azure Portal, CLI, SDK, and Terraform
• Manage legacy hardware in the cloud