Azure Local connects to Azure hybrid services through Azure Arc.
When you modernize data centers with Azure Local, you gain the ability to improve scalability and performance, lower your costs, and make your workloads easier to manage and secure. In addition, Azure Local comes with built-in stretch clustering and a choice of third-party software support. Azure Local also makes it easier to implement edge and ROBO scenarios.
Manage your cloud and on-prem connected clusters from the Azure portal.
| Run edge or ROBO scenarios with as few as two nodes. | Use familiar tools and processes for a short learning curve. |
Stretch Clustering
Stretch clustering provides automatic disaster recovery across datacenters and protects against unplanned outages and malfunctions. In short, Azure Local delivers a unified, single-software vendor vision.
Azure Local comes in-built with stretch clustering so that you can protect against unplanned outages and disasters.
| Run synchronous replication for immediate backup, or asynchronous for optimized speed. | Use in-built encryption and cluster validation to ensure proper configuration. |
| Take advantage of native disaster recovery services in-built through the stretched cluster capability. | Respond with flexibility from disparate operational sites that can be in different rooms, buildings, or cities. |
Simplified HCI management with Windows Admin Center
Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing Windows servers, failover clusters, and Azure Local, as well as Windows 11 PCs. It comes at no additional cost beyond Windows.
Azure Local comes in-built with stretch clustering so that you can protect against unplanned outages and disasters.
| Manage your local operations under a single management layer with Windows Admin Center. | Take advantage of software such as Veeam or Commvault. Azure Local benefits from all Windows Server-supported software packages. |
| Add functionality to Windows Admin Center with third-party extensions, including disk mapping, historical data reporting, system alerts, call home service, deployment enhancements and more. | Get flexible integration with Windows Admin Center and compatibility with third-party management extensions such as DataON, Dell Technologies, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others |