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Administrators and developers can get
started by adopting innovative Azure
services that support hybrid operations.
• Bring Azure security and services to
hybrid environments.
• Simplify IT management.
• Modernize apps from your datacenter.
• Manage Windows Server in Azure
Virtual Machines.
Bring Azure security and services to
hybrid environments
Azure Arc helps you convert Windows
Servers into Azure resources, making it
easy to organize, govern, and secure
Windows Server machines along with
Linux servers, SQL Server, and Kubernetes
clusters across datacenters and the edge.
After you use Arc to enroll your Windows
Servers, you can easily integrate with
powerful Azure Services, including
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, discussed
in the previous section of this book.
Simplify IT management
Simply point and click with Azure
Automanage to automate operations and
apply consistent best practices across the
entire lifecycle of Windows Server and
Linux virtual machines, on-premises or in
Azure. Benefit from additional capabilities
only with your Azure virtual machines,
such as Hotpatch, and deploy security
updates without having to reboot.
Bring cloud innovation to your datacenter
Modernize apps from your datacenter
Modernize Linux and Windows .NET apps
on-premises and deploy them anywhere,
with Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) on
Azure Stack HCI.
The solution simplifies on-premises
implementation o f the popular AKS
orchestrator, which automates running
containerized applications at scale. Use
familiar tools, gain consistency and
built-in security, and extend to Azure
with hybrid capabilities.
Integration with Azure Arc enables you
to automatically deploy applications
and connect on-premises applications
to Azure services, such as Azure Policy
and Azure Monitor.
Manage Windows Server in Azure VMs
One of the fastest ways to extend to the
cloud is with Windows Admin Center,
a free download available with your
Windows Server license. Windows Admin
Center enables you to easily connect to
Azure for monitoring, storage, backup,
disaster recovery, and more. Windows
Admin Center is also available in the
Azure portal (preview) to help you
manage the Windows Server OS running
in Azure VMs seamlessly and at a
granular level.
