Microsoft Azure is a leading cloud platform that provides robust solutions for building and deploying intelligent applications at scale. Among its offerings, Azure AI services and Azure IoT enable developers to create innovative applications that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). A critical component of Azure’s ecosystem is its support for […]
Azure Arc Gateway for Azure Local
Introduction As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, managing distributed infrastructure efficiently while maintaining security and compliance becomes a critical challenge. Microsoft’s Azure Arc Gateway for Azure Local, currently in public preview, addresses this by streamlining network configurations and reducing the complexity of connecting on-premises environments to Azure. This blog explores the Azure Arc […]
Expand Data Disks for Azure Local VMs
Introduction Azure Local virtual machines (VMs), formerly known as Arc VMs, are VMs deployed from Azure via the Azure Resource Bridge (ARB) to Azure Local instances. These VMs are natively Arc-enabled and administrators can manage them using Azure management tools including the Azure portal, the Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and ARM templates. There are three main […]
Unable to Deploy AKS Clusters on Azure Local Due to Image Issues
Problem I recently encountered an issue where a customer wasn’t able to deploy AKS clusters on Azure Local via Arc. I was able to reproduce the same issue in my lab and it turned out to be a widespread issue. In this blog I will detail the error and provide a work-a-round. The failure message […]
Failed to trigger deployment for Azure Local instance
Problem I was recently test deploying Azure Local instances in my lab and hit an error were the deployment failed to trigger. This was after the validation stage where I wanted to kick off the cloud deployment, but I couldn’t proceed due to this error. Error Message Cause This was caused by me and the […]
BitLocker and Azure Local
What is Bitlocker? BitLocker is a full-disk encryption feature available in Microsoft Operating Systems that helps protect data by encrypting entire drives or Volumes, addressing the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned devices. It relies on Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware for secure key storage. For Azure Local Instances, […]
Azure Arc-enabled Data Services & SQL Managed Instances on Azure Stack HCI
Introduction In this blog I am looking at Azure Arc-enabled data services and one of the main reasons to use them – SQL Managed Instances (MI). I am going to highlight why you might want to use SQL MI’s and am going to provide you with a guide of how to deploy them onto your […]
Azure Stack HCI Licensing
Ever wondered how the licensing works for Azure Stack HCI? You might be pleasantly surprised at how cost efficient it can be. Hopefully this post will help demystify and explain the options as there are a few ways of licensing Azure Stack HCI, and there are some points to be aware of. Azure Stack HCI […]
Network ATC
In this blog we will take a look at Network ATC, what it is and how it can help us when deploying Azure Stack HCI Clusters and keeping them working to their optimal capability. What is Network ATC? Network ATC provides an intent-based approach to host network deployment and configuration. It is aimed at simplifying […]
Logical Networks
In this blog we are going to take a look at Logical Networks for Azure Stack HCI, what they are, why you need them and how to create them. What are they? Logical networks (abbreviated to LNets) are the Azure resources that represent physical networks and are self-contained projections of the on-premises physical networks. Logical […]