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Azure Arc: the solution for hybrid & multi-cloud management

Does your IT infrastructure consist of various cloud platforms? Or do you still have some on-prem servers running? Then Azure Arc is the perfect tool for you! Because with it, you can manage your entire hybrid or multi-cloud environment in a snap, from one central location. Curious about how exactly that works? Thijs Hereygers, our Azure Arc specialist, outlines all the benefits for your business.

Mon, 28 October 2024

Thijs Hereygers | Arxus

Thijs Hereygers

Azure Cloud Lead Operations, Arxus

What is Azure Arc?

Azure Arc is a tool from Microsoft that allows you to easily manage all servers across your entire IT environment, regardless of whether they are on Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, a private cloud, or on-premises. This means that you no longer need to switch between different platforms to update, manage, or monitor your servers. And that you have control over all your resources at any time, wherever they are in your environment.

And the best part of all? All our Azure and cloud services can also be seamlessly applied to the rest of your hybrid environment.

How does it work?

Azure Arc is de brug (vandaar ook de naam) tussen je Azure-omgeving en alles wat erbuiten ligt. Maar wat betekent dat nu concreet? Wanneer je Azure Arc inschakelt op je omgeving, krijg je in de Azure Resource Manager (ARM) een handig overzicht van de virtuele machines (VM's) van je on-prem, public én private cloudomgeving. En dat biedt natuurlijk heel wat mogelijkheden.

Hybrid cloud environment, managed with Azure Arc

What are the benefits?

1. Simpler, centralized management

You can easily add your on-prem data centers, virtual servers at other cloud providers, or edge locations to Azure Arc. And manage them all from a single dashboard, just as if they were Azure resources. This way, you not only get a better view of your entire cloud environment, but you can also update and monitor it in a uniform manner.

2. Streamlined security infrastructure

With Azure Arc, you can easily implement your security solutions across your entire IT environment. And in a snap, push updates to all your virtual machines, regardless of whether they are on-prem, in a private cloud, or another public cloud. With Azure Arc, you thus get a unified solution to handle auditing, compliance, and role-based access management in your hybrid environment.

Moreover, you can also make smooth use of the security tools in Azure. And deploy them seamlessly across your entire environment.

3. Greater scalability and flexibility

Azure Arc is not just a convenient tool for managing your hybrid environment from a central dashboard. It also offers a lot of additional possibilities in terms of scalability. Whether it's on-prem datacenters, virtual machines in the public cloud or containerized applications, with Azure Arc you can scale them up and down seamlessly according to your needs.

This way you enjoy a lot more flexibility and your environment also becomes much more cost-effective.

4. Smoother monitoring and control

Because Azure Arc completely standardizes your security infrastructure, you have better control over your entire hybrid cloud environment. This way, for example, you can take advantage of Azure's built-in monitoring and compliance features. And you can extend the Azure Governance best practices throughout your entire infrastructure.

In addition, you also have access to the detailed reports in Azure. This allows you to always keep an eye on the performance and status of your resources.

Want to know more about Azure Arc?

Our experts are more than happy to thoroughly examine your cloud infrastructure. And together with you, they will consider whether Azure Arc could be a suitable solution for your organization.

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