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Many enterprises use VMWare for infrastructure construction, but due to business needs, how can they quickly migrate or expand the VMWare environment to the cloud to meet disaster recovery and business continuity needs?
In response to this demand, Microsoft launched the Azure VMWare Solution on September 22, 2020. Using VMware HCX technology, VMWare can be migrated to Azure with minimal complexity. It will provide enterprises with a private cloud in Azure, including vSphere clusters, and dedicated The bare-metal Azure infrastructure is built so that customers can expand private cloud clusters from 3 hosts to 16 hosts, and can have multiple clusters in a single private cloud. All private clouds have Vcenter Server, vSAN, vSphere and NSX-T provide the ability to migrate workloads from the local environment, create or deploy new virtual machines, and use Azure services from the private cloud.
The Azure VMware solution is a VMware-proven solution that can continuously verify and test enhancements and upgrades. The private cloud infrastructure and software are managed and maintained by Microsoft, allowing IT Admin to concentrate on developing and running work in the private cloud load.
Microsoft migrated VMWare-based workloads from the data center to Azure, integrated the VMWare environment with Azure, while using Azure applications, you can continue to use VMWare tools to manage your environment: vSphere client, NSX-T, Power CLI or any popular DevOps tool chain, when redeploying vsphere-based applications to Azure, ensures the continuity of operations and avoids the complexity of application refactoring.
Currently, the Azure VMWare solution is limited to Azure Data Centers in the eastern and western US, and the Canadian Data Center is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2021.
Using VMware HCX technology to migrate VMWare to Azure, you can quickly improve your productivity through scalability, flexibility, etc. You can view and create Vsphere vm in the Azure portal through API adjustment or CLI, automate deployment, and start single sign-on, Use Azure computing, monitoring, backup, database, IoT, and AI services to enhance your workload.
If you want to learn more about Azure VMWare Solution, please refer to the following information: