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Aaida_Aboobakkar
Microsoft
Feb 06, 2025LAB: Onboarding On-premises Machine to Azure Arc by using Proxy as Connectivity Method
What is Azure Arc?
Azure Arc is a set of technologies that extends Azure management and enables Azure services to run across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. It allows you to manage...
Andreas_Hartig
Jul 14, 2025Brass Contributor
Aaida_Aboobakkar​ thanks for sharing this. The link for the http://Plan Deployment is broken. I assume you want to link for: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/network-requirements?WT.mc_id=MVP_416291
The differentiator for a lab deployment with a proxy is not the one checkbox to use a proxy, but it is to understand how to deploy this as a solution in your lab, so you need :
a) Background on "What is a proxy?"
b) How to deploy a Proxy in a homelab? You could use i.e. this https://hartiga.de/tools/tinyproxy-on-hyper-v-new-ubuntu-24-04/.
c) How to configure Azure Arc onboarding manually and with a script using a proxy.