With Azure Stack HCI adoption by customers and partners growing, and the global supply chain still recovering, the need for a solid testing lab is critical to our success. Today, we are excited to announce the are announcing the public preview for Jumpstart HCIBox!
We've been hearing from customers and partners that the Azure Arc Jumpstart is an instrumental part of their Azure Arc learning journey, and we want to ensure that the things you expect from Azure Arc in the Jumpstart carries over to Azure Stack HCI also.
Till today, the Azure Arc Jumpstart focus was around providing targeted Azure Arc automated scenarios and the ArcBox portfolio. With HCIBox and the great partnership between the Jumpstart team and the “Azure Core OS + Edge Infrastructure" (CO+EI) engineering team, we are now able to expand to the world of the entire Azure Hybrid Cloud and Edge solutions.
HCIBox is a turnkey solution that provides a complete sandbox for exploring Azure Stack HCI capabilities and hybrid cloud integration in a virtualized environment. HCIBox is designed to be completely self-contained within a single Azure subscription and resource group, which will make it easy for a user to get hands-on with Azure Stack HCI and Azure Arc technology without the need for physical hardware.
Designing and developing HCIBox was a natural next step for the Jumpstart team. So, what was the motivation around it and the challenges we saw in the wild and wanted to solve?
The Jumpstart design principles are our cornerstone and the reason we are able to solve complex problems with elegant solutions. HCIBox design principles are no different and share our overall Jumpstart philosophy.
For this public preview, the automation will support Azure Bicep and like Jumpstart ArcBox, will be based on a simple deployment to build and configure the infrastructure and services.
Ready to give it a try?
Get started today with Jumpstart HCIBox and visit the product page here.
We would love to know what you think, join our Azure Arc Jumpstart Discussions on GitHub!
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