[Last Update: Mar 20, 2023]
Microsoft's ambition is to help our customers digitally transform their business, from cloud to edge. We know we can’t do it alone. No single cloud provider can deliver all the infrastructure and as-a-service solutions. That’s why we’re building an ecosystem of partners across service providers, platform providers including OS and Container platforms, and independent software vendors (ISVs) to help our customers envision, plan, and deploy the full stack of hybrid and multicloud solutions. Our history in both productivity and the datacenter is unique among cloud providers. Microsoft is at our best when our platforms fuel the growth of others, and we're thrilled to see how energized the ecosystem is to evolve with us. One of the key levers to galvanize our partner ecosystem for Azure Arc is through our Azure Arc validation program.
Azure Arc validation program
The Azure Arc partner ecosystem offers customers validated solutions to support the adoption of hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. Customers can adopt from a wide range of validated partner solutions that have been designed, engineered, configured and tested to run Azure Arc, Arc-enabled data services and Kubernetes distributions.
With the Azure Arc Validation Program, customers can access solutions with enterprise performance and scale to deploy and operate Arc Services their data services across their entire estate, as well as with the assurance of ongoing testing, engineering level collaboration as well as enterprise grade support from trusted partners. Find out more about Azure Arc-enabled data services Kubernetes validation and Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes validation.
Featured partners
With the recent release of Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance Business Critical, we would like to highlight our storage partners that have tested and documented solutions in support of Data Services.
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DataON exclusively leverages Microsoft technologies to help companies and organizations utilize hybrid cloud and hyper-converged infrastructure. We have over 110 Integrated Systems and validated nodes for Azure Stack HCI, delivered as a complete, turnkey experience.
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Dell Technologies storage and hyperconverged solutions offer performance and scale required for demanding workloads while allowing for choice based on your infrastructure, operational models and desired IT outcomes.
The Azure Arc-enabled data services team recently partnered with Dell to run a series for performance tests with Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance Business Critical while leveraging Dell PowerStore and Dell PowerEdge. Read the white paper here. |
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HPE has Data Services solutions for OpenShift on Superdome platform (Superdome Flex 280) as well as Azure Stack HCI with AKS on Apollo systems (HPE Apollo 4200 Gen 10+)
Join Microsoft Principal Architect Bob Ward at the HPE Discover 2022 to learn more about the HPE & Microsoft partnership. |
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Newly validated partner. Check out Lenovo’s ThinkAgile MX infrastructure solutions, validated to support your business critical workloads with Azure Arc. |
Technology Partners
Our partnership with industry leading OEMs and storage providers delivers HCI and hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) solutions that combine hardware and software platform optimized to run hybrid data workloads.
We also partner with the Azure Stack HCI validation program. Browse through the Azure Stack HCI Catalog to find validated hardware for Azure Stack HCI.
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) |
Azure Kubernetes Service | Deploy and manage containerized applications more easily with a fully managed Kubernetes service. | Learn More |
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Charmed Kubernetes | The Azure Arc dashboard combined with Charmed Kubernetes’ full lifecycle automation tooling to drastically simplify multi-cloud deployments and operations traceability with GitOps. | |
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Storage Solutions |
Get the scalability, intelligence, and cloud integration you need to unlock the value of your data.
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Hyperconverged Solutions |
Benefit from an HCI portfolio that allows for choice based on infrastructure, operational models and desired IT outcomes.
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as-a-Service Solutions |
Experience the ease and agility of as-a-Service combined with the power and control of leading technology infrastructure.
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Kublr : Reliable, Secure Kubernetes |
Enterprise grade container orchestration platform, automates and centralizes deployment and management of all kubernetes clusters in multiple environments |
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Azure Arc-enabled Data Solutions |
HPE solutions for Azure Arc-enabled Data Solutions have been validated to provide deliver reliable performance and high availability to enable your hybrid environment.
Also, HPE provides Integrated Systems for Azure Stack HCI. Learn more here: Azure Stack HCI Solutions |
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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI |
Hitachi offers highly resilient and performant range of hyperconverged and converged solutions including storage and broad range of data management solutions to address the needs for mission and business critical edge, core and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
We partnered with Azure team to enable specific UCP hyperconverged portfolio as validated nodes for Azure Stack HCI . We are also part of the Azure Arc-enabled data services programs for both Arc-enabled Kubernetes and SQL / PostgreSQL Managed Instance to validate that we can deliver the modern application stack. |
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Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Hybrid solution | Azure Arc for data services lets you run the popular Azure SQL MI and PostgreSQL services on premises in the data center or at the edge on reliable ThinkAgile MX infrastructure solutions from Lenovo using AKS on Azure Stack HCI. Azure Stack HCI Solutions | Microsoft |
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Mirantis Kubernetes Engine |
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine provides enterprises with the easiest and fastest way to develop and deploy cloud native applications securely and at scale in any environment |
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Hybrid cloud Kubernetes with Nutanix HCI + Karbon and Azure Arc |
Fast-track your cloud native journey! Make hybrid cloud Kubernetes a reality by extending Microsoft Azure and Azure Arc Data Services to Karbon Kubernetes clusters on Nutanix’s industry-leading Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). |
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Portworx Enterprise 2.7 PX-Backup |
Portworx PX-Backup delivers an enterprise-grade point-and-click , container-native, backup and disaster recovery solution with fine grained protection, security, and audit capabilities. |
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Rancher Kubernetes Engine |
Together, Azure Arc and SUSE Rancher (SUSE’s GitOps-enabled Kubernetes management platform) provides a complete, open, and interoperable software stack for DevOps to deploy, secure, and manage their Kubernetes clusters. |
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Red Hat OpenShift |
Red Hat OpenShift is for innovation without limitation -- bringing big ideas to life through intelligent applications with the security-focused hybrid cloud platform open to any team or infrastructure. |
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SUSE Manager |
Supported by Microsoft Azure Arc for servers, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server simplifies an enterprise’s journey to a hybrid cloud infrastructure. In concert with Azure Arc, SUSE Manager orchestrates the deployment and lifecycle of the systems, while Azure Arc manages policy compliance. |
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VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid |
Run your containerized applications and Azure Arc-enabled data services anywhere, at enterprise-scale with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. |
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Wind River Studio |
An integrated cloud platform unifying infrastructure, orchestration, and analytics capabilities so operators can deploy and manage their intelligent edge networks globally |
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Featured Services Partners
Whether you are just getting started with migration and modernization efforts or in the middle of a multi-year smart factory rollout, our consulting services partners can help you choose the validated infrastructures and applications that are specifically configured and tested to work with Azure Arc.
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Azure Arc Assessment |
Our team of Azure Arc experts will work with you to complete an assessment of your on-premise physical and virtual workloads, determining whether these are best kept on-premise or moved to the Azure public cloud. |
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Azure Governance Solution |
AHEAD created the Azure Governance Framework to allow enterprises to develop and maintain a fully optimized, and secure environment. |
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Cloud and Application Services |
Avanade provides a turnkey, managed Azure Stack solution. |
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AzCOP |
The power of automation on a unified platform providing benefits of self-services cloud. Consolidates all aspects of sourcing, managing and delivering cloud services across matrix teams while managing cloud risk and compliance |
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Azure Arc |
Learn how Microsoft and ClearDATA together can provide a comprehensive view into both your on-premises and cloud PHI data security and compliance by using Azure Arc. |
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Cognizant Cloud Operate |
Accelerated, factory-based, agile framework for migrating and transforming enterprise data center workloads to cloud using best of breed tools, custom blueprints, governance and optimization. |
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Azure Cloud Economics Assessment and Migration |
Undergoing the Cloud Economics Assessment will allow for effective forecasting of Azure Infrastructure usage, ensuring a well defined migration plan and transition to the cloud. |
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Azure Arc Datacenter Management Assessment |
**Cloud-first hybrid management** Simplify the management of complex and distributed environments across private & public clouds, datacenters, and edge. |
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Do it hybrid |
Azure Arc enables NTT Data to help organizations design and achieve business goals extending the Azure’s capabilities and having unified operations. Do it hybrid streamlines the management of distributed environments anywhere. |
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Azure Validation & Optimization |
An Azure validation and optimization project is for customers seeking a professional review of cloud usage, services consumed, architecture, subscriptions and workloads to validate and identify areas of optimization. |
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Azure Arc Fast Start |
Azure Arc Fast Start helps organizations adopt Azure Arc to drastically simplify management and operation with a clients hybrid cloud. Microsoft® Azure Arc was designed with hybrid solutions at the core to simplify workload management and operational burden across resources, no matter where they live. |
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Managed Cloud Services for Azure |
KoçSistem MCS for Azure is a portal to manage cloud licenses and monitors usage/consumption for Microsoft Cloud Customers. |
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Cloud Next |
Cloud Next is a multi and hybrid cloud platform built by KPMG Ignition Tokyo (KIT). The goals of Cloud Next are to provide a secure, low-cost, and 24x7 supported environment where clients and KPMG member firms can host their digital solutions. |
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Database Modernization |
Azure DB and Cosmos DB Migration Accelerator Pack helps organizations understand and plan on-prem data estate migration and modernization to Azure. |
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Azure Governance Services for a Fully Governed Cloud Environment |
SNP’s Azure Adoption Framework is designed to help customers create and implement the business and technology |
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Azure Migration & Managed Service |
We help enterprises distribute workloads based on criticality & functionality between private & public clouds. |
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Managed Cloud Services for Azure |
From planning to landing - an optimal journey for customers. Join us on the road to the Azure Cloud. We accompany you in all topics around the cloud.
LinkedIn post on the T-Systems channel (Avatar video): Link Azure Arc @ TSI Website: click here Azure Arc Jump Start Offering @ Azure Marketplace: Link Telekom IT Hungary Big Azure Day: Link |
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Azure Arc Hybrid Cloud |
A new management tool for hybrid cloud application infrastructures. It's designed to manage resources in a cloudlike manner wherever they are, treating Azure's resource tooling as your control plane. |
Getting started resources
- Watch the Azure Hybrid and Multicloud Digital Event on demand
- Read the Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance Business Critical GA announce blog
- Review Azure Arc documentation and read about the latest scenarios for the Azure Arc Jumpstart program
- Find an Azure Partner
