Azure Stack HCI is a hybrid cloud solution that lets you run virtualized workloads on-premises with direct access to Azure services. It combines the performance, security, and scalability of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) with the flexibility and innovation of Azure.
As a datacenter scale customer, to take full advantage of these new capabilities, you need a powerful and reliable management solution that can handle the complexity and scale that comes with large scale deployments. To address these requirements, customers can continue to leverage System Center components as the management solution for larger deployments of Azure Stack HCI 23H2 clusters for a select set of scenarios while leveraging Arc based management of HCI clusters for other scenarios.
The following scenarios will be supported in SCVMM to manage Azure Stack HCI 23H2:
The following scenarios will continue to be supported only from the Azure Portal/WAC to manage Azure Stack HCI 23H2:
Azure Stack HCI 23H2 support will be added to the next LTSC version of System Center. The General Availability of the next LTSC version of System Center will be closer to the General Availability of Windows Server 2025.
The System Center team is committed to delivering new features and quality updates with the LTSC and UR releases at regular cadence. For any feedback and queries, you can reach us at systemcenterfeedback@microsoft.com.
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