Generally Available: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
Secure your End-of-Life Windows Server infrastructure on your own terms with Azure Arc. Benefit from the flexibility of a monthly Azure billed service and free access to Azure management services by leveraging Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc for your Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 machines.New options for Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
Today, we’re announcing Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc for Windows Server 2012/R2 and SQL Server 2012 (year 2 onwards), a new and enhanced cloud experience alternative to traditional Extended Security Updates (classic). With this new option, security updates will be natively available in the Azure Portal through Azure Arc for resources for up to 3 .Announcing General Availability: Windows Server Management enabled by Azure Arc
Windows Server Management enabled by Azure Arc offers customers with Windows Server licenses that have active Software Assurances or Windows Server licenses that are active subscription licenses the following key benefits: Azure Update Manager Azure Change Tracking and Inventory Azure Machine Configuration Windows Admin Center in Azure for Arc Remote Support Network HUD Best Practices Assessment Azure Site Recovery (Configuration Only) Upon attestation, customers receive access to the following at no additional cost beyond associated networking, compute, storage, and log ingestion charges. These same capabilities are also available for customers enrolled in Windows Server 2025 Pay as you Go licensing enabled by Azure Arc. Learn more at Windows Server Management enabled by Azure Arc - Azure Arc | Microsoft Learn or watch Video: Free Azure Services for Non-Azure Windows Servers Covered by SA Powered by Azure Arc! To get started, connect your servers to Azure Arc, attest for these benefits, and deploy management services as you modernize to Azure's AI-enabled set of server management capabilities across your hybrid, multi-cloud, and edge infrastructure!In preview: SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers
Remote server management is a critical tool for server administrators. Whether you are running automation or using interactively, SSH based remoting is to connect to your remote server. Starting today, you can now securely SSH into your Arc enabled servers without a public IP address or additional ports from an external network!
A closer look at Azure Arc enabled servers
Its an exciting September for cloud architects! At this year's all-virtual Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced many Azure Arc updates. Azure Arc is particularly interesting to me because in many ways it represents the future of hybrid and edge cloud computing with Azure. Azure Arc enables deployment of Azure services anywhere and extends Azure management to any infrastructure. But what does this really mean? Let's take a closer look at Azure Arc enabled servers, which has just been announced as generally available.
