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Azure Automanage for Arc enabled servers

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:32:00 +0000

At the last Azure Hybrid and Multicloud digital event, Microsoft not just announced the general availability of Azure SQL enabled by Azure Arc, but also announced the public preview of Azure Automanage for Azure Arc enabled servers. Azure Automanage is a service that eliminates the need to discover, know how to onboard, and how to configure …

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Experts Live Switzerland 2020: Azure Hybrid – Learn about Hybrid Cloud Management

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 06:35:47 +0000

A couple of months ago I was speaking at Experts Live Switzerland 2020 in Bern. Now the recording of my session: “Azure Hybrid – Learn about Hybrid Cloud Management” is available online! In this session, I will give you an overview of the Hybrid Cloud offering of Microsoft Azure and how you can use the …

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Monitoring and Insights for Azure Arc enabled Servers

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 06:28:22 +0000

As many customers are moving to a hybrid cloud environment, where they run servers and applications not just in Microsoft Azure, but also on-premises, at the edge, or even in a multi-cloud environment, Azure Arc can provide them with a single control plane to manage all of these servers. One of the management capabilities you …

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How to add an Azure Arc enabled SQL Server

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 07:22:37 +0000

A couple of months ago Microsoft announced a new Hybrid Cloud feature called Azure Arc enabled SQL Server. Azure Arc enabled SQL Server allows you to manage your global inventory of SQL servers, protect SQL Server instances with Azure Security Center or periodically assess and tune the health of your SQL Server configurations. In this …

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Check out the new Azure Arc Center – Azure Portal

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:24:47 +0000

During the Microsoft Ignite 2020 virtual conference, Azure Arc got a couple of enhancements and announcements. For example, Azure Arc enabled servers is now generally available and Azure Arc and Azure Arc enabled data services is now in public preview. If you want to learn more what Azure Hybrid announcements we had at Microsoft Ignite …

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Inventory for Azure Arc enabled Servers

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:51:02 +0000

Azure Arc for Servers allows you to manage servers running in your on-premises location, at the edge, or in a multi-cloud environment directly from the Azure portal. There are many features available to manage these hybrid Azure Arc enabled servers, like Log Analytics or Azure Arc Machine extensions. However, one of the basic features of …

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How to Run Custom Scripts on Azure Arc Enabled Servers

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:41:26 +0000

With the latest update for Azure Arc for Servers, you are now able to deploy and use extensions with your Azure Arc enabled servers. With the Custom Script extension, you can run scripts on Azure Arc enabled servers and works similar to the custom script extension for Azure virtual machines (VMs). There is an extension …

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Azure Log Analytics for Azure Arc Enabled Servers

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 05:31:51 +0000

In this blog post, we are going to have a quick look at how you can access Azure Log Analytics data using Azure Arc for Servers. The Azure Log Analytics agent was developed for management across virtual machines in any cloud, on-premises machines, and those monitored by System Center Operations Manager. The Windows and Linux …

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Azure Arc enabled SQL Server Preview is now available

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:07:00 +0000

As you know, I do a lot of work on Hybrid Cloud topics like Azure Arc, which allows you to extend Azure management and Azure services to any infrastructure. I talk a lot about how you can use Microsoft Azure to manage your servers running on-premises or at other cloud providers, or how you can …

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How to Add the Microsoft Monitoring Agent to Azure Arc Servers

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:21:05 +0000

To use some of the functionality with Azure Arc enabled servers, like Azure Update Management, Inventory, Change Tracking, Logs, and more, you will need to install the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA). In this blog post, we are going to have a look at how you can install the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) on an Azure …

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