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The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

By : Dr. Kevin Jellow D.H.L (h.c)
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The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

By: Dr. Kevin Jellow D.H.L (h.c)

Overview of this book

Organizations over the world are migrating partially or fully to the cloud, but with the whole slew of providers, tools, and platforms available, knowing where to start can be quite challenging. If you know Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, you know it is the quickest way to migrate to the cloud without needing application modernization or rework. You can retain the same VMware tools to manage your environment while moving to Azure. But how does it work? The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution has the answer. This high-level, comprehensive yet concise guide to Azure VMware Solution starts by taking you through the architecture and its applicable use cases. It will help you hit the ground running by getting straight to the important steps: planning, deploying, configuring, and managing your Azure VMware Solution instance. You’ll be able to extend your existing knowledge of Azure and VMware by covering advanced topics such as SRM and governance, setting up a hybrid connection to your on-premises datacenter, and scaling up using disk pools. By the end of the VMware book, you’ll have gone over everything you need to transition to the cloud with ease using Azure VMware Solution.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
4
Part 2: Planning and Deploying AVS
9
Part 3: Configuring Your AVS
14
Part 4: Governance and Management for AVS

Managing an Azure VMware Solution Environment

AVS is a VMware-validated solution that undergoes continuous validation and testing for vSphere advancements and updates. Microsoft administers and supports a customer’s private cloud infrastructure and software. Microsoft assumes this duty, allowing you to concentrate on creating and executing workloads inside your private cloud and Azure-native resources. Regular updates of the AVS private cloud and VMware software guarantee that your deployed private cloud has the most recent security, stability, and feature sets.

Microsoft routinely displays the shared responsibility matrix for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS-based solutions. A shared responsibility matrix is also available for AVS. As can be seen, Microsoft abstracts a significant portion of continuous maintenance, security, and administration, putting your organization in control of what matters most, such as guest OS provisioning and virtual machines. You may also consider your life...