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The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

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

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

Compliance

The following recommendations should be considered and implemented when preparing for your AVS environment and workload VM compliance:

  • Industry or country-specific regulatory compliance: Avoid costly legal proceedings and fines by ensuring AVS workload VM compliance with country and industry-specific standards.

To meet regulatory requirements, provide firewall audit reporting for TCP port 443/80 (HTTP/S) endpoints.

  • Compliance policy for corporations: Workload monitoring is critical for AVS VM’s adherence to business policies to prevent violations of company norms and regulations. It is recommended that Azure Arc-enabled servers and Azure Policy, or a comparable third-party solution, be used. Assess and manage AVS workload VMs and apps regularly to ensure regulatory compliance with relevant internal and external laws.
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud monitoring: To monitor compliance with security and regulatory standards, use the regulatory...