Azure Local documentation

Azure Local is a distributed infrastructure solution enabled by Azure Arc that lets you run virtual machines, containers, and select Azure services.

About Azure Local

Overview

• What is Azure Local?

What's new

• What's new in Azure Local, version 23H2?
• Small Form Factor (preview)
• Azure Local disconnected operations (preview)

Deploy

Deploy

• 1. Download the software
• 2. Install the OS
• 3. Register with Arc
• 4A. Deploy via the portal
• 4B. Deploy via ARM template

Update and Upgrade

How-To Guide

• About updates
• Update via Azure portal
• About upgrades
• Upgrade OS
• Upgrade solution

Deploy workloads

Deploy

• Deploy Azure Kubernetes Service clusters
• Run Azure Virtual Desktop
• Run Azure Arc Virtual Machines

Manage

How-To Guide

• Manage at-scale
• Add node
• Repair node
• Manage Arc VMs
• Manage SDN Multisite

Monitor

Overview

• What is Azure Local monitoring?

How-To Guide

• Monitor via Insights
• Enable Insights at-scale
• Azure Monitor Metrics
• Health alerts

Try it out

Overview

• Deploy Arc gateway (preview)
• Deploy using local identity with Key Vault (preview)
• Manage GPU via partitioning (preview)
• Migrate VMware (preview)

Concepts

Concept

• Network reference patterns overview
• Security features
• Observability

Troubleshoot

How-To Guide

• Collect logs
• Troubleshoot deployment issues
• Get support