The 12 Days of Azure Arc-Mas: Day 8 - Eight Custom Locations

On the eighth day of Azure Arc-Mas, Azure carved for me: Eight Custom Locations, sculpting new possibilities for service migrations and innovations.

Day 8: Expanding Horizons with Azure Arc Custom Locations

Azure Arc brings us eight maids a-milking, each nurturing the growth of Azure services in the fertile fields of our own environments, no matter how unique or specific they may be.

Crafting Unique Deployment Spaces:

• Creation of Unique Spaces: Designate areas in your own infrastructure where Azure services feel right at home.
• Flexibility for Service Deployment: Enjoy the freedom to deploy Azure services exactly where they’re needed, on-premises or at the edge.
• Consistent Management and Operations: Manage these services with the same ease and expertise as if they were hosted in Azure itself.

Azure Arc’s Role in Custom Locations:

Seamless Integration into Diverse Environments:

• Custom Locations as Abstraction Layers: Use custom locations to deploy Azure services seamlessly outside of traditional Azure regions.
• Resource Bridge: Connect and manage resources across environments, bringing the Azure management experience to your doorstep.

Consistent Azure Experience Everywhere:

• Uniform Operations: Operate in diverse environments while maintaining a consistent management experience, as if everything were deployed in Azure.
• Flexibility and Control: Tailor your deployment strategies to fit your specific requirements, without compromising on the quality or capabilities of the services.

Key Messages for Day Eight:

Azure Arc’s custom locations are like fertile ground, allowing the seeds of Azure services to take root in any environment, offering unparalleled flexibility and control.

Practical Implications and Benefits:

• Tailored Service Deployment: Deploy Azure services in a way that aligns with your operational, regulatory, or business needs.
• Streamlined Operations Across Environments: Simplify the management of Azure services, regardless of their physical locations, using Azure Arc’s unified operations.
• Enriched Azure Management Experience: Benefit from Azure’s management features even in the most remote or specific of locations within your infrastructure.

Prepare for the ninth day of Azure Arc-Mas, where we will delve into the ease of app development and operations across environments with Azure Arc.

Follow our “12 Days of Azure Arc-Mas” series to uncover how Azure Arc’s custom locations can provide the flexibility your organization needs to flourish.