Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple

Welcome to the one-stop portal for help with Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple. In the documentation site you can learn about the following topics:

Overview

Learn more about Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple

• Learn about the features, benefits, and usage scenarios at What is Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple
• Review the key concepts for administration

Quickstart

Learn how to get started with the solution

• Understand how to initialize the service and purchase capacity
• Learn how to create a new VMware environment at Configure a Private Cloud Environment
• Learn how to unify management across VMware and Azure by reviewing the article Consume VMware VMs on Azure

Concepts

Learn about the following concepts

• A CloudSimple Service (also known as "Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple - Service"). This resource must be created once per region.
• Purchase capacity for your environment by creating one or more CloudSimple Node resources. These resources are also referred to as "Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple - Node".
• Initialize and configure your VMware environment using the Private Clouds.
• Unify management using CloudSimple Virtual Machines (also known as "Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple - Virtual machine").
• Design the underlay network using VLANs/subnets.
• Segment and secure your underlay network using the Firewall Table resource.
• Get secure access to your VMware environments over the WAN using VPN Gateways.
• Enable public access for workloads using Public IP.
• Establish connectivity to Azure Virtual Networks and On-premises networks using Azure Network Connection.
• Configure alert email targets using Account Management.
• View logs of user and system activity using Activity Management screens.
• Understand the various VMware components.

Tutorials

Learn how to perform common tasks, such as:

• Create a CloudSimple Service, once per region where you want to deploy VMware environments.
• Manage core service functionality in the CloudSimple portal.
• Enable capacity and optimize billing for your infrastructure by Purchasing CloudSimple nodes.
• Manage VMware environment configurations using Private Clouds. You can create, manage, expand, or shrink Private Clouds.
• Enable unified management by mapping Azure Subscriptions.
• Monitor user and system activity using the Activity pages.
• Configure networking for your environments by creating and managing subnets.
• Segment and secure your environment using Firewall tables and rules.
• Enable inbound internet access for workloads by Allocating Public IPs.
• Enable connectivity from your internal networks or client workstations by setting-up VPN.
• Enable communications from your on-premises environments as well to Azure Virtual networks.
• Configure alert targets and view total purchased capacity in the account summary
• View users that have accessed the CloudSimple portal.
• Manage VMware virtual machines from the Azure portal:
  • Create virtual machines in the Azure portal.
  • Manage virtual machines that you have created.

How-to Guides

These guides describe solutions to goals such as:

• Securing your environment
• Install third-party tools, enable additional users and external authentication source in vSphere using privilege escalation.
• Configure access to various VMware services by configuring on-premises DNS.
• Enable name and address allocation for your workloads by configuring workload DNS and DHCP.
• Understand how the service ensures security and functionality in your platform through service updates and upgrades.
• Save TCO on backup by creating a sample backup architecture with a third-party backup software such as Veeam.
• Create a secure environment by enabling encryption at rest with a third-party KMS encryption software.
• Extend Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) management into VMware by configuring the Azure AD identity source.