Azure VMware Solution documentation

Learn to use Azure VMware Solution to deploy a VMware Software-defined Data Center (SDDC) private cloud to Azure.

Overview

What's Azure VMware Solution?

Get Started

Architecture and design

How-To Guide

Networking

How-To Guide

Security

How-To Guide

Disaster recovery

How-To Guide

Migrate

Concept

Well-Architected Framework (WAF)

Concept

Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

Learn about Azure VMware Solution

Overview

• What's Azure VMware Solution?
• What's new?
• Known issues
• FAQ

Quickstart

• Plan the deployment
• Deploy Azure VMware Solution
• Connect to on-premises environment
• Install VMware HCX Connector
• Configure on-premises VMware HCX Connector

Tutorials

• Network planning checklist
• Create a private cloud
• Configure networking
• Access a private cloud
• Create an NSX network segment

Design Azure VMware Solution

Architecture and design

• Private clouds and clusters
• Hub and spoke
• Internet connectivity design considerations
• Network design considerations
• Migrate

Well Architected Framework (WAF)

• Azure VMware Solution design principles
• Infrastructure and provisioning considerations
• Application considerations
• Networking considerations
• Monitoring considerations

Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

• Enterprise-Scale for Azure VMware Solution
• Network topology and connectivity
• Management and monitoring
• Enterprise-scale business continuity and disaster recovery
• Enterprise-scale security, governance, and compliance

Build and operate Azure VMware Solution

Private cloud infrastructure

• Create an Azure VMware Solution assessment
• Request host quota for Azure VMware Solution
• Plan the deployment
• Deploy Azure VMware Solution
• Deploy vSAN stretched clusters

Security

• Security solutions for Azure VMware Solution
• Security recommendations
• Security baseline
• Vulnerability Management
• Rotate cloudadmin credentials

Networking

• Connect to on-premises environment
• Connect multiple private clouds in same region
• Configure DHCP server or relay
• Configure DHCP on L2 stretched networks
• Configure DNS forwarder

Backup and recovery

• Backup solutions for VMs
• Set up Azure Backup Server for Azure VMware Solution
• Backup private cloud VMs with Backup Server

Disaster recovery

• Disaster recovery solutions for VMs
• Deploy VMware HCX for disaster recovery
• Deploy VMware SRM for disaster recovery
• Deploy Zerto disaster recovery
• Deploy disaster recovery using JetStream DR software

Virtual machines

• Operating system support for VMs
• Configure Windows Server Failover Cluster
• Deploy VMs from the content library

Migrate

• Migration solutions for VMs
• Install and activate VMware HCX in Azure VMware Solution
• Configure on-premises VMware HCX Connector
• Configure VMware HCX network extension
• VMware HCX Mobility Optimized Networking (MON) guidance

Operate and monitor

• Run Command
• Configure VMware Syslogs
• Configure Alerts
• Arc-enabled Azure VMware Solution