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How Can I connect My hardware device to virtual environment using Azure Arc.

Prasad Patil 0 Reputation points
2024-03-05T04:31:38.8833333+00:00

Hi, I am doing some POC work where I need to connect my hardware device to Virtual machine through windows or linux device So, Multiple users can access the hardware through virtual machine and perform respective activities. please anyone can suggest how to do that using azure arc and pls, let me know if any other method or azure service is available for doing same.

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  1. Greg Hall 0 Reputation points
    2024-03-05T09:06:43.9466667+00:00

    You could use MVD (Microsoft Virtual Desktop), Citrix, VMWare, and many other options. These are not cheap.

    There is a "new" method using 365 Boot and 365 Switch through Intune. This is still in the Dev channel, but should impress your boss.

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/new-windows-365-boot-and-switch-features-in-public-preview/ba-p/4027398

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  2. Oleksandr Romaniuk 465 Reputation points
    2024-03-05T11:15:34.7133333+00:00

    Hello!

    I don’t fully understand what you want to do, but I can help you how to connect your hardware device to Azure Arc.

    Azure Arc functionality lets you manage (use monitoring solutions, install different extensions, etc) Windows and Linux physical servers and virtual machines hosted outside of Azure. In general, then you get to treat the physical server like an Azure VM. Azure Arc is free of charge, but if you want to use other Azure Arc features and capabilities or add-on Azure management services (Azure Policy guest configuration, Azure Monitor, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, etc) - it will be paid. But if you just need to connect the hardware server to Azure via Azure Arc, it’s free.

    How you can do this:

    Go to https://portal.azure.com/ => Azure Arc => Machines => Add a machine => Add a single server => Generate script:

    • choose a Subscription where you want to onboard your server, and choose Resource group;
    • select Region and Operating system (Windows or Linux);
    • Connectivity method - it's your infrastructure choice (Public endpoint can be your variant).

    Then download this script and run it on your physical server, in a few minutes you can see it in Azure Arc. Make sure that your server has access to the Internet, in particular to Azure Arс services.

    If the above response was helpful, please feel free to "Accept as Answer" and click "Yes" so it can be beneficial to the community.

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