EquiByte focuses on Azure Local and hybrid infrastructure — the architecture, deployment and operation of environments that run on-premises and are connected to Azure. Jaromír Kašpar, Microsoft MVP for 6 years.
Azure Local and Hyper-V are used to run virtualisation and hybrid infrastructure on-premises, connected to Azure. These technologies — their design and operation — are the focus of EquiByte.
I spent 4 years at Dell as a Global Engineering Outreach Specialist, responsible for the top 10 Azure Local customers worldwide. Before that, I spent more than 10 years at Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer and Cloud Solution Architect. I have been a Microsoft MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) for 6 years.
Azure Local is designed for on-premises infrastructure closely integrated with Azure — in management, services and operating model. Hyper-V is a virtualisation platform for environments where virtualisation itself is the focus. The difference is mainly in the degree of connection to Azure and in how the environment is managed.
Hardware, networking, storage, Azure connectivity and sizing of the environment.
Deployment and configuration of the cluster to the design.
Practical experience from operating and administering these environments.
Work on an Azure Local environment follows familiar phases — from design through deployment to day-to-day operation.
Environment architecture, choice of hardware, networking and storage, and how it connects to Azure.
Installation and configuration of the cluster to the design.
Checking that the deployed environment works, and documenting the as-built state.
Day-to-day administration, maintenance and further development of the environment.
Azure Local is a hybrid platform closely connected to Azure; Hyper-V is a virtualisation technology. The difference lies mainly in the operating model, management and how far Azure services are used.
The environment runs on-premises but is connected to Azure — for example for management, identities, backup or other cloud services.
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