Item: Azure Arc
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Azure Arc

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been seeking for a unified monitoring solution for both our on-premise servers, both Windows server and Linux, as well as all our Cloud Azure-based servers. Azure Arc has been able to provide a single pane of monitoring solution for all our hybrid cloud infrastructure components in an efficient manner.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Azure Monitor metrics
Event logs aggregation
Integration with Windows Admin Center

Cons

Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS operating system version support is limited and reaching end of life soon
Azure Arc-enabled data services for Postgresql and SQL Managed Instance have some limitations, we would like to see them becoming more stable with a broader feature set.
While configuring the Azure Connected Machine agent on some Linux machines, we had to carry out troubleshooting to get them to work, we would like to see the agents for Linux even more stable in future releases.

Return on Investment

After configuring Azure Arc-enabled services on premise for SQL Server, we saw a drastic decrease in our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 30%
After working with Azure Arc monitoring agents installed in our on-prem Windows and Linux users, we documented a 20% increase in overall IT operations efficiency, due to the unified monitoring solution.
The Azure Arc-enabled servers security baseline provides procedural guidance and resources for implementing security recommendations and best practices. This has increased operational efficiency and decreased security incidents by 15%.

Usability

Azure Arc monitoring is based on a unified procedure which includes the installation and configuration of the Arc agent on any computer/server which is to be onboaded to Arc. The solution is very usable especially when combined with the usage of Windows Admin Center, the HTML5-based unified management console for all our hybrid infrastructure. Many of the best of breed Azure tools and services are available via Azure Arc, when deployed to on-premise servers.

Key Insights

Do you think Azure Arc delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Azure Arc's feature set?

Yes

Did Azure Arc live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Azure Arc go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Azure Arc again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Azure Application Gateway, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Traffic Manager, Azure Front Door, Azure VPN Gateway, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Likelihood to Recommend

I have been amazed by the extra options which Azure Arc offers for SQL server deployment in both Azure infrastructure and on-premise (hybrid) infrastructure. The deployment options range from Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to Platform as a service (PaaS). Arc-enabled IaaS and PaaS services bring the integration of Azure monitoring and security tools into any customer's local infrastructure and this is amazing.

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