Azure Arc is Microsoft’s hybrid and multi-cloud platform that seamlessly extends the capabilities of Azure public cloud to on-prem data centers, edge locations, and any public cloud.

Branded as Azure Arc enabled data services, the service supports running Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale in on-premises data centers, multi-cloud and the edge.

Arc isn't about bringing Azure services to the edge and/or hybrid servers. Instead, it is about projecting edge and on-premises resources back to the Azure portal so they can be managed in Azure.

Azure SQL infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service options (source: Sept. 30, 2020 Azure blog). The diagram also shows rationales for when to use Azure Arc.

To recap, Azure Arc is Microsoft's software-defined implementation of the control plane used in the Azure public cloud. It's available in a variety of configurations, some of which require ...

The Azure Arc control plane is provided at no cost, and includes Update Management, automation, and analytics with Azure resource graph, which lets users dig into telemetry coming from Azure or ...

Ignite 2020 saw the public preview of Azure Arc enabled data services, the latest step in Microsoft's bid to demystify multicloud. Principal program manager Travis Wright explains how it works.

With Azure Stack becoming the basis for Microsoft’s edge compute model, Azure Arc should be able to manage deployment and operations across hundreds and even thousands of Kubernetes instances ...

Microsoft treats Arc’s database tools as two different options, separating the Arc-managed and locally hosted Azure data services from SQL Server. It’s a sensible choice if you’re looking to ...

How-To Azure Arc for a Hybrid World Paul Schnackenburg looks at the current capabilities of the public preview of Azure Arc -- extending Azure Resource Manager capabilities to Linux and Windows ...

“Azure Arc for servers gives customers a central management control plane with security and governance capabilities for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server systems hosted outside of the Azure cloud ...