Thursday, January 15, 2025 2pm EST / 11am PST Azure Local was one of the most popular topics at Microsoft Ignite 2025. It’s Microsoft’s answer to the hybrid cloud challenge: how to deliver cloud innovation while still being on-premises. And it’s becoming clear that Azure Local is now a strategic pillar for industries like healthcare, … DataON Webinar: What’s New in Azure Local from Microsoft Ignite
Thursday, October 16, 2025 2pm EST / 11am PST It’s been almost a year since Microsoft announced the change from Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local. Microsoft’s Alan Kerr takes a look back at what has changed in the last year, and what to expect for Azure Local at Microsoft Ignite TL/DR Summary 1. Azure … DataON Webinar: Azure Local One Year Later and What To Expect at Microsoft Ignite
For many long-standing VMware customers, Azure Local represents a promising yet unfamiliar frontier. Navigating the Azure ecosystem for the first time can pose research and comparison challenges, especially when evaluating Azure Local as a strategic replacement. The table below bridges that gap by mapping VMware components to their Azure Local counterparts. If you have questions … Mapping the VMware Ecosystem to Azure Local
In February 2024, Broadcom finally arrived and completed its acquisition of VMware. We blogged (Broadcom Is Here: Is It Time to Finally Leave VMware Behind?) about expected price hikes and disruptions for sales & support. We thought there would be gloom and doom, but the reality now is that it’s downright apocalyptic for its customer … VMbeware: Make Sure You Have A VMware Exit Strategy
Azure Migrate (preview) is a new tool to migrate VMs from VMware to Azure Local. It provides agent-less replication & workload configuration, with no workload impact during replication & minimal cutover time, while all data stays on-premises. DataON’s Jake Thomas takes us on a step-by-step demo on how to move VMware VMs to Azure Local … Azure Migrate Step-by-Step Demo: Migrating your VMs from VMware to Azure Local
Tuesday, December 10 2pm EST / 11am PST Azure Local was the big news at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago! Azure Local is a new product that’s a cloud-connected infrastructure enabled by Azure Arc. Azure Stack HCI is now part of Azure local. All Azure Stack HCI customers will now run their workloads on Azure Local; … DataON Webinar: Azure Local and Other News from Microsoft Ignite
Kevin O’Brien, StorageReview November 20, 2024 Download the solution brief Veeam Migration enables seamless transitions from VMware to Azure, reducing downtime while mitigating hypervisor expenses. In this rapidly evolving IT landscape, businesses constantly seek solutions that offer the perfect blend of on-premises control and cloud scalability. Enter Microsoft Azure Local (formally Azure Stack HCI) solutions … Microsoft Azure Local Solutions From DataON With Seamless Veeam Migration
With price hikes and challenges with getting sales and technical support, many organizations are looking for an alternative to VMware for their infrastructure. Many of those organizations have chosen Microsoft Azure Stack HCI for a hybrid cloud infrastructure that can give them all the benefits and features of the cloud, while still having the options … What’s Your VMware Exit Strategy? Azure Stack HCI Might Be the Right Solution to Replace VMware
Considerations in migrating to a new hypervisor is top of mind today. This webinar will bring Rick Vanover from Veeam, Benjamin Clements from Strategic Online Systems and Howard Lo from DataON together to talk about their experience about what to consider and lessons learned about migrating customers from one hypervisor to another. What you’ll learn: