Real World IT: Azure Local First Impressions

Live from Microsoft Ignite 2024, Ernie is joined by fellow MVP Jan-Tore Pedersen to chat about Azure Stack HCI’s rename to Azure Local, the new Disconnected solution, and other Ignite chit-chat.

Time Stamps:

0:00 – Intro

3:25 – Azure Stack HCI’s is now Azure Local

3:50 – Immediate reaction to rename

6:00 – Why the name change?

7:45 – Why HCI should have never been called an “edge product”

9:00 – The disconnected solution

12:15 – Deployment options for disconnected

14:30 – What services will be available for disconnected

17:00 – Customer feedback is important!

21:45 – Disconnected licensing and payment model

23:00 – Chicago Bulls vs Houston Rockets

Read more about Azure Local in Microsoft’s blog.