Manage VMware workloads in Azure VMware Solution and enable hybrid connectivity between on-premises datacenters and Azure with this extensive guide focusing on best practices and use cases
Key Features
- Extend or migrate your existing VMware environment to Azure VMware Solution smoothly
- Discover best practices that are based on real customer experiences
- Join the cloud revolution by conducting the most suitable migration for your workloads
Book Description
Organizations over the world are migrating partially or fully to the cloud, but with the whole slew of providers, tools, and platforms available, knowing where to start can be quite challenging. If you know Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, you know it is the quickest way to migrate to the cloud without needing application modernization or rework. You can retain the same VMware tools to manage your environment while moving to Azure. But how does it work? The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution has the answer.
This high-level, comprehensive yet concise guide to Azure VMware Solution starts by taking you through the architecture and its applicable use cases. It will help you hit the ground running by getting straight to the important steps: planning, deploying, configuring, and managing your Azure VMware Solution instance. You'll be able to extend your existing knowledge of Azure and VMware by covering advanced topics such as SRM and governance, setting up a hybrid connection to your on-premises datacenter, and scaling up using disk pools.
By the end of the VMware book, you'll have gone over everything you need to transition to the cloud with ease using Azure VMware Solution.
What you will learn
- Get to grips with the overall architecture of Azure VMware Solution
- Discover Enterprise-scale for Azure VMware Solution
- Deploy an Azure VMware private cloud successfully
- Deploy and configure HCX in Azure VMware Solution
- Configure NSX-T network segments with the NSX-T Manager
- Configure internet access, traffic inspection, and storage for AVS
- Integrate Azure VMware Solution with Azure-native services
- Use governance to improve your cloud portfolio
Who this book is for
This book is for VMware administrators, cloud solutions architects, and anyone interested in learning how to deploy and configure an AVS environment in Azure. Technology leaders who want to get out of the datacenter business or expand their on-premises datacenter into Microsoft Azure will also find this book useful. Familiarity with VMware solutions and a basic understanding of Azure networking is necessary to get started with this book.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Azure VMware Solution
- Enterprise-Scale for Azure VMware Solution
- Planning for an Azure VMware Solution Deployment
- Deploying Your First Azure VMware Solution Cluster
- Deploying and Configuring HCX in Azure VMware Solution
- Adding Network Segments in Azure VMware Solution
- Creating and Configuring a Secure vWAN Hub for Internet Connectivity
- Inspecting Traffic for AVS
- Adding Additional Storage to the AVS Datastore
- Working with VMware Site Recovery Manager
- Managing an Azure VMware Solution Environment
- Leveraging Governance for Azure VMware Solution
- Summary of Azure VMware Solution, Roadmap, and Best Practices
Kevin Jellow is an information technology professional with over 20 years of experience. He has spent the last ten years at Microsoft, starting as an Exchange Consultant with MCS and deploying Microsoft Exchange for multiple global customers. During the summer of 2012, Kevin shifted his focus to Microsoft Azure. Kevin later became a Cloud Solutions Architect and, most recently, a Global Black Belt focusing on Azure VMware Solutions (AVS).
Kevin is a native of Jamaica, and he returns there several times a year to enjoy the lush tropic atmosphere and crystal-clear beaches, as well as his native Jerk chicken and Red Stripe.
