At Ignite 2024, Microsoft announced a new hybrid and edge computing platform branded as Azure Local. Built on the solid foundation of Azure Arc, Azure Local aims to bridge the gap between on-premises ...

Azure Local, powered by Azure Arc, is reshaping the landscape of distributed computing by bringing cloud capabilities to affordable hardware at remote locations. This innovative approach addresses ...

Microsoft brought a slew of networking updates to its Azure Local hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform, including SDN features and network adapter additions. The biggest networking update ...

Microsoft announced Azure Local, a new hybrid infrastructure solution that replaces Azure Stack HCI. Azure Local offers much broader capabilities. At Ignite 2024, Microsoft today announced Azure Local ...

To date, Azure Local has typically been marketed as an on-prem or Edge offering, in which customers put Microsoft hardware in their own data centers, thus creating a sovereign and private cloud ...

In May 2026, Microsoft Azure unveiled major advancements—including Azure Boost, confidential computing for Service Bus Premium, and enhanced AI agent capabilities—that reinforced its role in the $129 ...