Embee’s Hybrid Cloud Solution with Azure Arc 8-10 weeks Implementation

Azure Arc is a Microsoft hybrid and multi-cloud management platform that extends Azure's management and services capabilities across on-premises infrastructure, cloud environments and Edge computing locations. Azure Arc simplifies the governance, control and management of complex IT infrastructures by unifying management of diverse IT environments and enables cloud-native capabilities beyond Azure's native infrastructure.

Embee software is one of the earliest partners of Microsoft with a partnership spanning nearly 30 years. With Five Microsoft solution partner designations and eight advanced specializations and several partnership recognitions, Embee is one of the leading Azure solution providers in India.

Embee has extensive experience in implementing hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, making them well-equipped to handle the complexities associated with Azure Arc. Our expertise ensures that organizations can effectively manage resources across diverse environments, including on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge locations.

Azure Arc Implementation services by us:

Embee provides a full range of Azure Arc implementation services, including:

Assessment and Planning Phase: We conduct thorough assessments to understand your existing infrastructure and develop a tailored implementation strategy. This includes-

a) Inventory existing infrastructure b) Identify target systems for Arc management c) Network Connectivity d) Assess security and compliance requirements e) Ensuring the Pre-Requisites are met including:

• Azure Active Directory account • permissions for Global Administrator or Azure Arc Onboarding • Compatible operating systems • Network connectivity • Management tools

Deployment: Embee ensures a seamless deployment of Azure Arc, enabling organizations to manage their physical and virtual servers, Kubernetes clusters, and databases as if they were all running in Azure. This phase includes:

a) Installation of the Azure Connected Machine agent b) Configure the agent to connect to Azure Arc c) Ensuring the server shows a connected status under "Machines - Azure Arc."

Post-Deployment

• Monitor and Manage: Utilize Azure services like Azure Policy and Azure Monitor to manage compliance and performance across your hybrid environment. • Ongoing Support: Establish a plan for continuous monitoring and optimization of your Azure Arc-enabled servers. Our implementation will result in following benefits:

• Faster deployment times • Operational Efficiency Improvements and reduces the management overhead by 40 to 60% • Improved resource utilization • Brings Consistent operational processes • Extends cloud-native capabilities to any infrastructure • Unified threat protection & Centralized security policy enforcement • Consistent compliance monitoring • Helps in managing Kubernetes clusters across environments • Hybrid Data Management • Edge Workload Management • Performance Improvements with intelligent workload placement