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Azure Arc at Enterprise Scale

Extend Azure management to VMware, on-prem servers, and multi-cloud infrastructure. Real governance, inventory, and Arc deployment patterns.

Azure Arc is Not "Cloud Extension" โ€” It's Inventory Unification

The Arc misconception: Organizations deploy Azure Arc thinking it will "extend Azure Policy to on-prem servers." Then they discover 64% of their Arc registrations are ghost VMs that don't exist, governance dashboards are wrong, and nobody knows what's actually managed.

After managing Azure Arc at scale for VMware environments with 850+ VMs, I've learned that Arc success requires three things Microsoft doesn't emphasize:

  • Inventory reconciliation first โ€” Arc registrations must sync with your CMDB or VMware inventory, or governance data is fiction.
  • Ghost registration cleanup โ€” VMs get deleted but Arc registrations persist, wrecking compliance reports and cost tracking.
  • Private Link architecture โ€” Public internet Arc connectivity creates firewall complexity and security risk in regulated environments.

This hub contains the Arc implementation guides, inventory reconciliation strategies, and governance patterns I've built to make Azure Arc actually work in enterprise VMware and hybrid environments.

1. Arc Fundamentals & Implementation

Deploy Azure Arc to VMware vCenter and on-prem servers with proper governance from day one.

2. Arc Inventory & Ghost Registration Management

Detect and clean up Arc ghost registrations that wreck governance and compliance reporting.

3. Hybrid Networking & DNS for Arc

Connect on-prem infrastructure to Azure with Private Link and hybrid DNS patterns.

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GitHub Resources

Production-ready code and tools

Arc Ghost Registration Detector
Python script to reconcile Azure Arc inventory against VMware RVTools exports.
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Azure Arc Lab Terraform
Complete Azure Arc lab environment with Private Link and vCenter integration.
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