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Extend Azure management to VMware, on-prem servers, and multi-cloud infrastructure. Real governance, inventory, and Arc deployment patterns.
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:
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.
Complete enterprise Arc deployment guide covering all 6 major problems Microsoft doesn't document.
2025-12-19
Azure Arc demos show 5-10 servers connecting perfectly. Enterprise deployments with hundreds of on-premises and VMware servers look different. Here's what actually breaks at scale - ghost registrations, network complexity, vCenter integration, and the operational reality Microsoft's documentation doesn't prepare you for.
Deploy Azure Arc to VMware vCenter and on-prem servers with proper governance from day one.
2025-11-24
End-to-end implementation guide for connecting VMware vCenter to Azure Arc with governance in mind: tags, policy, RBAC, and reporting from day one.
2025-11-26
A private Azure Arc lab design that lets you learn governance patterns, vCenter onboarding, and policy testing without touching production.
Detect and clean up Arc ghost registrations that wreck governance and compliance reporting.
2025-12-06
How Azure Arc ghost registrations happen, why they wreck governance reporting, and how to detect and clean them up at scale.
2025-10-11
How to build a Configuration Management Database for Azure using Resource Graph and KQL queries. Track 31,000+ resources across 44 subscriptions with real-time accuracy. Why traditional CMDBs fail and Azure Resource Graph succeeds.
Connect on-prem infrastructure to Azure with Private Link and hybrid DNS patterns.
2025-10-06
Azure Private DNS Resolver alternative for hybrid environments. Fix private endpoint DNS resolution by duplicating zones in on-prem AD instead of forwarders. Real-world solution managing 1,500+ private endpoints.
2025-10-15
Microsoft's official migration tool assumes single domains and flat networks. Here's why it's architecturally incompatible with multi-domain hybrid environments.
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