If I am managing 500+ RHEL VM’s in onpremise can I use azure local to manage that? Can I automate the monitoring , patching , configuration , deployment etc. Also is it possible to integrate local onpremise netwroks into azure local?
No, not at all! Azure Local is a consolidation and name change for what was once called Azure Stack HCI. It is a not an OS, but a compete solution. That solution is built on-top of technologies like Hyper-V and Windows Server OS. As a matter of fact, Windows Server 2025 shares the same build number as the soon-to-be-released OS update for Azure Local. And Windows 11 24H2! Just to say it one more time for everyone in the back - Hyper-V is not going anywhere! It is the foundation that almost every Windows OS uses - from client (Win 10/11), Server, XBox, and Azure's own hypervisor. Local AD - not sure I follow this question. If you're asking if traditional ADDS is gonna die and be replaced with Azure AD (Entra ID), the answer is also a loud "no". Azure Local was built requiring ADDS since the beginning, but they are introducing AD-less deployments for folks who do not want to manage a "fabric domain". But no, Azure AD is not in that equation as a replacement.
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If I am managing 500+ RHEL VM’s in onpremise can I use azure local to manage that? Can I automate the monitoring , patching , configuration , deployment etc. Also is it possible to integrate local onpremise netwroks into azure local?
Will there be a Azure Local OEM license with Windows Server 2025 VMs?
Will Azure local eventually replace Hyper V on the Server and local AD? and how should we prepare for this change?
No, not at all! Azure Local is a consolidation and name change for what was once called Azure Stack HCI. It is a not an OS, but a compete solution. That solution is built on-top of technologies like Hyper-V and Windows Server OS. As a matter of fact, Windows Server 2025 shares the same build number as the soon-to-be-released OS update for Azure Local. And Windows 11 24H2!
Just to say it one more time for everyone in the back - Hyper-V is not going anywhere! It is the foundation that almost every Windows OS uses - from client (Win 10/11), Server, XBox, and Azure's own hypervisor.
Local AD - not sure I follow this question. If you're asking if traditional ADDS is gonna die and be replaced with Azure AD (Entra ID), the answer is also a loud "no". Azure Local was built requiring ADDS since the beginning, but they are introducing AD-less deployments for folks who do not want to manage a "fabric domain". But no, Azure AD is not in that equation as a replacement.