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2026 48

  1. Stay ahead of Azure Arc agent health with Azure Advisor
  2. Simplify Azure Arc agent updates with Automatic Agent Upgrade, now generally available
  3. Scheduled backups for Azure Local with disconnected operations: Advancing control plane resilience
  4. Introducing Azure Copilot for Azure Local: AI-powered operations for distributed infrastructure
  5. Advancing sovereign AI with Foundry Local and Azure Local
  6. GitHub Enterprise Local: Bringing modern development to environments you control
  7. Sovereign Private Cloud: Bringing more choice and control to AI and cloud infrastructure
  8. End of Lifecycle for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  9. Public Preview: Onboard Kubernetes Clusters to Azure Arc with the Multicloud Connector
  10. GitOps with Argo CD extension for AKS is Now Generally Available
  11. Episode 2: Reduce restarts with Hotpatch for Windows Server 2025 | The Azure Arc Check-In
  12. Azure Local Storage: Choose the Architecture That Fits Your Business
  13. Workload Orchestration in the Azure portal is now available: Deploy in minutes, scale with ease
  14. Announcing the public preview of Azure Local workload management in Azure Arc Site Manager
  15. Generally Available: Certificate Management for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
  16. What’s new for small form factor infrastructure
  17. Episode 1: Onboarding Azure Arc at Scale | The Azure Arc Check-In
  18. Expanding the Azure Local Security Ecosystem with IBM QRadar and Splunk
  19. Generally Available: Windows Server 2016 Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
  20. Build and Deploy Confidential Virtual Machines on Azure Local (Public Preview)
  21. Azure Arc Server June Forum
  22. Azure Local expands SAN capabilities with iSCSI support
  23. Plan for Upcoming Changes to Extended Security Updates on Azure Local
  24. Azure Arc Server May 2026 Forum
  25. Your first model deployment on Foundry Local on Azure Local: from catalog to inference in 10 minutes
  26. Build, deploy, and govern sovereign AI with Foundry Local on Azure Local
  27. Unlock On-Prem Productivity with Agentic Retrieval in Foundry Local
  28. Scale On-Prem AI with Foundry Local on Azure Local: Multi-Node Inference and vLLM Support
  29. Introducing GitHub Enterprise Local (Preview): DevOps for Sovereign and Private Cloud Environments
  30. Embed intelligence into physical systems with smaller form factor infrastructure (preview)
  31. Ansible + Azure Arc: Use Ansible modules to deploy and manage Azure Arc machine extensions at scale
  32. Azure Arc Server April 2026 Forum
  33. Simplified access to Hotpatching enabled by Azure Arc for Windows Server 2025
  34. Introducing cert-manager for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes: now in Public Preview
  35. Azure Local expands to sovereign-scale infrastructure with disaggregated deployments
  36. SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc Overview
  37. From fragmented sites to consistent governance: Azure Arc patterns for adaptive cloud strategy.
  38. Azure Arc Server Mar 2026 Forum Recap
  39. Automating Arc-enabled SQL Server license type configuration with Azure Policy
  40. Simplify Azure Arc Server Onboarding with Ansible and the New Onboarding Role
  41. Run the latest Azure Arc agent with Automatic Agent Upgrade (Public Preview)
  42. Announcing Private Preview: Deploy Ansible Playbooks using Azure Policy via Machine Configuration
  43. Announcing Public Preview of Argo CD extension on AKS and Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters
  44. Building Microsoft’s Sovereign AI on Azure Local with NVIDIA RTX PRO and Next Gen NVIDIA Rubin
  45. Azure Arc Server Feb 2026 Forum Recap
  46. Announcing the General Availability of the Azure Arc Gateway for Arc-enabled Kubernetes!
  47. Announcing Public Preview: Simplified Machine Provisioning for Azure Local
  48. Azure Arc Server Jan 2026 Forum Recap

2025 57

  1. Azure Arc Monthly Forum Recap – November 2025
  2. Azure Arc Server Forum: 2026 Updates
  3. Azure Local 22H2 Clusters: End of Service and Feature Degradation
  4. AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Powering AI Applications from Cloud to Edge [Ignite 2025]
  5. Announcing the preview of Azure Local rack aware cluster
  6. Expanding Azure Arc for Hybrid and Multicloud Management
  7. Public Preview: Multicloud connector support for Google Cloud
  8. Accelerate your cloud migration journey with Azure Arc resource discovery in Azure Migrate (preview)
  9. What’s new in Azure Local: Cloud infrastructure for distributed locations enabled by Azure Arc
  10. Unified configuration and governance for Azure, Windows Server, and Linux Server
  11. Transforming City Operations: How Villa Park and DataON Deliver Real-Time Decisions with Edge RAG
  12. Ignite 2025: Preview - Intelligent Real-Time Video Insights and Agents with Azure AI Video Indexer
  13. Microsoft 365 Local is Generally Available
  14. Public Preview Refresh Announcement - Site Manager
  15. Workload Identity support for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters now Generally Available!
  16. Announcing General Availability of the Azure Key Vault Secret Store Extension
  17. Announcing General Availability of Software Defined Networking (SDN) on Azure Local
  18. A Guide to Adaptive Cloud at Microsoft Ignite 2025
  19. Azure Migrate Expands Capabilities to Accelerate Migration to Azure Local
  20. Public Preview: Audit and Enable Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Azure Arc-enabled Servers
  21. Addressing Air Gap Requirements through Secure Azure Arc Onboarding
  22. Announcing General Availability of Azure Local on Microsoft Azure Government Cloud
  23. Announcing the General Availability of Arc Gateway for Azure Local
  24. Announcing the General Availability of the Azure Arc Gateway for Arc-enabled Servers!
  25. SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc is now generally available in the US Government Virginia region
  26. Public Preview: Auto agent upgrade for Azure Arc-enabled servers
  27. EOL of Azure Linux 2.0 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc
  28. Announcing the preview of Software Defined Networking (SDN) on Azure Local
  29. Announcing general availability of workload orchestration: simplifying edge deployments at scale
  30. Upgrade Azure Local operating system to new version
  31. Preview of Arc enabled SQL Server in US Government Virginia
  32. Jumpstart LocalBox 25H2 Update
  33. Public Preview: Deploy OSS Large Language Models with KAITO on AKS on Azure Local
  34. Transforming On-Premises Data with RAG Capabilities on Azure Local
  35. Empowering the Physical World with AI
  36. Unlocking AI Apps Across Boundaries with Azure
  37. Cloud infrastructure for disconnected environments enabled by Azure Arc
  38. Welcoming the Next Wave at Build: New Partners Join the Azure Arc ISV Program
  39. Public Preview: Workload orchestration simplifying edge deployment at scale
  40. Troubleshoot the Azure Arc Agent in Azure using Azure Monitor & Log Analytics Workspace
  41. Arc Jumpstart Newsletter: April 2025 Edition
  42. Jumpstart LocalBox - New name, still awesome!
  43. AKS Arc on Azure Local CloudCasa backup and restore integration
  44. Comparing deployment options of AKS enabled by Azure Arc 📃
  45. Announcing Azure Local Public Preview on Microsoft Azure Government Cloud
  46. Arc Jumpstart Training Video Series
  47. Upgrade to Azure Local, version 23H2 OS
  48. Arc Jumpstart Newsletter: March 2025 Edition
  49. Announcing the General Availability of Azure AI Video Indexer enabled by Azure Arc
  50. Announcing Private Preview: ArgoCD through Microsoft GitOps
  51. Jumpstart Agora - Contoso Motors v2
  52. Modernize Server Management from Configuration Manager (MECM) with Azure Arc
  53. Azure Local Performance Metrics Dashboard
  54. Arc Jumpstart Newsletter: February 2025 Edition
  55. 5 years of Arc Jumpstart with a refreshed website
  56. Announcing Jumpstart ArcBox 25Q1 general availability
  57. Arc Jumpstart Newsletter: January 2025 Edition

2024 50

  1. Deploy a Kubernetes Application Programmatically Using Terraform and CLI
  2. Evolving Stretch Clustering for Azure Local
  3. Upgrade from Azure Stack HCI, version 22H2 to Azure Local
  4. Unlocking the Power of Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes: Simplifying Hybrid and MultiCloud Management
  5. Microsoft Ignite 2024: Celebrating the Success of Our First Show Floor Interview Series
  6. Introducing Jumpstart Gems
  7. Ignite 2024: AKS enabled by Azure Arc - New Capabilities and Expanded Workload Support
  8. New capabilities to aid Migration and Hybrid Cloud Management
  9. Ignite 2024: Azure AI Video Indexer Enhances Multi-Modal Video Summarization
  10. Announcing Public Preview of Workload Identity Federation for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters
  11. AKS Arc - Optimized for AI Workloads
  12. Fault Tolerant, Durable, Edge Kubernetes Storage with Azure Container Storage enabled by Azure Arc
  13. Speed Innovation with Arc-enabled Kubernetes Applications
  14. Outperform the competition with a unified approach to data and AI
  15. Operate everywhere with AI-enhanced management and security
  16. Extending Azure's AI Platform with an adaptive cloud approach
  17. Introducing Azure Local: cloud infrastructure for distributed locations enabled by Azure Arc
  18. Introducing Jumpstart Cerebral
  19. Jumpstart Drops Hits General Availability
  20. Public Preview of Azure Key Vault Secret Store Extension
  21. Announcing Jumpstart Agora "Contoso Hypermarket" scenario
  22. Generally Available: Multicloud connector enabled by Azure Arc
  23. Announcing General Availability: Windows Server Management enabled by Azure Arc
  24. Announcing the Azure Arc ISV Partner Program at Ignite
  25. Announcing the Public Preview of the Azure Arc gateway!
  26. Announcing the Arc Jumpstart Community Badges
  27. A Guide to Adaptive Cloud at Microsoft Ignite 2024
  28. Azure Adaptive Cloud Pre-Days at Microsoft Ignite 2024
  29. Launching the Arc Jumpstart Newsletter: October 2024 Edition
  30. Announcing Public Preview of Windows Server Hotpatch enabled by Azure Arc
  31. Public Preview of Azure Container Storage enabled by Azure Arc Edge Volumes
  32. Introducing ArcBox 3.0 General Availability
  33. CloudCasa for Azure Arc
  34. Generally Available: Transition to WS2012 / R2 ESUs enabled by Azure Arc from Volume Licensing
  35. Comparing feature sets for AKS enabled by Azure Arc deployment options
  36. Increasing Security for SQL Server Enabled by Azure Arc
  37. Five Key Updates on WS2012 ESUs enabled by Azure Arc
  38. Announcing enhanced multicloud integration enabled by Azure Arc
  39. General Availability of SQL FCI and AG Features SQL Server Enabled by Azure Arc
  40. Announcing Jumpstart Drops
  41. Announcing Jumpstart Agora for manufacturing
  42. Developing AI-enhanced apps of the future with Microsoft’s adaptive cloud approach
  43. Public Preview of Azure Arc Site Manager
  44. Public Preview of Edge Storage Accelerator
  45. Coming Soon: Transition to WS2012/R2 ESUs enabled by Azure Arc for Year 2 and beyond
  46. Azure Adaptive Cloud Community Call Relaunch 📢
  47. Enable Change Tracking and Inventory for Arc Onboarded Machines (Windows and Linux)
  48. Announcing HCIBox support for Azure Stack HCI 23H2
  49. Azure Arc-Enabled Kubernetes now available on Azure Marketplace!
  50. Windows Server 2012/R2 Extended Security Updates Licensing and Billing

2023 36

  1. Public Preview of the Arc Visual Studio Code Extension
  2. Announcing Preview of Run Command on Arc-enabled servers
  3. Challenges of Containerized App Portability in Kubernetes
  4. Azure Arc November release - PASS announcements
  5. Achieving Distributed High Availability: Stack HCI and AKS Hybrid
  6. Performance dashboards for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc – now in Public Preview
  7. The first Windows Server 2012/R2 ESU Patches are out! Are you protected?
  8. Simplify certificate management of on-prem IIS server with Azure Arc & Azure Key Vault VM extension
  9. Bring Azure to your System Center environment: Announcing GA of SCVMM enabled by Azure Arc
  10. Announcing Preview of Azure AI Video Indexer Cloud-to-Edge Version
  11. Bringing Cloud Operations & Management innovations anywhere! #MSIgnite2023
  12. Announcing Arc Jumpstart vNext
  13. Bring Azure to your VMware environment: Announcing GA of VMware vSphere enabled by Azure Arc
  14. Click Through Demo for Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates Enabled by Azure Arc
  15. Introducing Azure management capabilities for Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM
  16. Generally Available: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
  17. Announcing the General Availability of Jumpstart HCIBox
  18. New Azure management and onboarding capabilities for Azure Arc-enabled VMware vSphere
  19. Announcing Jumpstart Agora
  20. Public Preview of Transparent Data Encryption and Credential Rotation for Arc SQL Managed Instance
  21. SSH for Azure Arc is now generally available!
  22. New options for Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
  23. Enabling Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Arc Enabled SQL Server Machines
  24. June 2023 Release for Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server and Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance
  25. Modernize and drive sustainability with Azure hybrid solutions
  26. Give us your thoughts on running Kubernetes anywhere for a chance to win a $300 USD gift card!
  27. April release of Arc data services
  28. Azure Best Practices delivered to machines anywhere with new Azure Arc and Automanage integration.
  29. Using Azure Policy to onboard multiple SQL Servers at scale to Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server - Part 1
  30. Opportunity to Share Perspective on Multicloud Asset Inventory
  31. Evaluate SQL Server configuration using Best practices assessment for Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server
  32. How do AKS and AKS on Azure Stack HCI compare?
  33. Organize and report on your heterogeneous compute with Azure Arc-enabled Infrastructure
  34. No more limits: simpler server onboarding for large deployments
  35. Secure, scalable, and simple onboarding to Azure Arc-enabled servers using Group Policy
  36. Automation for Large Scale Deployment of Agents on Servers managed by Azure Arc

2022 36

  1. Announcing Public Preview of Viewing SQL Server Databases - Azure Arc
  2. Ansible and Azure Arc-enabled servers are better together.
  3. Consistently upgrade your server TLS protocol using Azure Arc and Automanage Machine Configuration
  4. Automatic extension upgrade now provides high availability to Arc-enabled servers during upgrades
  5. Active Directory Connector (ADC) for Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance is now generally available!
  6. New hybrid deployment options for AKS clusters from cloud to edge, enabled by Azure Arc
  7. Announcing Jumpstart HCIBox
  8. Announcing Landing Zone Accelerator for Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance
  9. Announcing Jumpstart ArcBox for DataOps
  10. Expanding ISVs solutions with Azure Hybrid
  11. Directly Connected Mode Data Controller for Azure Arc-enabled Data Services
  12. Performance benchmark of Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance
  13. Azure Arc extensibility model for hybrid, cloud-native development
  14. Realizing Machine Learning anywhere with Azure Kubernetes Service and Arc-enabled Machine Learning
  15. Monitor mode: Azure’s monitoring capabilities delivered securely to Azure Arc-enabled servers
  16. Top 5 Reasons to Attend Azure Hybrid, Multicloud, and Edge Day on June 15
  17. Hybrid VM Management with Azure Arc-enabled System Center VMM
  18. General Availability of the Dapr Extension
  19. Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance Business Critical now generally available!
  20. GA: Azure Key Vault secrets provider extension for Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters
  21. Announcing landing zone accelerator for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
  22. Announcing General Availability for GitOps with Flux v2 in Azure
  23. Announcing ArcBox for DevOps
  24. Azure Arc for VMware Admins
  25. Azure Arc at Build 2022: Here’s where you should go!
  26. Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled servers support for private endpoints
  27. Enabling Active Directory (AD) Authentication in Arc-enabled SQL Managed instance
  28. Azure Arc for Servers Monitoring Workbook
  29. Directly Connected Mode v. Indirectly Connected Mode for Azure Arc-enabled Data Services
  30. Automatic extension upgrades are now enabled by default on Azure Arc-enabled servers
  31. Azure Arc enabled Open Service Mesh is now Generally Available!
  32. In preview: SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers
  33. Deploy apps to Azure-Arc enabled Kubernetes cluster using 'Cluster Connect' and 'GitHub Actions'
  34. Benefit from Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance, even without a direct connection to Azure
  35. Azure Arc-enabled Data Services Overview
  36. Announcing Jumpstart ArcBox 2.0

2021 35

  1. In preview: Azure Key Vault secrets provider extension for Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters
  2. Automatic VM extension upgrades are now in preview for Azure Arc-enabled servers
  3. Directly connected mode for Azure Arc-enabled data services is generally available.
  4. Scale model deployment on Kubernetes anywhere with Azure Arc enabled ML
  5. What’s new in Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes?
  6. General availability of Azure Monitor Container insights on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  7. Azure Arc on VMware vSphere
  8. Azure Arc Ignite Fall 2021 resources
  9. Resources to help you get started with Azure Arc
  10. Manage your hybrid environments consistently with Azure Arc
  11. Azure Arc-enabled data services Jumpstart updates
  12. Technology & Services partners are jumping on the bandwagon of Azure Arc
  13. Digital transformation at SKF through data driven manufacturing approach using Azure Arc enabled SQL
  14. Enabling hybrid solutions on any cloud, on any infrastructure, with Azure Arc partners
  15. Introducing Azure Arc Jumpstart Lightning
  16. Join us for a major Azure Arc announcement at the Azure Hybrid and Multicloud Digital Event on June
  17. Azure Arc enabled Open Service Mesh is now in public preview!
  18. Upcoming hybrid and multicloud events featuring Microsoft leaders!
  19. Bringing Azure application services to Kubernetes with Azure Arc
  20. Build 2021 Resources: Build consistent hybrid and multicloud applications with Azure Arc
  21. Azure Arc Partners Update
  22. Want to learn Azure Arc?! Here is where you should go
  23. Announcing Jumpstart ArcBox - a complete Azure Arc sandbox environment
  24. Leveraging Azure Arc cluster extensions on Cluster API Azure clusters
  25. Updates to Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  26. AKS on Azure Stack HCI + Azure Arc = Better together!
  27. Announcing the Azure Arc Jumpstart YouTube channel
  28. Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance High Availability
  29. Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes is now Generally Available!
  30. Run Azure Machine Learning anywhere - on hybrid and in multi-cloud with Azure Arc
  31. Single pane of glass managed solutions with Azure Arc
  32. Migration paths with Azure Arc
  33. Introducing Azure Arc Validation Program
  34. Implement hybrid and multicloud with Cloud Adoption Framework
  35. Ignite 2021 Resources: Innovate across Hybrid and Multicloud with Azure Arc

2020 10

  1. In preview: Azure Key Vault extension for Arc enabled servers
  2. A closer look at Azure Arc enabled servers
  3. The Azure Arc Jumpstart Project
  4. Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes Monitoring
  5. Azure Arc & Lighthouse: Managing IT Infrastructure Anywhere at-scale
  6. Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes with GitOps
  7. Azure Arc enables you to run Azure data services on-premises, at the edge, and multi-cloud
  8. Welcome to Azure Arc Tech Community
  9. Repost: Preview of Azure Arc enabled SQL Server
  10. Announcing the extensions public preview for Azure Arc enabled servers