Summary of Azure VMware Solution, Roadmap, and Best Practices

AVS is a first-party Microsoft Azure service developed in conjunction with VMware that provides a familiar vSphere-based, single-tenant private cloud on Azure that is like the one used by VMware. The VMware technology stack consists of the following components: vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, and HCX. AVS is installed on dedicated infrastructure in Azure data centers and runs natively on that infrastructure. In comparison with existing on-premises VMware infrastructures, AVS provides a consistent and well-known user experience. Customers may deploy an AVS environment in a matter of hours and migrate VM resources in a matter of minutes. Microsoft supplies all the networking, storage, management, and support services that are required.

The following is a high-level architectural overview of how a customer connects their on-premises VMware environment to Azure and AVS. ExpressRoute Global Reach, a capability that connects numerous...