Implementing a Hyperconverged Infrastructure with Azure Local ​

Last Updated Sep 2025

Course Overview

Azure Local extends Azure to customer-owned infrastructure, enabling local execution of modern and traditional applications across distributed locations. This solution offers a unified management experience on a single control plane and supports a wide range of validated hardware from trusted Microsoft partners.​ Attend this workshop to learn how Azure Local accelerates cloud and AI innovation by seamlessly delivering new applications, workloads, and services from cloud to edge.

Duration - 16 Hours

Level - Intermediate

Style - Self paced

Course Type - Project Ready with Labs

Certification - No

Hands on Labs - Yes

Solution Areas - Azure - Cloud & AI Platform, Migrate and Modernize Your estate

Course Modules

Introduction to Azure Local​

Azure Local delivers Azure services on-premises with tailored hardware, licensing, and technologies. It ensures low latency, data residency, and strong built-in security features for compliance and protection.

​ Azure Local and AKS Hybrid deployments

Azure Local enables hybrid capabilities, allowing seamless deployment and management of Azure workloads with benefits like low latency and regulatory compliance. It supports Azure Virtual Desktop, cloud-native AKS apps, and offers consistent management, governance, and infrastructure innovation from edge to cloud.

​Plan and implement Azure Local Storage​​

Azure Local Storage leverages core technologies like Storage Spaces Direct to build hyper-converged infrastructure with high availability and performance. It supports planning and management of Storage QoS and Storage Replica for resilient, scalable, and efficient local storage solutions.

Plan and implement Azure Local Network​

Azure Local networking uses SDN and virtualization for secure, agile connectivity. It enables Switch Embedded Teaming, Datacenter Firewall, Load Balancer, and RAS Gateways for efficient local network management.

Implement Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on Azure Local​

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization service that enables secure remote access. It includes architecture components like host pools, application groups, and workspaces, with features for licensing, scaling, configuration, management, and monitoring.

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