Hybrid Cloud Management with Azure Arc

Managing resources across on-premises data centers, edge locations, and multiple public clouds often leads to fragmented governance and security blind spots. Azure Arc bridges this gap by extending Azure management and services to any infrastructure. This comprehensive text-based course guides you through bringing unified cloud management to your entire hybrid estate. You will start by mastering foundational hybrid cloud concepts and key architectural terminology. From there, you will learn how to project your existing infrastructure into Azure to manage everything from a single control plane. You will also explore modern cloud-native practices, including GitOps workflows, to keep your distributed environments synchronized and secure. What you'll learn: - Understand hybrid cloud architecture and how Azure Arc acts as a unified control plane - Register and manage physical and virtual servers outside of Azure as Arc-enabled servers - Deploy and manage Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters to run containerized applications consistently - Configure and operate Arc-enabled data services, including SQL Managed Instance and PostgreSQL - Apply consistent governance, compliance policies, and security baselines across all environments - Implement modern GitOps workflows for automated, declarative configuration management This course is structured as a step-by-step reading program, beginning with essential definitions and architecture before moving into practical configuration scenarios and management workflows. This course is designed for system administrators, cloud engineers, and IT professionals who are new to Azure Arc and want to build a solid foundation in hybrid cloud management. No prior experience with Azure Arc is required. Start reading today to unify your hybrid infrastructure under a single, secure control plane.