Microsoft sharpens focus on hybrid cloud with Azure Stack HCI

BENGALURU: Microsoft India is sharpening its focus on hybrid cloud, with the launch of Azure Stack HCI, a new hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) which allows customers to seamlessly adopt a multi-cloud, multi-edge hybrid approach.

As a part of Microsoft’s Azure Stack portfolio, it provides entities seamless access to Microsoft Azure for hybrid cloud scenarios across data centres, remote offices, cloud, and edge locations, Microsoft said in a statement on Thursday.

Compatible with both Windows and Linux virtual machines, Azure Stack HCI solutions will be available from 20 partners offering Microsoft-validated hardware systems to ensure optimal performance and reliability.