{"id":42135,"date":"2021-05-26T06:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=2b345d9bce017d562264f6fd3d990d24"},"modified":"2021-05-26T06:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:35:13","slug":"microsoft-adds-more-services-to-its-azure-arc-multi-cloud-management-stack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/microsoft-adds-more-services-to-its-azure-arc-multi-cloud-management-stack\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft adds more services to its Azure Arc multi-cloud management stack"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Rene Millman<\/a><\/span>
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26 May, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft<\/a> has launched a set of new Azure<\/a> services that organisations<\/span> can now run on any CNCF<\/span>-conformant Kubernetes<\/span> cluster using its Azure Arc multiple-cloud<\/a> service.<\/p>\n

At its virtual Build 2021 event, Microsoft said its cloud services, such as Azure App Service, Functions, Logic Apps, API<\/span> Management, and Event Grid,\u00a0would now all be Arc-enabled (in preview form). Azure Arc, launched in 2019, is Microsoft’s tool to help firms manage Kubernetes<\/span> container clusters across clouds and on-premises data centres<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The firm said that these Azure application services can be deployed to any Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF<\/span>)-conformant Kubernetes<\/span> cluster connected via Azure Arc.<\/p>\n

The services now enabled includes Azure App Service<\/a>\u00a0for creating and managing web apps and APIs<\/span> with a fully managed platform and features like autoscaling<\/span>, deployment slots, and integrated web authentication; Azure Functions<\/a>\u00a0for event-driven programming with autoscaling<\/span>, and triggers and bindings to integrate with other Azure services;\u00a0Azure Logic Apps<\/a>\u00a0for creating automated workflows for integrating apps, data, services, and backend<\/span> systems, as well as Azure API Management<\/a>\u00a0for dealing with internal and external APIs<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“The app services are now Azure Arc-enabled, which means customers can deploy Web Apps, Functions, API<\/span> gateways, Logic Apps and Event Grid services on pre-provisioned Kubernetes<\/span> clusters,” the firm said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This takes advantage of features including deployment slots for A\/B testing, storage queue triggers, and out-of-box connectors from the app services, regardless of run location. With these portable turnkey services, customers can save time building apps, then manage them consistently across hybrid and multi-cloud environments using Azure Arc.”<\/p>\n

Microsoft added that with this capability now in preview, customers don’t have to choose between the productivity of platform as a service (PaaS<\/span>) and the control of Kubernetes<\/span>, as the same app services can run with either model.<\/p>\n

Gabe<\/span> Monroy<\/span>, vice president for Azure Developer Experience at Microsoft, said in a blog post<\/a> that one of the challenges he heard from customers was that despite the enhanced control and ecosystem benefits of Kubernetes<\/span>, Kubernetes<\/a> is difficult for developers to use directly. Developers must learn many advanced concepts and APIs<\/span>, which can hurt their productivity.<\/p>\n

“With today’s announcement, developers no longer have to choose between the productivity of Azure application services and the control of Kubernetes<\/span>,” he added. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rene Millman<\/p>\n

26 May, 2021 <\/p>\n

Microsoft has launched a set of new Azure services that organisations can now run on any CNCF-conformant Kubernetes cluster using its Azure Arc multiple-cloud service.
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