Onboard an On-Premises Windows Virtual Machine into Azure Arc

Scenario

As you walk through the lab, consider the following scenario:

You are the Senior Systems Administrator at Barrier Reef Audio, a company that focuses on generating text from speech using a range of high-quality audio equipment and machine learning.

You have a large fleet of Windows servers on-premises that you currently manage using traditional management tools.

You want to improve the inventory and management experience by bringing these servers into the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) control plane so you can more easily gain visibility over your server fleet and perform Azure VM management tasks like installing VM extensions.

In this lab, you will:

1. Generate an Azure Arc onboarding script
2. Onboard an on-premises VM into Azure Arc
3. Explore the Azure Arc server capabilities

Lab Setup

In this lab, you will be connecting to VMs using Remote Desktop and accessing the Azure portal.

Note: To complete this lab, you will need to use a remote desktop client:

• Windows: Microsoft Remote Desktop on Windows 10
• macOS: Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Linux: Remmina

If you get stuck, feel free to check out the lab objectives or the solution video. Good luck!

WARNING: Be Prepared for UI Changes

Given the fluid nature of Microsoft's cloud tools, you may experience user interface (UI) changes that were made following the development of this hands-on lab that do not match up with the lab instructions. When any such changes are brought to our attention, we will attempt to update the content accordingly. However, if changes occur, you will have to adapt to the changes and work through them in the hands-on labs as needed.