# Azure Arc

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-arc
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-arc.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-arc/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://microsoft.com
- **Slug:** azure-arc
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Provides a centralized, unified management and governance platform for multicloud and on-premises resources, extending familiar Azure services and management capabilities to any environment.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Azure Arc simplifies governance and management by delivering a consistent multicloud and on-premises management platform, projecting non-Azure resources into Azure Resource Manager to manage them as if they are running in Azure.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Management of Windows and Linux physical servers and virtual machines
  - Kubernetes clusters
  - Azure data services (like SQL Managed Instance)
  - and SQL Server instances hosted outside of Azure. Also
  - VM lifecycle management on VMware vCenter and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Freemium for core control plane functionality; associated Azure services used on Arc-enabled resources are charged separately.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Companies with complex IT environments extending across data centers, multiple clouds, and edge locations; IT and DevOps teams seeking consistent management and governance across diverse resources.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.