Azure Local runs the same Azure services — AVD, AKS, SQL, and more — on hardware you own, managed through the Azure portal. Get cloud management with on-premises economics.
Azure Local is Microsoft's hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solution — a cluster of commodity servers running the same software stack as Azure, fully managed through the Azure portal and Azure Arc. You get the familiar Azure experience, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Defender for Cloud — all pointing at your own hardware.
This means workloads that were costing thousands per month in Azure can be moved back on-premises — onto a paid-off (or low-cost leased) HCI cluster — while still being managed, monitored, and secured exactly like a cloud resource.
Common workloads where on-prem repatriation delivers the biggest cost reduction. Actual savings vary by configuration and usage.
Azure Local isn't just VMs — it supports a growing set of fully managed Azure services running on your own hardware.
Azure Local isn't just a cost-cutting play — it's a powerful migration strategy. Use it as a bridge to move from legacy on-prem infrastructure to a modern, cloud-managed environment without the full cloud price tag.
Not every workload belongs in the public cloud. We help you identify which workloads to move to Azure, which to keep on Azure Local, and which to decommission entirely — building the most cost-effective hybrid strategy.
Let us run a free workload cost analysis — we'll show you exactly which workloads make sense for Azure Local and how much you could save.