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Azure Arc is a bridge that extends the Azure control plane to your on-premise servers, AWS, or Google Cloud.
With Arc, you can apply **Azure Policy** to a SQL Server running in your own office or a VM in AWS. You can see all your global inventory in a single 'Resource Group' view, regardless of where the physical hardware is located.
You can take a standard Kubernetes cluster (on-prem) and 'Arc-enable' it. You can then deploy your .NET microservices to that cluster using **GitOps** directly from the Azure portal. This is the ultimate tool for companies with complex hybrid requirements.
Q: "Why would I use Arc?"
Architect Answer: "Use **Azure Arc** if your company has 'Cloud Skeptics' or legacy data that MUST stay in your own building. Arc allows you to provide a modern 'Azure Experience' (logging, security, policy) to those legacy systems without moving the data. It's the 'Soft Path' to cloud migration."
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1. Governance Outside Azure 2. Arc-Enabled Kubernetes 3. Architect Insight