At Dell Technologies, innovation drives everything we do. We’re constantly exploring new possibilities to empower businesses with solutions that simplify operations and unlock growth. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a significant milestone in our collaboration with Microsoft, one that expands the potential of Azure Local.
The Dell AX System for Azure Local, previously known as the Dell Integrated System for Azure Stack HCI, has been elevated to Microsoft’s esteemed Premier Solutions for Azure Local category. This recognition underscores our commitment to driving progress and delivering cutting-edge solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
Delivering Enhanced Capabilities
The Premier Solution category stands as the pinnacle of innovation for Azure Local solutions, setting a new benchmark in deployment consistency, operational reliability, and lifecycle management. At Dell Technologies, we’re proud to have played a crucial role in reshaping what’s possible in this space, driving advancements that empower businesses to achieve more.
Our collaboration with Microsoft has been instrumental in this journey. Together, we introduced the first-ever Premier Solution for Azure Local in 2023, marking a milestone in integrated technology. Taking it a step further, we launched the first Premier Solution supporting external storage, powered integration with PowerFlex. This breakthrough delivers predictable, near-linear performance at scale¹, offering customers the tools they need to meet rapidly evolving demands.
“Dell Technologies’ strategic partnership with Microsoft on the Premier Solution for Azure Local showcases how innovation and integration come together to deliver scalable, seamless solutions that empower our customers to achieve more. By combining our expertise, we’re driving advancements that simplify complexities, enhance performance and unlock new opportunities for businesses worldwide.”
-Alykhan Hirani, Worldwide Edge to Cloud Business Lead at Microsoft
Years of hands-on experience have honed our expertise. We’ve mastered automation, validated configurations, and streamlined lifecycle management to deliver solutions that are as reliable as they are efficient. When Microsoft advanced Azure’s native tools for managing the on-premises infrastructure running Azure Local, we seized the opportunity to refine our approach, leveraging these enhancements to simplify deployment and elevate the overall customer experience.
What Makes the Dell AX System for Azure Local a Premier Solution?
With this move, the Dell AX System for Azure Local will not only maintain its robust, high-quality offerings, but also delivers an even stronger value proposition. Here’s what you can look forward to as we elevate this solution into the Premier category:
Proven Benefits of a Premier Solution:
- Seamless Deployment: Factory pre-installed Azure Local ensures a consistent and reliable deployment every time.
- Full-stack Updates: Leveraging Azure Update Manager, customers can update the entire solution stack in one step, simplifying lifecycle management.
- Scale with ease with PowerFlex: PowerFlex enhances traditional software-defined storage by extending the storage fabric, boosting operational efficiency, and addressing new workloads.
- Integrated and Proactive Support: With Dell ProSupport, ProDeploy services, and an integrated support queue with Microsoft, you’re covered every step of the way.
- Dynamic Optimization: Features like CPU core management and Azure Monitor integration allow for workload-specific tuning.
A Comprehensive Feature Set:
- Multi-node solutions available out of the box.
- Security features enabled by default for peace of mind.
- Global availability and award-winning support.
- Available as-a-service through Dell APEX Infrastructure.
This combination of features ensures that our customers have access to cutting-edge capabilities with the reliability and simplicity necessary for growing businesses.
Why This Matters for Your Business
By delivering a unified Azure Local solution, we’re improving efficiency, reducing complexity and enabling faster access to innovations. The Dell AX System’s integration as a Premier Solution helps teams confidently deploy and manage Azure Local workloads reliably.
The best part? With a collaboratively engineered solution, you can enjoy exciting new Microsoft features as they arrive, enhancing your flexibility.
Looking Forward
The future is bright for Dell Technologies and our customers who trust us to support their Azure Local deployments. By focusing on the Dell AX System for Azure Local, we’re doubling down on collaboration, innovation, and customer success. Stay tuned as we reveal even more groundbreaking solutions later this year to help your business thrive in an increasingly tech-driven world.
Thank you for trusting Dell Technologies to deliver solutions that transform your IT experience. Together with Microsoft, we’re here to build the foundation for your next great achievement.
Explore how the Dell AX System for Azure Local can drive innovation for your business at Dell.com/Azure.
1 Based on internal testing performed by Dell PowerFlex engineering. Testing was performed using an eight node PowerFlex cluster and scaling the cluster up to 128 bides. IO sizes consisted of 4K read/writes and 256k read/writes. March 2021.
