Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of AWS Outposts (racks & servers)
AWS Outposts maps to Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI).
About AWS Outposts (racks & servers)
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | AWS-owned and AWS-managed hardware in your data center, as 42U racks or 1U/2U servers, running EC2, EBS, and selected services as an extension of a Region. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Provider infrastructure in your data center | Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI) | Partial match |
Hybrid, edge & VMware(1)
Provider infrastructure in your data center Partial match
AWS Outposts maps to Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI). The key difference is ownership. AWS owns and manages Outposts hardware, while Azure Local runs on validated hardware you buy from partners.
- Hardware. Outposts racks (42U) and servers (1U/2U) are delivered, installed, and maintained by AWS. Azure Local runs on customer-owned hardware from a partner catalog with prescriptive bills of materials.
- Connectivity. Outposts needs a reliable connection to its parent Region (the control plane is in the Region). Azure Local supports connected operation through Azure Arc, and disconnected operation with a locally hosted control plane.
- Services. Outposts runs EC2, EBS, S3 on Outposts, ECS/EKS, RDS, and ElastiCache, among others. Azure Local runs Arc-managed VMs, AKS, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Arc-enabled data services.