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Azure Stack HCI Azure Local

Cloud-connected hybrid infrastructure platform enabled by Azure Arc for running virtual machines, containerized workloads, and Azure services on validated on-premises and edge hardware.

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Naming timeline

  1. Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD)

    · Microsoft Ignite 2017 Validated HCI Program

    Hardware-validated hyperconverged Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-V program prior to the Azure Stack HCI brand.

  2. Azure Stack HCI

    · Azure Stack HCI Brand Launch (Dedicated Azure Service GA Dec 10, 2020)

    Introduced on March 26, 2019 succeeding WSSD and evolved on December 10, 2020 into a dedicated Azure Arc-integrated host OS and hybrid service.

  3. Azure LocalCurrent name

    · Microsoft Ignite 2024 Rebrand

    Rebranded from Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local at Microsoft Ignite 2024 to encompass distributed edge and sovereign private cloud infrastructure managed via Azure Arc.

What is Azure Stack HCI called now?

Azure Stack HCI is now called Azure Local, with the latest change on 19 November 2024 (Microsoft Ignite 2024 Rebrand). Cloud-connected hybrid infrastructure platform enabled by Azure Arc for running virtual machines, containerized workloads, and Azure services on validated on-premises and edge hardware. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • AzureLocal
  • Azure Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*)Microsoft.AzureStackHCI/clusters Microsoft.AzureStackHCI/virtualMachineInstances Microsoft.AzureStackHCI/logicalNetworks
Azure CLI (az) / PowerShellaz stack-hci az stack-hci-vm
Entra ID / Azure RBAC RolesAzure Stack HCI Administrator Azure Stack HCI VM Contributor Azure Stack HCI VM Reader
Terraform Resources (azurerm_*)azurerm_stack_hci_cluster azurerm_stack_hci_logical_network azurerm_stack_hci_deployment_setting

All ARM resource types under Microsoft.AzureStackHCI, az stack-hci CLI commands, Azure Stack HCI RBAC roles, and azurerm_stack_hci_* Terraform resources remain active and backward-compatible.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Announced at Microsoft Ignite on November 19, 2024, Microsoft rebranded Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local (enabled by Azure Arc) to unify distributed hyperconverged infrastructure, bare-metal deployments, and edge compute under a single cloud-managed brand.
  • While the Azure portal, Microsoft Learn documentation (`/azure/azure-local/`), and the Azure Local hardware catalog reflect the new name, all underlying technical identifiers retain the legacy `AzureStackHCI` / `stack-hci` naming for full backward compatibility.
  • Specifically, the ARM Resource Provider (`Microsoft.AzureStackHCI/clusters`, `Microsoft.AzureStackHCI/virtualMachineInstances`), Azure CLI extensions (`az stack-hci`, `az stack-hci-vm`), built-in Azure RBAC roles (`Azure Stack HCI Administrator`, `Azure Stack HCI VM Contributor`), and Terraform resources (`azurerm_stack_hci_cluster`) remain active and unchanged.

Sources & official documentation

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