Supporting the Next Phase of Hybrid Cloud at Microsoft Ignite

Organizations are extending workloads to Azure to accelerate migrations, modernize applications, and respond to changing infrastructure and licensing requirements. This shift raises questions about how to preserve familiar operations, plan for resilience, choose the right deployment model, and manage cost as hybrid environments grow.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure gives organizations a consistent Nutanix operating model across datacenters and Azure. It helps teams move workloads to Azure BareMetal Infrastructure, preserve familiar operational practices, and run hybrid cloud with flexibility across workload placement, disaster recovery, and day to day operations across environments.

At Microsoft Ignite 2026, Nutanix and Microsoft are highlighting an expanded partnership and three NC2 on Azure updates to help customers plan and operate hybrid cloud environments with greater flexibility:

• An expanded Nutanix–Microsoft partnership supporting hybrid-cloud flexibility across the datacenter and Azure.
• The new AN48 instance type, expanding options for sizing, migrating, and deploying Nutanix workloads on Azure.
• Continued expansion across Azure regions, with initial availability of new AN48 instances in two regions, US East and US West 2.
• An ESAN improvement, without VWAN, that can help make total cost of ownership more affordable as customers scale.

Together, Nutanix and Microsoft are helping organizations quickly move workloads to Azure, prepare for disaster recovery, and scale their hybrid cloud strategy with a consistent operating model.

Plan Your Next Move on Azure

For organizations evaluating AVS or planning a broader datacenter exit, NC2 on Azure provides a private cloud alternative that extends the Nutanix software stack to Azure BareMetal Infrastructure. Customers can move workloads while preserving familiar tools, skills, and operating practices.

For customers with Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments (MACC), eligible Nutanix software purchased through the Azure Marketplace can contribute to MACC drawdown, subject to program eligibility and terms.

See Hybrid Cloud Resilience in Action

The Nutanix theater session “From Outage to Online: Hybrid Cloud Disaster Recovery | NC2 on Azure” brings disaster recovery to life through a 25-minute recovery scenario. The demo will cover workload preparation, a simulated primary site outage, failover to NC2 on Azure, and post-recovery management with Nutanix.

The session will demonstrate how Azure recovery capacity and the Nutanix operating experience can work together when a mission critical workload goes down.

Explore Nutanix + Microsoft Solutions at Microsoft Ignite

Visit Nutanix at Microsoft Ignite booth 6179 to learn how Nutanix can help you accelerate migrations, simplify hybrid operations, and build a practical path to hybrid cloud freedom.

• Unlock cloud flexibility, streamline hybrid operations, and accelerate modernization with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure.
• Simplify your off-ramp from AVS bundled VMware licensing with NC2 on Azure
• Provision, operate, and scale databases across on-premises and hybrid cloud with Nutanix Database Service (NDB).
• Run session hosts on‑premises while using AVD’s cloud control plane with Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Hybrid.
• Connect, govern, and run AI across your hybrid environment with Nutanix Enterprise AI.

Resources

• From Migration to AI: How Nutanix and Microsoft Help Enterprises Run What’s Next, Anywhere
• Close Brothers: Modernizing Financial Services with Nutanix
• Dawn Foods: Scaling Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
• Powering Member‑First Banking with Future‑Ready Infrastructure

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