The following is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities but encompass the most frequent tasks and definitions. For further questions, please contact Microsoft.

Deploying Software Defined Data Centers (SDDCs)

  • Host quota

  • Host count

  • Management Network Range

  • HCX Network Range

Configuring SDDC Network & Security (NSX-T)

  • Additional Tier-1 Routers

  • Firewall

  • VMware NSX-T Data Center LB

  • IPsec VPN

  • NAT

  • Public IP addresses

  • Network Segments

  • Distributed firewall, gateway firewall

  • Network extension (via HCX or NSX)

  • AD/LDAP configuration for RBAC

Configuring SDDC – VMware vCenter Server

AD/LDAP configuration for RBAC

Configuring SDDC Network & Security (vSAN)

  • Define and maintain VSAN VM Policies

  • Add hosts to maintain adequate “slack space”

Deploying Virtual Machines

  • Installing Operating Systems

  • Patching Operating Systems

  • Installing Antivirus Software

  • Installing Backup Software

  • Installing Configuration Management Software

Migrating Virtual Machines

  • HCX Configuration

  • HCX Updates

  • Live vMotion

  • Cold Migration

  • Content Library Sync

Managing Virtual Machines

  • Installing software

  • Implementing backup solution

  • Implementing Antivirus solution

Configure VMware HCX

  • Download and deploy HCA connector OVA on-premises

  • Pairing on-premises HCX connector

  • Configure the network profile, compute profile, and service mesh

  • Configure HCX network extension/MON

  • Updates and upgrades

  • Network configuration to connect to on-premises, VNet, or internet

  • Add or delete hosts requests to cluster from the Azure portal

  • Deploy/lifecycle management of partner (3 rd party) solutions

Physical Infrastructure

  • Azure Regions

  • Azure Availability Zones

  • Express Route/Global reach

Compute / Network / Storage

  • Rack and Power Bare Metal Hosts

  • Rack and Power Network Equipment

SDDC Lifecyle

  • ESXi deploy, patch, and upgrade

  • vCenter Server deploy, patch, and upgrade

  • NSX-T deploy, patch, and upgrade

  • vSAN deploy, patch, and upgrade

SDDC Networking (NSX)

  • Microsoft Edge node/cluster, VMware NSX-T host preparation

  • Provide Tier-0 and Tenant Tier-1 Gateway

  • Connectivity from Tier-0 (using BGP) to Azure Network via Express Route

SDDC Compute – VMware vCenter Server provider configuration

  • Create default cluster

  • Configure virtual networking for vMotion, Management, vSAN, and others.

SDDC Backup/Restore

  • Backup and Restore VMware vCenter Server

  • Backup and Restore NSX-T Manager

SDDC Health

  • Monitoring and corrective actions

  • Replace failed hosts

HCX deployment with fully configured compute profile on cloud side as add-on (optional)

  • SRM deployment, upgrade, scale up/down (optional)

  • Support SDDC platforms and VMware HCX

Entity

Responsibility/Activity

Customer

Microsoft

Partner ecosystem

Partners provide support for their own products and solutions.

See Azure VMware Solution private cloud updates and upgrades for further reference.