Managed and self-managed Microsoft Azure

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure

Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure offers all the benefits of Ansible automation, deployed in your Azure cloud and offered as a managed or self-managed application..

The managed application is fully supported by Red Hat, providing all the tools you need to deploy enterprise-wide automation. It also integrates with native Azure services and the full Ansible collection for Microsoft Azure, co-developed and security tested by Microsoft and Red Hat.

The self-managed application helps you control the design, architecture, deployment, and scalability of your Ansible Automation Platform environment—and includes Red Hat’s premium support.  It provides the complete Ansible Automation Platform, including integrations with native Azure services and the full Azure collection.

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Buy on Azure Marketplace

Self-managed and managed Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure is now available directly from the Azure Marketplace portal in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Singapore, and Australia—with global availability coming soon. To get started, select your preferred deployment option and your location:

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Automate any application, anywhere—from your Azure cloud

We manage the rest

With Ansible Automation Platform on Azure, you gain the flexibility to scale your business—wherever it is. So whether it’s on-premise, a regional footprint, a global enterprise network, or your farthest edge nodes, you can use Ansible Automation Platform on Azure to automate the management of your IT resources. It’s automation at hybrid cloud scale.

Benefits of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure managed application

Features and benefits

Runs in your cloud

Deploy and run the Ansible Automation Platform managed app and self-managed app in your Microsoft Azure cloud, then extend your automation to private clouds, on-premise datacenters, edge locations, and other public clouds—wherever you do business. 

Integrates with Azure services

You get the complete Ansible Automation Platform, including Red Hat Insights for analytics, as well as integration with Azure services such as Azure AD, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Database Services, Azure Container Registry, Azure Key Vault, and more. It also includes the full Ansible collection for Microsoft Azure.

Managed application fully supported by Red Hat

We manage, service, and support the application so your IT team can focus on delivering automation strategies for a more efficient and scalable business.

Counts toward spend agreements with integrated Azure billing

Integrated billing means one bill—and full visibility into cost. Also, if you have a spend agreement with Microsoft, the costs of this offering count toward that amount.

Offers flexibility and speed

Ansible Automation Platform on Azure combines the power of cloud computing with the convenience of a managed offering. IT teams can quickly automate and scale in their cloud. Deploy the app and start automating your Azure resources in minutes.

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Icon-Red_Hat-Media_and_documents-Quotemark_Open-B-Red-RGB We run Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Microsoft Azure as part of our cloud infrastructure, so we had experience working with Red Hat technology and their teams. Ansible Automation Platform met our technical specifications and benchmarking requirements and offered local support.

Vikas Bhandari

Director, Group Engineering and Delivery, Cloud & Infrastructure, AIA Group

See how AIA Group migrated 90% of its workloads to the cloud