// The best partnership for Azure Stack HCI

DataON

Every successful Azure Stack HCI solution that XCES implements for our customers could not have come about without our hardware partner, DataON.

DataON has been fully committed to delivering Microsoft solutions for over 30 years and was one of the first Microsoft partners to offer fully ready-to-use Azure Stack HCI solutions.

Our Azure Stack HCI solution consists of four components:

Microsoft-certified hardware components from DataON
Azure Stack HCI OS (Operating System)
Windows Admin Center (management tool)
Additional Azure services like Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, etc.

HCI Clusters Implemented

Storage Implemented

years of industry experience

// Complete and ready-to-use

DataON's solutions

DataON is one of Microsoft's first partners to offer complete, turn-key solutions for the new Azure Stack HCI program. These solutions provide the complete and turn-key experience that DataON is famous for. The multi-node solutions consist of Microsoft-certified hardware components, including the new Azure Stack HCI OS or Windows Server.

Integrated
Validated
Windows Server

With DataON Integrated systems for Azure Stack HCI OS, you choose the best hybrid cloud solution to reduce costs, improve performance and simplify daily management. With an Integrated System, everything you need is included:

Pre-installed Azure Stack HCI OS
HCI-cluster security and management from Windows Admin Center with DataOn MUST
Automated updates for firmware and drivers with Must PRO
Combined high-level support services from both DataON and Microsoft
Additional Azure services like Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, etc.
Stretched clusters

With DataON Validated systems for Azure Stack HCI OS, you choose the best hybrid cloud solution to reduce costs, improve performance and simplify daily management. Automatic updates of firmware and drivers with the MustPRO extension are not included. A Validated System has these features:

Pre-installed Azure Stack HCI OS
HCI-cluster security and management from Windows Admin Center with DataOn MUST
DataON and partner support
Microsoft Azure Services, such as Azure Back-up, Azure Monitor and Azure Security Center
Stretched clusters

With DataON Validated systems based on Windows Server, you choose the best hybrid cloud solution to reduce costs, improve performance and simplify day-to-day management. An HCI system based on Windows Server comes with these features:

Pre-installed Microsoft Windows Server
HCI-cluster security and management from Windows Admin Center with DataOn MUST
DataON and partner support

// Easy datacenter management with MUST

MUST Pro: monitoring and management for Azure Stack HCI

DataON's MUST (Management Utility Software Tool) extension provides your organization with best-in-class visibility and management for Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server environments.

MUST simplifies datacenter management and helps enterprise customers in their digital transformation from traditional solutions to Microsoft hyperconverged infrastructure. It is built as a native extension for Microsoft Windows Admin Center, giving you all the management of your infrastructure in one overview.

With MUST Pro, your organization has access to automated firmware and driver updates for your IT environment. The extension compares your current server nodes with the latest validated updates from Microsoft and updates them automatically. This ensures that your environment is always protected against the latest vulnerabilities. Watch an introduction video about MUST here:

// About DataON

This is why DataON is our most important partner:

Specialized in Azure Stack HCI solutions
Verified Intel Select Solutions: predictability and reliability with predefined configurations
Microsoft Gold Partner, Microsoft Cloud Service Provider (CSP), Intel Platinum Partner and Veeam ProPartner
Partnership with Veeam for disaster recovery and backup solutions

“XCES has been a trusted DataON Partner since 2017, providing robust end-to-end Microsoft Azure Stack HCI solutions for European customers. Together we’re helping European customer shift to hyper-converged infrastructure with hybrid capability to simplify infrastructure on-premises and take advantage of hybrid cloud technologies.”