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 # What is Azure VMware Solution?
 
-Azure VMware Solution provides you with private clouds that contain VMware vSphere clusters built from dedicated bare-metal Azure infrastructure. The minimum initial deployment is three hosts, but additional hosts can be added one at a time, up to a maximum of 16 hosts per cluster. All provisioned private clouds have VMware vCenter Server, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, and VMware NSX-T Data Center. As a result, you can migrate workloads from your on-premises environments, deploy new virtual machines (VMs), and consume Azure services from your private clouds. In addition, Azure VMware Solution management tools (vCenter Server and NSX Manager) are available at least 99.9% of the time. For more information, see [Azure VMware Solution SLA](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/azure-vmware/v1_1/).
+Azure VMware Solution provides you with private clouds that contain VMware vSphere clusters built from dedicated bare-metal Azure infrastructure. The minimum initial deployment is three hosts, but more hosts can be added one at a time, up to a maximum of 16 hosts per cluster. All provisioned private clouds have VMware vCenter Server, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, and VMware NSX-T Data Center. As a result, you can migrate workloads from your on-premises environments, deploy new virtual machines (VMs), and consume Azure services from your private clouds. In addition, Azure VMware Solution management tools (vCenter Server and NSX Manager) are available at least 99.9% of the time. For more information, see [Azure VMware Solution SLA](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/azure-vmware/v1_1/).
 
 Azure VMware Solution is a VMware validated solution with ongoing validation and testing of enhancements and upgrades. Microsoft manages and maintains the private cloud infrastructure and software. It allows you to focus on developing and running workloads in your private clouds to deliver business value.
 
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 ## Data Residency and Customer Data
 
-Azure VMware Solution does not store customer data.
+Azure VMware Solution doesn't store customer data.
 
 ## VMware software versions
 
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 ## Azure VMware Solution Responsibility Matrix - Microsoft vs Customer
 
-Azure VMware Solution implements a shared responsibility model that defines distinct roles and responsibilities of the two parties involved in the offering: Customer and Microsoft. This is illustrated in more details in following two tables.
+Azure VMware Solution implements a shared responsibility model that defines distinct roles and responsibilities of the two parties involved in the offering: Customer and Microsoft. The shared role responsibilities are illustrated in more detail in following two tables.
 
-The following table shows the high-level responsibilities between a customer and Microsoft for different aspects of the deployment/management of the private cloud and the customer application workloads.
+The shared responsibility matrix table shows the high-level responsibilities between a customer and Microsoft for different aspects of the deployment/management of the private cloud and the customer application workloads.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/azure-introduction-shared-responsibility-matrix.png" alt-text="screenshot shows the high-level shared responsibility matrix." lightbox="media/azure-introduction-shared-responsibility-matrix.png":::
 
-The following table provides a detailed list of roles and responsibilities between the customer and Microsoft which encompasses the most frequent tasks and definitions. For further questions, please contact Microsoft.
+The following table provides a detailed list of roles and responsibilities between the customer and Microsoft, which encompasses the most frequent tasks and definitions. For further questions, contact Microsoft.
 
 | **Role** | **Task/details** |
 | -------- | ---------------- |
-| Microsoft - Azure VMware Solution | Physical infrastructure<ul><li>Azure regions</li><li>Azure availability zones</li><li>Express Route/Global reach</ul></li>Compute/Network/Storage<ul><li>Rack and power Bare Metal hosts</li><li>Rack and power network equipment</ul></li>Software defined Data Center (SDDC) deploy/lifecycle<ul><li>ESXi deploy, patch, and upgrade</li><li>VMware vCenter Server deploy, patch, and upgrade</li><li>VMware NSX-T Data Center deploy, patch, and upgrade</li><li>vSAN deploy, patch, and upgrade</ul></li>SDDC Networking - VMware NSX-T Data Center provider config<ul><li>Edge node/cluster, VMware NSX-T Data Center host preparation</li><li>Provider Tier-0 and Tenant Tier-1 Gateway</li><li>Connectivity from Tier-0 (using BGP) to Azure Network via Express Route</ul></li>SDDC Compute - VMware vCenter Server provider config<ul><li>Create default cluster</li><li>Configure virtual networking for vMotion, Management, vSAN, and others</ul></li>SDDC backup/restore<ul><li>Backup and restore VMware vCenter Server</li><li>Backup and restore VMware NSX-T Data Center NSX-T Manager</ul></li>SDDC health monitoring and corrective actions, for example: replace failed hosts</br><br>(optional) HCX deploy with fully configured compute profile on cloud side as add on</br><br>(optional) SRM deploy, upgrade, and scale up/down</br><br>Support - SDDC platforms and HCX      |
-| Customer | Request Azure VMware Solution host quote with Microsoft<br>Plan and create a request for SDDCs on Azure Portal with:<ul><li>Host count</li><li>Management network range</li><li>Other information</ul></li>Configure SDDC network and security (VMware NSX-T Data Center)<ul><li>Network segments to host applications</li><li>Additional Tier -1 routers</li><li>Firewall</li><li>VMware NSX-T Data Center LB</li><li>IPsec VPN</li><li>NAT</li><li>Public IP addresses</li><li>Distributed firewall/gateway firewall</li><li>Network extension using HCX or VMware NSX-T Data Center</li><li>AD/LDAP config for RBAC</ul></li>Configure SDDC - VMware vCenter Server<ul><li>AD/LDAP config for RBAC</li><li>Deploy and lifecycle management of Virtual Machines (VMs) and application<ul><li>Install operating systems</li><li>Patch operating systems</li><li>Install antivirus software</li><li>Install backup software</li><li>Install confiuration management software</li><li>Install application components</li><li>VM networking using VMware NSX-T Data Center segments</ul></li><li>Migrate Virtual Machines (VMs)<ul><li>HCX configuration</li><li>Live vMotion</li><li>Cold migration</li><li>Content library sync</ul></li></ul></li>Configure SDDC - vSAN<ul><li>Define and maintain vSAN VM policies</li><li>Add hosts to maintain adequate 'slack space'</ul></li>Configure HCX<ul><li>Download and deploy HCA connector OVA in On-prem</li><li>Pairing On-prem HCX connector</li><li>Configure the network profile, compute profile, and service mesh</li><li>Configure HCX network extension/MON</li><li>Upgrade/updates</ul></li>Network configuration to connect to On-prem, VNET, or internet</br><br>Add or delete hosts requests to cluster from Portal</br><br>Deploy/lifecycle management of partner (3rd party) solutions      |
-| Partner ecosystem | Support for their product/solution. For reference, the following are some of the supported Azure VMware Solution partner solution/product:<ul><li>BCDR - SRM, JetStream, RiverMeadow, and others</li><li>Backup - Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, and others</li><li>VDI - Horizon/Citrix</li><li>Security solutions - BitDefender, TrendMicro, Checkpoint</li><li>Other VMware prroducts - vRA, VRops, AVI     |
+| Microsoft - Azure VMware Solution | Physical infrastructure<ul><li>Azure regions</li><li>Azure availability zones</li><li>Express Route/Global reach</ul></li>Compute/Network/Storage<ul><li>Rack and power Bare Metal hosts</li><li>Rack and power network equipment</ul></li>Software defined Data Center (SDDC) deploy/lifecycle<ul><li>ESXi deploy, patch, and upgrade</li><li>VMware vCenter Servers deploy, patch, and upgrade</li><li>VMware NSX-T Data Centers deploy, patch, and upgrade</li><li>vSAN deploy, patch, and upgrade</ul></li>SDDC Networking - VMware NSX-T Data Center provider config<ul><li>Microsoft Edge node/cluster, VMware NSX-T Data Center host preparation</li><li>Provider Tier-0 and Tenant Tier-1 Gateway</li><li>Connectivity from Tier-0 (using BGP) to Azure Network via Express Route</ul></li>SDDC Compute - VMware vCenter Server provider config<ul><li>Create default cluster</li><li>Configure virtual networking for vMotion, Management, vSAN, and others</ul></li>SDDC backup/restore<ul><li>Backup and restore VMware vCenter Server</li><li>Backup and restore VMware NSX-T Data Center NSX-T Manager</ul></li>SDDC health monitoring and corrective actions, for example: replace failed hosts</br><br>(optional) HCX deploys with fully configured compute profile on cloud side as add-on</br><br>(optional) SRM deploys, upgrade, and scale up/down</br><br>Support - SDDC platforms and HCX      |
+| Customer | Request Azure VMware Solution host quote with Microsoft<br>Plan and create a request for SDDCs on Azure portal with:<ul><li>Host count</li><li>Management network range</li><li>Other information</ul></li>Configure SDDC network and security (VMware NSX-T Data Center)<ul><li>Network segments to host applications</li><li>Additional Tier -1 routers</li><li>Firewall</li><li>VMware NSX-T Data Center LB</li><li>IPsec VPN</li><li>NAT</li><li>Public IP addresses</li><li>Distributed firewall/gateway firewall</li><li>Network extension using HCX or VMware NSX-T Data Center</li><li>AD/LDAP config for RBAC</ul></li>Configure SDDC - VMware vCenter Server<ul><li>AD/LDAP config for RBAC</li><li>Deploy and lifecycle management of Virtual Machines (VMs) and application<ul><li>Install operating systems</li><li>Patch operating systems</li><li>Install antivirus software</li><li>Install backup software</li><li>Install configuration management software</li><li>Install application components</li><li>VM networking using VMware NSX-T Data Center segments</ul></li><li>Migrate Virtual Machines (VMs)<ul><li>HCX configuration</li><li>Live vMotion</li><li>Cold migration</li><li>Content library sync</ul></li></ul></li>Configure SDDC - vSAN<ul><li>Define and maintain vSAN VM policies</li><li>Add hosts to maintain adequate 'slack space'</ul></li>Configure HCX<ul><li>Download and deploy HCA connector OVA in on-premises</li><li>Pairing on-premises HCX connector</li><li>Configure the network profile, compute profile, and service mesh</li><li>Configure HCX network extension/MON</li><li>Upgrade/updates</ul></li>Network configuration to connect to on-premises, VNET, or internet</br><br>Add or delete hosts requests to cluster from Portal</br><br>Deploy/lifecycle management of partner (third party) solutions      |
+| Partner ecosystem | Support for their product/solution. For reference, the following are some of the supported Azure VMware Solution partner solution/product:<ul><li>BCDR - SRM, JetStream, RiverMeadow, and others</li><li>Backup - Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, and others</li><li>VDI - Horizon/Citrix</li><li>Security solutions - BitDefender, TrendMicro, Checkpoint</li><li>Other VMware products - vRA, VRops, AVI     |
 
 
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