Extending the on-prem environment with additional cloud providers is becoming increasingly relevant for companies. Each cloud provider has particular strengths that make their use interesting. The use of VMs is still constant and requires a stable, resilient and reliable management layer. In this session, we will look at the advantages Microsoft is providing with the release of Windows Server 2025 and the deep integration with Azure Arc. This provides the full flexibility to run WS2025 in any cloud environment with a native integrated management via Azure. Additionally, the web-based Windows Admin Center ensures a consistent and reliable management layer that can be made available to administrators in a variety of ways. In this session we will look at the benefits of this combination especially for hybrid cloud environments.