Microsoft Sovereign Private Clouds Reference Architectures
A guided way to map a business purpose to a starter Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud reference architecture — and walk away with an editable PowerPoint.
Why this exists
Many Azure Local conversations start the same way: “What should my cluster look like for X?” Designer answers that for hardware, but the architectural shape — the workloads, the supporting services, the connectivity model — usually lives only in someone’s head or on a slide deck. This page captures the most common starting points and gives you a reusable visual you can tailor for your customer or internal stakeholders.
- Five business purposes covering the workloads we see most on Azure Local today.
- Connected vs Disconnected footprint pickers that match Azure Local 2604+ deployment options.
- Live preview of the resulting architecture before you download the deck.
- Editable PowerPoint output (.pptx) using the same shapes and icons used in Microsoft reference content.
This page is independent from the Designer, the Sizer and the Switch Config tools. It does not read or modify your existing design.
1. Select your Azure Local business purpose
Choose what the cluster is primarily for. You can select more than one to combine scenarios in a single reference architecture — nothing is saved.
2. Select your Azure Local control plane connectivity
Pick the connectivity that matches the deployment.
3. Select your scale & topology (per purpose)
Pick the cluster footprint for each business purpose. You can choose more than one footprint per purpose to render multiple variants side by side.
4. Select your multi-tenancy model (per purpose)
Choose how tenants are isolated for each business purpose.