{"id":30178,"date":"2023-11-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=30178"},"modified":"2025-06-12T01:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:58:45","slug":"microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft recognized as a Leader in 2023 Gartner\u00ae Magic Quadrant\u2122 for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In response to customers\u2019 requests for cloud capabilities and agility in edge environments, Microsoft has delivered innovations across various cloud-to-edge products like Azure Arc, Azure Kubernetes Service<\/a>, and Azure Stack HCI. This year, Gartner introduced a Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (DHI). Gartner defines DHI as \u201cofferings that deliver cloud-native infrastructure attributes, which can be deployed and operated where the customer prefers. Offerings are software and or integrated hardware with a unified control plane. Distributed hybrid infrastructure provides the foundation for the deployment of applications in a distributed manner that retains a cloud-defined or cloud-inspired approach”. We are thrilled to share that Gartner has positioned Microsoft as a Leader in this new category<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 1: Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Organizations, regardless of size, continue to drive their digital transformation journey to reap the benefits coming from the delivery of cloud-connected experiences across diverse deployment scenarios. One of the challenges we hear organizations facing in their digital transformation journeys today is how to deliver cloud-connected experiences reliably across a globally distributed footprint that extends to where they live, work, and make decisions. Adopted solutions need to be simple, secure, and observable\u2014in retail stores with no technical staff or factories spread across multiple continents\u2014so you can make local, real-time decisions and draw insights from aggregated data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Azure<\/a> brings cloud capabilities and agility wherever you need them through a portfolio of services, tools, and infrastructure with Azure Arc<\/a>. To deploy applications in a data center or at the edge, you can take advantage of Azure services like Azure Machine Learning, Azure Kubernetes Services, and App services\u2014all with a set of comprehensive hybrid and multicloud solutions<\/a> within a single control plane. For customers looking for an end-to-end Azure experience at the edge, Azure Stack HCI<\/a> provides a comprehensive curated infrastructure stack that is Azure Arc-enabled and hybrid by design. As a Leader in this new category, Microsoft is committed to helping all organizations centralize control across diverse deployment scenarios and sites and accelerate their digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simplify operations and innovate anywhere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many of our customers including Carnival<\/a>, COOP<\/a>, and SKF<\/a> streamline their global operations by using a curated choice of Azure<\/a> technologies, such as Azure Kubernetes Service, SQL managed instance, PostgreSQL, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure Stack HCI, all enabled by Azure Arc. These technologies facilitate the extension of cloud computing beyond the four walls of the data center out to the edge, bringing cloud-native capabilities to retail stores, ships, factory floors, distribution centers, and more. This gives you a consistent operations and management platform that can fully run services not only from a central location but also on-premises in remote locations. This set of technologies provides customers with a holistic, seamless, and more secure approach to innovate anywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of using these innovative Azure technologies are multi-faceted, showing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n