Microsoft and IBM have partnered to deliver a robust set of solutions to enable the WebSphere product family on Azure. This includes offers targeting Liberty on OpenShift, Liberty on vanilla Kubernetes and traditional WebSphere on virtual machines. This session is a deep dive into these solutions. The session includes a small but representative demo using Liberty, Docker, Kubernetes, Java /Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, Azure and some services on the cloud such as database, directory server and cache. We will also discuss the longer-term roadmap for WebSphere on Azure.

1. IBM WebSphere Family on Azure
Reza Rahman
Principal Program Manager
Java on Azure

2. Agenda 1. WebSphere Product Family on Azure
2. WebSphere Traditional on VMs
3. WebSphere Liberty on AKS
4. WebSphere Liberty on ARO
5. Roadmap

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WebSphere Product Family

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Stability and Modernization
Mature Technologies
Containers/Kubernetes
Lightweight/Performant
Latest Technologies
WebSphere
Liberty
Modernization
Cloud-Native
Stability
Support
Transformation
Advisor

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WebSphere Product Family on Azure

6. IBM and Microsoft
“The IBM and Microsoft partnership is critical to delivering the capabilities our WebSphere and
Liberty customers need as they seek to digitally transform their businesses. The Azure Marketplace
offers delivered through this collaboration enable enterprises to rapidly deliver new innovative
cloud-native applications on Liberty and lift ‘n’ shift their existing traditional WebSphere and
Liberty applications to the cloud. IBM’s mission is to support WebSphere and Liberty customers on
their cloud of choice and these offers take away all the heavy-lifting of provisioning best practice
environments meaning customers can focus on delivering the applications in support of their
business.”
- Shane O’Rourke, Program Director, WebSphere/Liberty, Application Modernization and Java, IBM

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WebSphere Traditional on VMs

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WebSphere Traditional on VMs Architecture

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WebSphere Liberty on AKS

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Liberty on AKS Architecture

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Liberty on AKS Demo

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WebSphere Liberty on ARO

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Liberty on ARO Architecture

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Liberty on ARO Demo

16. Title Description Priority Release
Manual getting started
guide
Step-by-step manual guidance for WebSphere on
VMs as an alternative to solution template.
High 2023 Q1
Database support Db2, Oracle, Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL and Azure
MySQL integration support into WebSphere on VMs
solution template.
Medium 2022 Q4
App Gateway support App Gateway integration support in WebSphere on
VMs solution template.
Medium 2022 Q4
WebSphere on Azure Roadmap

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Summary
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Resources
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/java/ee/websphere-
family
https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa-
ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-aiops.20210823-liberty-aro
https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa-
ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-aiops.20210924-liberty-aks
https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa-
ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-aiops.2021-04-08-twas-cluster

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