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Choosing the Disconnect from Azure option

If you choose the Disconnect from Azure option, you can deploy and use Microsoft Azure Stack Hub without a connection to the Internet. Choose this option if you:

Have security or other restrictions that require you to deploy Azure Stack Hub in an environment that is not connected to the Internet.
Want to block data (including usage data) from being sent to Azure.
Want to use Azure Stack Hub purely as a private-cloud solution that is deployed to your corporate intranet, and are not interested in hybrid scenarios.

Table 1. Options that are based on physical connectionOptions that are based on physical connection
Options	Physically disconnected	Physically connected
Billing	Must be capacity Enterprise agreements (EA) only	Capacity or consumption EA or Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)
Identity store	Must be ADFS	AAD or ADFS
Marketplace syndication	Not applicable	Supported “Bring your own” licensing of syndicated images
Registration	Not applicable	Automated
Patch and update	Required, requires removable media and a separate connected device	Automated

NOTE: A physically disconnected environment is sometimes known as a “submarine scenario.”

With a disconnected deployment, you are limited to an ADFS identity store and a capacity-based billing model.

A disconnected deployment means that you will not have connectivity to Azure during deployment, or you do not want to use AAD as your identity store. However, you can later connect your Azure Stack Hub instance to Azure for hybrid scenarios for tenant virtual machines (VMs).

If you want to have connectivity to Azure after deployment, regardless of what you want to use as your identity store, choose the Connect to Azure deployment option.