The Azure VMware Solution allows organizations to maximize their investment in Microsoft workloads, creating a highly cost-effective pathway to cloud migration and application modernization. This solution offers the unique opportunity to run VMware as an integrated Azure service, thereby allowing organizations seamless access to their existing applications while enjoying the power of Microsoft's globally scalable cloud platform.
Azure VMware Solution
- VMware SDDC integrating VMware vSphere,
- VMware vSAN
- VMware NSX
- Storage
- Networking on Azure
- Bare-metal infrastructure
- Offered in more than 24 Azure regions worldwide
- Azure service jointly engineered with VMware, delivered, operated, and supported by Microsoft
- Operational consistency with on-premises VMware infrastructure
- Integrated with Azure Portal and Resource Manager
- Large-scale workload portability with included VMware HCX Enterprise
- Deploy in just a couple of hours, scale up/down in minutes
- Fast access to native Azure services
- Extend with VMware attached services and partner solutions
Solution to Cloud Migration Challenges
- Consistent VMware infrastructure in Azure means workloads run with no changes
- Live migrate apps in bulk with no downtime using VMware HCX
- Retain essential VMware SDDC features like high availability, microsegmentation, and storage efficiency
- VMware skills, operations, and automation transfer directly
- Manage, monitor, and protect with familiar tools like vCenter and Aria Operations
Migrate to Azure VMware Solution - Top Use Cases
Data center migration - Reduce your on-premises infrastructure footprint with a simple migration of sphere-based workloads to Azure in a non-disruptive, automated, and scalable fashion. Microsoft manages the platform, and you get the agility, reliability, and scale of Azure.
Data center extension - With flexible payment plans, quickly scale out data center capacity on-demand to meet seasonal, temporary, or regional needs. Host virtual desktops on Azure VMware Solution with VMware Horizon or other VDI platforms.
Application migration and modernization - Get exclusive licensing and support savings for Microsoft OSes and apps. Enhance and extend apps using Azure backbone network connections to hundreds of Azure services or the VMware Tanzu platform.
Disaster recovery to the cloud - Use the VMware stack deployed in Azure as a fully consistent on-demand disaster recovery site to protect your on-premises infrastructure with VMware Site Recovery Manager or partner solutions.
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