Run VCF personal clouds in Azure VMware Resolution with help for moveable VCF subscriptions

Microsoft’s Azure VMware Resolution (AVS) is a quick and straightforward strategy to seamlessly migrate VMware-based workloads to Azure, utilizing acquainted VMware instruments and abilities.

As clients consider the way forward for their VMware environments, many select to cease managing on-premises infrastructure and shift to a cloud platform that can help the agility and innovation wanted to fulfill their wants for years to return.

Microsoft’s Azure VMware Resolution (AVS) is a quick and straightforward strategy to seamlessly migrate VMware-based workloads to Azure, utilizing acquainted VMware instruments and abilities. It’s a absolutely managed VMware personal cloud surroundings in Azure that’s operated and supported by Microsoft. It permits clients to maneuver VMware workloads to Azure as is with minimal to no refactoring. This streamlines migration, removes the necessity to handle the underlying infrastructure, and permits IT employees to proceed utilizing acquainted VMware abilities whereas studying new Azure abilities. 

Azure VMware Resolution absolutely helps the brand new VMware Cloud Basis (VCF) bundle from VMware. Whether or not you’ve already renewed with a VCF subscription or will accomplish that sooner or later, Azure VMware Resolution offers the flexibleness to run VCF personal clouds whereas gaining cloud advantages.

One resolution, two methods to buy

All clients will expertise the identical Azure VMware Resolution managed service, however now you might have two buy choices: 

1. Buy Azure VMware Resolution from Microsoft with VCF included. 

2. Buy Azure VMware Resolution from Microsoft and leverage moveable VCF subscriptions bought from VMware. You solely pay Microsoft for the Azure VMware Resolution service and infrastructure.

Each choices supply the identical absolutely managed Azure VMware Resolution surroundings operating all the identical VMware know-how, making certain a seamless and environment friendly cloud expertise. Work along with your Microsoft companion or account supervisor to decide on the best choice for you, and to make sure that you don’t want to repurchase the VCF subscription. 

What do you get with Azure VMware Resolution? 

• A totally managed service: Microsoft manages and maintains the cloud infrastructure and VMware software program. 
• VMware Cloud Basis stack: Along with the cloud infrastructure elements equivalent to vSphere®, vSAN™, NSX®, and HCX® that already existed in Azure VMware Resolution, VCF consists of many new capabilities, equivalent to VCF Operations and VCF Automation (identified beforehand as Aria Suite). 

• Free prolonged safety updates for Home windows Server 2012 and SQL Server on Azure. 

• An surroundings that’s 52% extra vitality environment friendly and 58% decrease in carbon emissions when in comparison with on-premises virtualized datacenter options.*

Restricted time supply for 5-year worth safety and 20% low cost prolonged

Earlier this yr we launched the VMware Speedy Migration Plan—a complete set of gives to supply worth safety, financial savings and migration help that can assist you migrate to Azure VMware Resolution.

Attributable to robust demand, we’re happy to increase the promotion for the 5 yr reserved occasion (RI) and the 20% low cost on the one yr reserved occasion (RI) to June 30, 2025.** 

The VMware Speedy Migration plan consists of:

• Value safety: Reserved cases are a preferred manner for purchasers to lock in pricing for one, three, or 5 years, they usually embody the flexibleness to switch the worth to different Azure compute choices as wants change.

• Financial savings for Home windows Server and SQL Server: Home windows Server and SQL Server are frequent workloads on VMware environments. With Software program Assurance for on-premises Home windows Server and SQL Server licenses, organizations can qualify for the Azure Hybrid Profit low cost to make use of current Home windows Server and SQL Server licenses for financial savings with Azure VMware Resolution. Free Prolonged Safety Updates can be found for older variations that face finish of help. 

• Migration help: Use Azure Migrate and Modernize to get sources, knowledgeable assist, and funding from Microsoft and its companion ecosystem.

• Azure credit: Clients that buy new Azure VMware Resolution deployments can qualify for as much as $240,000 extra Azure credit legitimate for Azure VMware Resolution or different Azure companies.

Study extra about Azure VMware Resolution

• For those who missed VMware Discover 2024 in Las Vegas, you’ll be able to watch our classes on-demand. 

• VMware Discover 2024 in Barcelona is coming November 4th-Seventh. Make sure you cease by our sales space and attend our classes. 

• Moreover, you’ll be able to entry on-demand classes from our latest digital occasion. 

References

^{* Carbon footprint reductions will fluctuate relying in your particular server utilization, renewable vitality purchases you make, and different elements. For particulars, please confer with The Carbon Advantages of Cloud Computing: a Examine of the Microsoft Cloud, up to date in 2020.} 

^{** For full particulars overview the VMware Speedy Migration Plan.}