Partner POV | Secure your future by migrating VMware workloads to Azure

Whether it's concerns about security threats, the need for software and hardware updates, limited budgets and resources, or managing end-of-life support, Azure offers an on-demand infrastructure, and elastic scalability, that delivers a superior total cost of ownership, enhanced flexibility, and a fertile environment for fostering innovation.

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Choose your migration path

Modernize your VMware workloads with native Azure IaaS or PaaS services and take advantage of many cloud benefits and existing licenses. Alternatively, join the many organizations that found the fastest path to the cloud is migrating VMware workloads "as is" with Azure VMware Solution. Choose one or both; either option takes advantage of Azure's management, security, and compliance services.

Azure VMware Solution

Migrate VMware "as is"

Retain VMware skills, familiar tooling
Migrate quickly/datacenter exit,
no application modifications required
Use VMware technology stack on Azure for symmetry with on-premises
VMware subscription licenses included,
no on-prem license required

Azure IaaS and PaaS

Modernize to native Azure

Leverage Azure and cloud skills
Modernize with flexible IaaS and PaaS services
Shift to Azure compute, storage, and networking infrastructure
No VMware licenses required

Increase productivity with elasticity, scale, and fast provisioning cycles

Migrate your VMware to Azure and enable

Speed and simplification of migration/hybrid cloud: 87% faster deployment, new compute/storage
Application modernization, development, and testing: 46% faster delivery of new applications
Datacenter expansion, reduction, or retirement: 16% lower infrastructure cost, avoiding 400+ servers
Disaster recovery and business continuity: 86% less unplanned downtime