Why AWS for your VMware-based workloads?
AWS meets you where you are in your cloud journey, offering the most comprehensive migration and modernization pathways for your VMware-based workloads. AWS is the destination for future-proofing your VMware-based applications. With purpose-built tools, specialized migration programs, and modern infrastructure, you can confidently meet your goals for cost, speed, and innovation.
Migration and modernization pathways to AWS
Migration is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Whether you need to migrate, optimize, or modernize your workloads, AWS offers services to help you meet your goals and move your workloads at your own pace.
Start your workload modernization to Amazon EC2
Rehost VMware Virtual Machines (VMs) to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and start your cloud modernization. Reduce infrastructure costs, scale efficiently, and tap into the performance and resiliency of AWS with minimal changes to your applications. With purpose-built services such as AWS Transform or AWS Application Migration Service, you can automate undifferentiated migration tasks and expedite your cloud journey with minimal business disruption.
Relocate workloads to Amazon EVS
Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is the fastest path to migrate and operate VMware workloads on AWS. Experience the scale, resilience, and performance of AWS together with familiar VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) software and tools. Unlock flexibility and control as you extend and expand your VMware environments to AWS. Choose from self-managed or partner-managed options to meet your goals across talent, time, and costs.
Modernize to containers and managed services and unlock full cloud benefits
AWS offers multiple pathways to optimize, modernize, and transform your workloads. Move from self-managed container platforms to managed services such as Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), ensuring reliable deployments that adapt seamlessly to business demands. You can also replatform to managed services such as Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for databases, Amazon FSx for file storage, and Amazon Workspaces for desktop infrastructure, allowing you to focus on strategic IT and business initiatives. If you’re looking to transform your applications to the cloud and take full advantage of cloud-native features, you can refactor applications to serverless with AWS Lambda.
Extend AWS infrastructure on-premises with AWS Outposts
AWS Outposts allows you to run AWS infrastructure and VMware workloads on-premises, meeting your data residency needs. Access a consistent operational experience across your on-premises and cloud environments, allowing seamless integration and workload portability between the two environments.
Expand your virtualization strategy with AWS Partner offerings
Consider AWS Partner offerings such as Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) or Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS (NC2 on AWS) for VMware-based workloads, both available on AWS Marketplace. ROSA helps you have a fully-managed application platform on AWS infrastructure based on Red Hat solutions while NC2 on AWS lets you run a self-managed hypervisor on top of Amazon EC2 infrastructure.
Introducing AWS Transform
Accelerate your VMware modernization with agentic AI. Automate wave planning, dependency mapping, and network conversation while improving collaboration and end-to-end-visibility across teams. Reduce risk, simplify execution, and drive faster, more confident cloud transformation.
How AWS can help you in your cloud journey
Assessments and migration programs
AWS offers comprehensive migration programs to help you get started on your cloud journey. Start with a no-cost Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) to build a data-driven business case for migrating to AWS. Get recommendations to reduce your costs on compute, storage, and licensing to run and operate your workloads, helping you realize cost savings before you even start to migrate to the cloud. You can also speed up your migration with the Migration Acceleration Program (MAP). Recently expanded for VMware-based workloads, you can gain access to tools, frameworks, resources, and training specifically tailored for your migration to AWS.
Purpose-built migration services and tools
Meet your migration goals after using innovative AWS services. Use AWS Transform for VMware to simplify and automate your VMware transformation tasks. Migrate applications from any source infrastructure with AWS Application Migration service, automatically converting your servers to AWS to expedite migrations. Get a guided experience across your migration and modernization journey with AWS Migration Hub.
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