I’m penning to you contiguous from VMware Explore successful Las Vegas, wherever my squad and I are thrilled to contiguous the latest updates for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). We’re hosting sessions, showcasing demos astatine our booth, and astir importantly, gathering straight with customers similar these to assistance them representation the aboriginal of their VMware environments

I’m penning to you contiguous from VMware Explore successful Las Vegas, wherever my squad and I are thrilled to contiguous the latest updates for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). We’re hosting sessions, showcasing demos astatine our booth, and astir importantly, gathering straight with customers similar these to assistance them representation the aboriginal of their VMware environments to instrumentality vantage of each the benefits of Microsoft Azure.

Today I americium excited to stock immoderate of the caller updates we’ve made to Azure VMware Solution.

Figure 1: Azure VMware Solution representation of availible regions

• Azure VMware Solution is now approved to beryllium added arsenic a work wrong the DoD SRG Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization (PA) successful Azure Government: AVS is presently disposable successful Azure Government successful some Arizona and Virginia. Learn much astir Azure Government.
• Expanded Support for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF): NetApp and Broadcom customers volition present beryllium capable to simplify their VCF hybrid unreality environments by utilizing NetApp ONTAP® bundle for each retention requirements, including modular and consolidated architectures. The latest merchandise of ONTAP Tools for VMware (OTV) volition enactment SnapMirror® progressive sync to supply symmetric active-active information replication capabilities for NetApp retention systems moving VMware workloads. SnapMirror progressive sync allows customers to run much efficiently by offloading information extortion from their virtualized compute and improving information availability. Learn more.
• New Capabilities for Azure VMware Solution (AVS): To enactment customers that are extending oregon migrating their vSphere workloads to the cloud, customers tin present leverage Spot Eco by NetApp with AVS reserved instances to get the astir worth retired of their deployments. Using Spot Eco to negociate AVS reserved instances portion besides utilizing Azure NetApp Files to offload information retention tin trim compute costs significantly. Learn more.

• Enhance Disaster Recovery and Ransomware Protection with Azure VMware Solution and JetStream: Disaster Recovery (DR) and ransomware extortion are captious concerns for organizations today, and our customers request broad options to safeguard their captious workloads without compromising exertion performance. AVS collaborates with leading exertion companies, specified arsenic JetStream, to present precocious DR solutions that connection near-zero Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and instant Recovery Time Objective (RTO). The JetStream DR and Ransomware solution implements Continuous Data Protection (CDP) by perpetually replicating data. It employs heuristic algorithms to observe information tampering done VMware-certified VAIO APIs, utilizing cost-effective and high-performance retention options similar Azure Blob Storage, Azure NetApp Files (ANF), and ESAN-based solutions. This attack is unsocial compared to different marketplace offerings that supply ransomware extortion by creating immutable snapshots. JetStream has besides partnered with Microsoft to make a unsocial diagnostic that rehydrates VMs and their information from entity storage, deploying them to AVS nodes provisioned on-demand, with oregon without the request for a aviator airy cluster. This ensures a rapid, cost-controlled betterment and minimal downtime successful the lawsuit of a catastrophe oregon ransomware attack. Join the VMware Explore session to larn more.
• VMware Rapid Migration Plan: We precocious introduced the VMware Rapid Migration Plan, a broad acceptable of licensing benefits and programs to springiness you terms extortion and savings arsenic you migrate to Azure VMware Solution. Use Reserved Instances to fastener successful pricing for one, 3 oregon 5 years—with flexibility to transportation the worth to different types of compute arsenic your needs change. Address migration costs with Azure Migrate and modernize services positive unsocial Azure credits for Azure VMware Solution purchases. You whitethorn beryllium eligible for adjacent much savings connected Windows Server and SQL Server licenses. Read much connected the VMware Rapid Migration Plan.

Learn more about Azure VMware Solution

If you’re attending VMware Explore2024 Las Vegas, beryllium definite to halt by our booth and attend our sessions.

Can’t articulation america astatine VMware Explore? We person different ways for you to larn astir Azure VMware Solution and hole for migration. Participate successful our Cloud Skills Challenge until September 16th to maestro Azure VMware Solution and larn however to migrate VMware virtual machines from on-premises to the cloud. Complete the grooming modules to gain a integer badge showcasing your proficiency. Join the Challenge. 

Additionally, you tin entree on-demand sessions from our caller digital event.