Migration & Modernization

Category: AWS for VMware

Increase your cluster density with Memory Tiering in Amazon Elastic VMware Service

Increase your cluster density with Memory Tiering in Amazon Elastic VMware Service

Increasing your cluster density by using Memory Tiering within the Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) can help drive down the costs of your AWS infrastructure. Amazon EVS now supports VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 and 9.1 . In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 Memory Tiering was introduced, which is a new feature within ESX […]

Disaster Recovery for VMware Workloads on Amazon EVS

Many organizations run business-critical workloads on VMware, and most know that a single outage can disrupt operations, impact customers, and put revenue and reputation at risk. Disaster recovery (DR) is the solution: a secondary environment ready to take over when the primary site goes down. But building one has traditionally meant heavy upfront investment, long […]

Amazon EVS with NSX Federation for Disaster Recovery and Multi-site Networking

Amazon EVS with NSX Federation for Disaster Recovery and Multi-site Networking

Introduction Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) now supports NSX Federation, giving you a powerful new option for enterprise-scale networking, disaster recovery, and multi-site networking when running VMware workloads on AWS. NSX Federation is a VMware networking capability that connects multiple NSX environments under a single Global Manager control plane. It extends overlay networking, security […]

AWS Transform for migrations now supports localization for 13 languages

Organizations running migration projects don’t always operate in a single shared language. Migration teams span geographies, and the people closest to the workloads are often the ones who understand dependencies, business context, and operational risk. They need to work in the language they’re most comfortable with. Today, we’re announcing local language support for the AWS Transform migrations […]

Deploying VCF 9.1 on Amazon EVS with End-to-End Automation

Introduction Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly on AWS bare-metal EC2 instances within your Amazon VPC. With EVS, you get the operational consistency of the VMware stack you already know, combined with the elasticity, security, and breadth of AWS cloud services. VCF 9 is the latest release […]

Announcing support for VCF 9.0 and 9.1 on Amazon EVS

We’re excited to share that VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 and 9.1 are now available on Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), giving you complete control over your VCF installation. Our focus with Amazon EVS is to give you the flexibility to deploy and configure VCF to fit your needs, using the tools, operational processes, and […]

Accelerate VMWare Migrations

Accelerate VMware migration to AWS with Experience-Based Acceleration

Introduction If your organization runs VMware workloads on-premises or in another cloud and needs to migrate to AWS without disrupting operations, Experience-Based Acceleration (EBA) provides a proven path to do it fast. Using a structured three-day EBA workshop with AWS, organizations have moved multiple critical applications to AWS in days. Their engineers built hands-on migration […]

How AWS Is Using Agentic AI To Reinvent Infrastructure Modernization

Traditional VMware migrations have long suffered from fragmentation and inflexibility. Enterprises had to cobble together disconnected tools for discovery, planning, network configuration, and rehosting, each requiring specialized expertise and lengthy manually orchestrated handoffs. These rigid, rules-based tools can’t adapt to each customer’s unique environment, resulting in compounding costs, expensive customizations, and timelines that stretch into […]

Amazon EVS expands support options with Broadcom

Introduction When you run VMware workloads on AWS, getting the right support quickly matters. Today, we’re sharing that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) customers can now contact AWS or Broadcom for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) support. With this change, you can connect directly to the support organization best positioned to resolve your specific issue, […]

Microsoft and VMware workloads on AWS: Your complete AWS re:Invent 2025 playlist

Microsoft and VMware workloads on AWS: Your complete AWS re:Invent 2025 playlist

Migrating and modernizing Microsoft and VMware workloads on AWS requires the right strategies, tools, and real-world validation. This playlist brings together top sessions from AWS re:Invent 2025 — covering agentic AI-powered automation with AWS Transform, running VMware natively on AWS, and lessons from customers who’ve done it at scale — with practical guidance across every […]