Why choose AWS for your VMware workloads?

We meet you where you are in your cloud journey. AWS delivers the most comprehensive migration and modernization options, so every VMware workload has a clear path forward. Every pathway is backed by proven programs and 20 years of expertise—with purpose-built AI automation available to accelerate your journey.

Reduce costs, build resilience, and turn your VMware migration into transformation success with AWS.

Benefits

Choose the migration and modernization approach for your VMware workloads and business needs. Move to Amazon EC2, modernize with AWS services, maintain VMware continuity, run AWS on-premises, or explore alternative virtualization solutions. With agentic AI and purpose-built tooling, move forward at the speed your business demands.

Everything you need to execute your VMware migration and modernization is available to you from day one. Start with a complimentary assessment, unlock specialized funding programs to ease budget constraints, and accelerate delivery through AWS Professional Services or our extensive AWS Partner Network. With 20 years of AWS experience behind you, accelerate your move to the cloud, cut costs, and reduce risk.

Move your VMware workloads to infrastructure that scales with your business. AWS global infrastructure is the most secure, reliable, and extensive cloud. Get the security, resilience, and global reach to scale instantly, expand to new markets, and keep your business running—without hardware refresh cycles or capacity constraints holding you back.

Your migration to AWS is just the beginning of what your business can achieve. With access to 240+ services spanning AI and machine learning, data analytics, and application modernization, your teams can modernize faster and deliver breakthrough customer experiences. By being on AWS, you can build the capabilities that will differentiate your business in the AI era and beyond.

Migration and Modernization pathways to AWS

Migrate VMware workloads to Amazon EC2

Break free from on-premises constraints and licensing complexity. Reduce costs, gain greater control over your infrastructure, and tap into the performance and resilience of AWS. Take advantage of agentic AI with AWS Transform to automate migration tasks so you can move faster with less risk. From here, build a foundation for continuous modernization and innovation that keeps your organization competitive and future-ready.

Learn how AWS Transform accelerates your VMware to EC2 migration

Modernize to AWS services and unlock full cloud benefits

AWS offers multiple pathways to optimize, modernize, and transform your VMware workloads. Move applications to managed container services — Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS — for reliable, scalable deployments. Replatform databases to Amazon RDS, file storage to Amazon FSx, and virtual desktop infrastructure to Amazon WorkSpaces, eliminating self-managed overhead. Refactor applications to serverless with AWS Lambda to simplify how you build and deploy. Each pathway reduces operational burden, improves performance, and frees your teams to focus on what matters — competing and innovating in the AI era.

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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.

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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.

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Explore alternative virtualization solutions with AWS Partner offerings

Continue operating in a virtualized environment while eliminating licensing costs and constraints. AWS works with leading alternative virtualization providers, including Nutanix and Red Hat. Tap into proven solutions that run on AWS infrastructure — sharing common operational patterns to minimize disruption while unlocking the scale, resilience, and innovation capabilities of running on AWS.

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How AWS can help you in your cloud journey

What's New

AWS Transform for VMware

The first agentic AI service purpose-built to automate VMware migrations to AWS, move faster and eliminate licensing costs.

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Assessment

Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA)

Start with an OLA. Build a data-driven business case for your VMware migration. Get recommendations to reduce compute, storage, and licensing costs—at no cost.

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Program

Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)

Access tools, funding, and frameworks purpose-built for VMware migrations to AWS. Reduce costs, accelerate your timeline, and move to the cloud with less risk.

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