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What Is AVS?

In partnership with Microsoft and VMware, Connection is committed to helping you implement a seamless digital transformation to the cloud. Modernize VMware-based workloads from your data center to Microsoft Azure with Azure VMware Solution, a comprehensive VMware environment on a dedicated global Azure infrastructure. With the ability to continue managing your existing environments with the same VMware tools you already know, you can modernize your applications with Azure native services.

Capitalize on your current VMware investments while leveraging the power of the cloud through Microsoft Azure. Because AVS is Azure, you can gain continuity, scale, and fast provisioning by moving existing VMware workloads to the cloud. Our Connection Azure Experts are here to minimize disruption and help simplify your journey to the cloud.


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Azure VMware Solutions are designed to help your organization:

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What Are the Benefits of VMware on Azure

You can use your existing VMware investment
If you combine, terminate, or extend your existing VMware workloads, VMware’s HCX technology allows for effortless migration to Azure using the same tools you’re used to.
Dedicated cloud infrastructure
By hosting your workflows on the cloud-based Azure platform, you can avoid the headaches of sourcing, implementing, and managing hardware equipment. Azure features and services offer encrypted, secure, and high-speed, low-latency connectivity.
Option to implement AI-based services
AVS helps drive artificial intelligence to increase productivity, optimize performance, and scale using machine learning and analytics to accelerate consumption and improve operations.
End-to-end security and disaster recovery
Work with ease knowing Azure’s anti-malware and robust security posture keeps the bad guys away. With your VMware workloads on Azure, services and features are available to prevent disasters, data loss, compliance issues, and more.

Harness the Power of VMware on Azure

When moving to the cloud, you don't have to go it alone. Our Azure experts can help determine if Azure VMware Solution is the right fit for your organization so you can leverage your existing investment.

Here's what you can expect from a cloud readiness assessment with AVS:
  • Expert, unbiased guidance from Connection Cloud Specialists
  • Analysis of resources, including a thorough assessment of your existing infrastructure and workloads
    • Azure Readiness Summary
    • Recommendations for appropriate Azure VM configurations
    • Estimated monthly costs for running an Azure environment
    • Deploy pilot environment for select workloads
  • Development of a custom, strategic migration plan based on your unique business needs

What to Expect Azure VMware Solutions

Running VMware Natively on Azure

Running VMware Natively on Azure

AVS Use Cases

On-premises data center footprint reduction

On-premises data center footprint reduction

Lift and shift any vSphere-based workloads to Azure in a non-disruptive, automated, scalable, and highly available manner without changing the underlying vSphere hypervisor. Reduce the risk of rearchitecting and eliminate future hardware refresh headaches and capacity limitations.
Data center expansion based on demand

Data center expansion based on demand

Seamlessly and elastically expand or augment data center capacity—and adjust your costs—on demand, via self-service provisioning. Reduce your up-front investment, accelerate speed of provisioning, and reduce complexity with the same architecture and policies across both on-premises and the cloud.
Disaster recovery and business continuity

Disaster recovery and business continuity

Use a VMware stack deployed in Azure as a primary or secondary on-demand disaster recovery site for on-premises data center infrastructure. VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) brings proven DR capabilities to AVS. SRM for AVS offers an intuitive and simplified experience for installation and lifecycle management of SRM, directly through the Azure portal.
Application modernization

Application modernization

Azure VMware Solution provides a hyperconverged architecture designed to run your most demanding VMware workloads. Run Oracle, Microsoft SQL server, middleware systems, and high-performance no-SQL databases. Unify DevOps across VMware and Azure. Optimize VMware administration for Azure services and solutions that can be applied across all your workloads. Access public cloud services without having to expand your data center or rearchitect your applications. Centralize identities, access control policies, logging, and monitoring for VMware applications on Azure.
Cloud Desktop Virtualization

Cloud Desktop Virtualization

The most common mode of operation for virtual desktops is now hybrid, where enterprises host desktop workloads on both on-premises infrastructure and public clouds. VMware Horizon on Azure VMware Solution lets you combine on-premises and Azure-hosted virtual desktops and apps into a uniform pool with fully consistent user and management experiences.

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