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VMware to Azure migration

VMware to Azure migration moves your vSphere virtual machines into Microsoft Azure, in UK South or UK West. Native Azure VMs end VMware licensing. Azure VMware Solution keeps vSphere, but still needs a VMware subscription bought from Broadcom. We start with a free assessment, then compare both routes with renewing before anything moves.

  • Native Azure VMs or Azure VMware Solution
  • Compared with your renewal quote
  • Agentless discovery from vCenter
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Is this you?

What you get and how it works

  1. Step 1: Free assessment

    You getScope, ballpark costs and a timeline against your renewal date.

  2. Step 2: Agentless discovery from vCenter

    You getEvery VM profiled, with a map of what talks to what.

  3. Step 3: Three costs compared

    You getRenewing VMware, Azure VMware Solution and native Azure VMs, side by side in writing.

  4. Step 4: Landing zone, then waves

    You getA landing zone, then tested waves with Azure Migrate or VMware HCX.

  5. Step 5: Decommission and hand over

    You getOld hosts retired, documentation, and managed Azure if you want it.

Start with the free assessment

Step one is free. Stop after it if you like.

Why ComputeCloud

Check our work first

  • UK regions by default
  • Both routes priced, not just one
  • Honest advice on what not to move

  • 1 Nov 2025

    New Azure VMware Solution hosts need VCF bought from Broadcom

    Microsoft Learn

  • 31 Oct 2026

    Licence-included pay-as-you-go AVS hosts must move to portable VCF

    Microsoft Learn

  • 31

    Microsoft 365 licensing changes, each with a Microsoft source

    Licensing changes

Delivered in partnership with Focus Group, our Microsoft delivery partner.

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Questions

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Should we choose Azure VMware Solution or native Azure VMs?

Native Azure VMs usually cost least over time and remove VMware altogether. Azure VMware Solution is the faster way out of a data centre, with the least change for your team. Many estates use both.

The two routes compared

Does Azure VMware Solution avoid our Broadcom renewal?

No. Since 1 November 2025, new AVS hosts need a VMware Cloud Foundation subscription from Broadcom covering every host core, and a private cloud starts at three hosts.

Can VMs move without changing their IP addresses?

With Azure VMware Solution, yes, through VMware HCX network extension, which Microsoft includes at no extra cost. A move to native Azure VMs has a short planned cut-over per VM.

Do our Windows Server and SQL Server licences work in Azure?

Where eligible, yes. Azure Hybrid Benefit applies on native Azure VMs and on Azure VMware Solution. SQL Server 2016 Extended Security Updates are paid on both.

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