VMware Cloud Universal Brings New Flexibility for Moving to Azure

We’re thrilled to share the news that VMware Cloud Universal now offers subscriptions for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution. Since VMware and Microsoft jointly announced Azure VMware Solution with VMware Cloud Universal at VMware Explore last year, both companies have been working hard to implement this flexible and frictionless way for you to purchase Azure VMware Solution subscriptions.

What is VMware Cloud Universal?

VMware Cloud Universal is a credit-based subscription purchasing and consumption program that helps your enterprise with cloud-powered digital transformations. With VMware Cloud Universal, you purchase credits that can be redeemed as needed for any eligible offerings included in the program. VMware Cloud Universal gives you the choice of VMware infrastructure on multiple public clouds, cloud storage and disaster recovery solutions, and Customer Success programs.

When you subscribe to Azure VMware Solution using VMware Cloud Universal, you can qualify for savings of up to 20% with the VMware Cloud Acceleration Benefit. Cloud Acceleration Benefit provides a one-time discount based on the value of on-premises VMware licenses you may be leaving behind when you migrate workloads to Azure VMware Solution. With the Cloud Acceleration Benefit, the TCO savings of Azure VMware Solution become even more compelling.

How VMware Cloud Universal improves the Azure VMware Solution experience

As a native Azure service from Microsoft, Azure VMware Solution has been adopted by enterprises of all types that need a fast and non-disruptive way to move or expand their IT operations to Azure. VMware, Microsoft, and our partners team up to guide customers through adding Azure VMware Solution to their Azure subscriptions, deploying the service, and migrating their applications, but the actual purchase has always been made directly through Microsoft.

With VMware Cloud Universal, you can now get started with Azure VMware Solution entirely through your dedicated VMware or VMware partner account team. If you’re already using VMware Cloud Universal for our other multi-cloud solutions, or if you’re new to the program, we’ll show you how to add VMware Cloud Universal credits that you can redeem for Azure VMware Solution, while still retaining the flexibility to apply them to any of the eligible cloud services the program offers. VMware Cloud Universal makes the decision to adopt Azure VMware Solution even easier with the Cloud Acceleration Benefit savings available if you have existing VMware on-premises licenses.

VMware and Microsoft are partnered to help you, whatever your subscription choice

Be assured that both VMware and Microsoft and our Azure VMware Solution experts will be there to help with your cloud transformation to Azure, whether you subscribe with VMware Cloud Universal or directly through Microsoft. Our shared goal with Azure VMware Solution is to give VMware users a fast and easy path to Azure. Implementing VMware Cloud Universal has been a joint effort that has aligned VMware and Microsoft more closely than ever to accelerate customer journeys to Azure.

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