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What is VMware Cloud on AWS?
Why should I use VMware Cloud on AWS?
Where is VMware Cloud on AWS available today?
Can workloads running in a VMware Cloud on AWS instance integrate with AWS services?
Yes. VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC is directly connected to customer’s VPC using Elastic Network Interface (ENI) and therefore has access to AWS services. Virtual machine workloads can access public API endpoints for AWS services such as AWS Lambda, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon S3 and Elastic Load Balancing, as well as private resources in the customer's Amazon VPC such as Amazon EC2, and data and analytics services such as Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Redshift. Customers can also now enjoy Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) for fully managed file service to scale the file-based storage automatically to petabyte scale with high availability and durability across multiple Availability Zones (AZs) and the newest generation of VPC Endpoints designed to access AWS services while keeping all the traffic within the AWS network. Additionally, the integration of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP with VMware Cloud on AWS provides an easy and cost-effective solution to add additional petabytes of storage capacity and use NetApp ONTAP features to manage your datastore.
Can I migrate existing vSphere VMs to my VMware Cloud on AWS deployment?
How do I get started with VMware Cloud on AWS?
With a new purchase agreement in place, customers can now buy VMware Cloud on AWS directly through AWS and AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners in the AWS Solution Provider Program. This allows customers the flexibility to purchase VMware Cloud on AWS either through AWS or VMware, or the AWS Solution Provider or VMware VPN Solution Provider of their choice. Through our partnership, customers can use additional services like Amazon RDS for VMware.
Can I use my existing Windows Server licenses in VMware Cloud on AWS?
What is single host SDDC starter configuration?
What compliance certifications has VMware Cloud on AWS achieved?
VMware Cloud on AWS has been independently verified to comply with many leading compliance programs, including but not limited to ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, OSPAR, IRAP. Check VMware Cloud Trust Center for more information.
How is VMware Cloud on AWS deployed?
What version of VMware vSphere do I need in my on-premises environment?
How do I manage resources on VMware Cloud on AWS?
Can I manage both my existing data center VMware vSphere VMs and my VMware Cloud on AWS instances in a single view?
Tell us more about the partnership between AWS and VMware. What does AWS mean when it says VMware is its preferred partner?
In 2016, the strategic partnership between VMware and AWS was announced, and less than a year later, VMware Cloud on AWS was officially launched. The solution was built from the ground up by the VMware and AWS engineering teams and continues to be VMware’s only jointly engineered VMware Cloud solution with a public cloud provider. Today, the collaboration between the two companies still runs deep. Hundreds of AWS and VMware engineers, support, and sales teams work together to develop and offer joint solutions. Each company has created dedicated sales, solution architects, and customer success teams to help customers maximize the benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS. Not only that, nearly 600 channel partners have achieved a VMware Cloud on AWS service competency and over 300 certified/validated technology solutions are now available to customers.
This strong partnership not only eases the contract process for customers (they can choose to execute with VMware or AWS), it gives them first access to the latest VMware Cloud features and innovations. As a ‘managed service’, VMware Cloud on AWS combines compute, network and storage capabilities in to a fully supported, ready-to-run service. The service replaces the undifferentiated heavy lifting of manually configured, customer-managed & maintained solutions with a packaged service for vSphere workloads that includes best-of-breed support & maintenance from both VMware and AWS. With over 6 years of joint integration, innovation, and testing, VMware Cloud on AWS helps customers towards a faster and safer path to the cloud.
Tell us more about the partnership between AWS and VMware. What does AWS mean when it says VMware is its preferred partner?
In 2016, the strategic partnership between VMware and AWS was announced, and less than a year later, VMware Cloud on AWS was officially launched. The solution was built from the ground up by the VMware and AWS engineering teams and continues to be VMware’s only jointly engineered VMware Cloud solution with a public cloud provider. Today, the collaboration between the two companies still runs deep. Hundreds of AWS and VMware engineers, support, and sales teams work together to develop and offer joint solutions. Each company has created dedicated sales, solution architects, and customer success teams to help customers maximize the benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS. Not only that, nearly 600 channel partners have achieved a VMware Cloud on AWS service competency and over 300 certified/validated technology solutions are now available to customers.
This strong partnership not only eases the contract process for customers (they can choose to execute with VMware or AWS), it gives them first access to the latest VMware Cloud features and innovations. As a ‘managed service’, VMware Cloud on AWS combines compute, network and storage capabilities in to a fully supported, ready-to-run service. The service replaces the undifferentiated heavy lifting of manually configured, customer-managed & maintained solutions with a packaged service for vSphere workloads that includes best-of-breed support & maintenance from both VMware and AWS. With over 6 years of joint integration, innovation, and testing, VMware Cloud on AWS helps customers towards a faster and safer path to the cloud.
What is the distinction in what AWS offers as a preferred partner for VMware with the VMware Cloud on AWS service?
There are two clear areas of distinction in the AWS relationship. The first is that VMware Cloud on AWS is the only public cloud service delivered, operated and supported by VMware. Additionally, as strategic and preferred partners, there is a deeper level of engineering and joint go to market investment that we have with AWS.
A key differentiator is the maturity of the VMware Cloud on AWS service. The service is widely adopted by customers who have realized the benefits of the jointly built, deeply integrated efforts between VMware and AWS over the course of the past 4+ years. Examples include the Seamless connectivity models from on-premises to SDDC with VMware Transit Connect and Direct Connect. Cluster to cluster connectivity is also available through high bandwidth/low latency connectivity model. The service is available in 17 regions including govcloud. It is supported by a network of over 600+ VMware Cloud on AWS competency partners and 300+ certified ISV community for each Software Defined Data center (SDDC) release. The growth and momentum continues with total VM’s growing by 3.5X, and number of hosts up 2.5x YOY. VMware Cloud on AWS also brings differentiation in the area of application modernization where the service is built to allow deep integration to the breadth and depth of native AWS services. Moreover, AWS offers Windows Rapid Migration Program and Windows ISV Modernization to enable customers to migrate and modernize windows workloads.
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