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Azure VMware Solution

Score8.6 out of 10

24 Reviews and Ratings

What is Azure VMware Solution?

Azure VMware Solution enables users to run VMware workloads natively on Azure. The user can move VMware-based workloads from the datacenter to Azure and integrate a VMware environment with Azure. This enables users to continue managing existing environments with the same VMware tools already in use while including Azure native services. Azure VMware Solution is a Microsoft service, verified by VMware, that runs on Azure infrastructure.

Top Performing Features

  • Operating system support

    Range of operating systems available as pre-configured images

    Category average: 7.9

  • Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

    The service uptime as a percentage defined in the SLA

    Category average: 8.6

  • Monitoring tools

    Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected

    Category average: 7.9

Areas for Improvement

  • Dynamic scaling

    Ease of scaling up or down in response to customer needs

    Category average: 8.2

  • Automation

    Automation of administrative tasks

    Category average: 7.7

  • Security controls

    Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES

    Category average: 8.1

Azure VMware Solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<div>- Virtualization at Enterprise Level</div><div>- Managing day to day stuff of Virtualization like Storage, Network, IP Management and Virtual Machines</div><div>- Can handle various operating systems from Windows, Linux, iOS, Ubuntu, RedHat and many more..</div><div>- Easy Graphical User Interface to manage day-to-day activities</div><div>- Very potent Command Line Interface to automate as well.</div><div>- Can integrate with solutions for Infra as Code with Terraform</div>

Pros

  • Create and Manage Virtual Machines
  • Multiple OS base Virtual Machines
  • Good Capacity Planning and Management

Cons

  • Incorporating SSL based authentications with Certificates
  • More easy Web based Interface
  • Integrate with Azure DevOps

Return on Investment

  • Saves very much time with automated solutions
  • Makes Project delivery very fast
  • Effective to save cost with Pay-as-you-use model.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

DigitalOcean Droplets, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Other Software Used

Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), HashiCorp Terraform

Azure VMware Solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We migrated the VMware infrastructure to the Azure environment.It was a change. Although all the lock and feel is the same as the VMware environment, it's now a Microsoft service.Since we have mainly virtualized Windows servers and processes, the changeover is not noticeable to the user.On the technical side, the points are different but manageable.

Pros

  • Provision of the container-based applications
  • Protection of multi-cloud and bare-metal environments

Cons

  • Easier access to features and editing your own dashboard

Most Important Features

  • Seamless Integration: AVS provides a seamless integration between Azure and VMware environments, enabling you to easily extend your on-premises VMware workloads to Azure without the need to re-architect them
  • High Availability: AVS provides a highly available infrastructure for your VMware workloads, ensuring that they are always up and running

Return on Investment

  • Cost Savings: One of the key benefits of AVS is that it can help businesses save money by reducing the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading on-premises infrastructure.
  • AVS can help businesses improve their agility by enabling them to quickly provision and scale VMware workloads in Azure.

Other Software Used

vSphere with Operations Management (discontinued), Veeam ONE, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager