Run VMware Natively on Azure
Azure VMware Solution allows organizations to run VMware workloads on dedicated Azure infrastructure while preserving familiar VMware tools, skills, and operating models. Oakwood helps teams evaluate, plan, migrate, and manage AVS environments as part of broader cloud and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Move VMware workloads to Azure with less rearchitecture
- Extend or exit datacenter environments using AVS
- Connect VMware workloads with Azure services and security controls
Why Organizations Consider Azure VMware Solution
Organizations with significant VMware investments often need a practical path to Azure that avoids immediate application redesign. AVS provides a way to move faster while preserving operational continuity.
VMware Cost Pressure
Licensing and platform changes can accelerate cloud evaluation.
Datacenter Consolidation
AVS can support datacenter exit or reduction strategies.
Migration Complexity
Some VMware workloads are difficult to replatform immediately.
Hardware Refresh Cycles
Organizations can avoid new infrastructure purchases by moving to Azure.
Capacity Constraints
Azure can provide additional capacity without expanding on-prem environments.
Disaster Recovery Needs
AVS can support recovery strategies for VMware-based workloads.
Modernize VMware on Azure
What Azure VMware Solution Includes
Azure VMware Solution provides a fully managed VMware environment running natively on Azure infrastructure. Organizations can continue using familiar VMware tools, processes, and skills while gaining access to Azure networking, identity, security, backup, monitoring, and management services. This allows teams to migrate or extend VMware workloads to the cloud with minimal application changes while creating a foundation for future modernization initiatives.
VMware Cloud Foundation
Run vSphere, vSAN, and NSX-T on dedicated Azure infrastructure.
HCX Migration
Use VMware HCX to support workload mobility and migration planning.
Azure Integration
Connect VMware workloads with Azure networking, identity, storage, and security services.
Operations Management
Monitor, protect, and optimize AVS workloads using VMware and Azure tools.
What You Can Do with AVS
Life & Shift VMware
Move VMware workloads to Azure without immediate application redesign.
Extend Datacenter Capacity
Use Azure to support temporary or long-term infrastructure expansion.
Accelerate Cloud Adoption
Establish a bridge to Azure while preserving familiar VMware operations.
Improve Disaster Recovery
Support recovery and continuity scenarios for VMware workloads.
Support Legacy Applications
Move applications that are not yet ready for refactoring or replatforming.
Create a Modernization Path
Use AVS as a stepping stone toward broader Azure modernization.
AVS Planning That Aligns with Your Cloud Strategy
Azure VMware Solution is most effective when it is planned as part of a broader infrastructure and application strategy. Oakwood helps organizations determine when AVS is the right fit and when other Azure migration or modernization paths may be more appropriate.
This includes assessment of VMware workloads, network design, identity integration, migration sequencing, backup and recovery planning, and cost modeling. We also help organizations define how AVS will connect with native Azure services over time.
The result is a VMware modernization path that balances speed, risk, cost, and long-term cloud transformation goals.
Where Azure VMware Solution Fits
AVS supports VMware modernization, datacenter transformation, and hybrid cloud strategies by providing a practical bridge to Azure.
VMware Exit Strategies
Move VMware workloads to Azure as part of a platform transition.
Datacenter Consolidation
Reduce physical datacenter footprint while maintaining VMware compatibility.
Hybrid Cloud
Connect VMware environments with Azure services and governance.
Disaster Recovery
Support recovery options for critical VMware workloads.
Temporary Capacity Expansion
Add cloud capacity without expanding on-premises infrastructure.
Modernization Roadmaps
Create a phased path from VMware workloads to native Azure services.
Let’s Evaluate Your AVS Strategy
If VMware cost, capacity, or datacenter decisions are creating pressure, Oakwood can help determine whether Azure VMware Solution is the right path forward.