Moving a VMware estate onto AWS, with the licensing implications costed up front because that is the part most plans discover late. Then we operate the result.
As an AWS Partner, we bring certified expertise, proven migration methodology, and hands-on support to take you from “still on VMware” to “running natively on AWS” — without the guesswork.
Escape rising licensing costs. VMware licensing changes have made on-premises virtualization significantly more expensive. AWS gives you a pay-as-you-go model instead.
Eliminate hardware refresh cycles. No more forklift upgrades, no more capital expenditure on servers, storage, and networking gear that ages out every few years.
Scale on demand. AWS lets you scale compute, storage, and networking up or down based on real business need, rather than provisioning for peak capacity you rarely use.
Improve resilience and disaster recovery. AWS’s global infrastructure and managed services make multi-AZ and multi-region resilience far easier to achieve than in a traditional VMware data center. Our Disaster Recovery & Backup solutions build on this foundation.
Modernize at your own pace. You don’t have to re-architect everything on day one. You can lift-and-shift first, then modernize workload by workload once they’re running on AWS.
We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all migrations. Every VMware environment has its own dependencies, compliance needs, and risk tolerance, so we build a VMware to AWS migration path around your actual environment — not a generic checklist.
We start with a detailed discovery of your VMware environment — VMs, dependencies, storage, networking, licensing, and application interdependencies. This gives us a clear picture of what you’re running and how it all connects, as part of our broader Cloud Readiness Assessment process.
Based on the assessment, we group your workloads into migration waves and recommend the right strategy for each — rehost, replatform, or refactor (more on this below). We also map out your target AWS architecture, including VPC design, security groups, IAM roles, and cost projections.
Using AWS-native migration tooling, we replicate your VMware VMs to AWS with minimal production impact. Cutover windows are planned and tested in advance, so there are no surprises on migration day.
Post-migration, we run functional, performance, and security validation on every workload before it’s handed back to your team for business-as-usual operation.
Once workloads are stable on AWS, we help you right-size instances, adopt managed services where it makes sense, and identify opportunities to modernize — turning a “lift and shift” into a genuine cloud transformation over time.
Rehost (Lift-and-Shift) Move VMs to AWS largely as-is, using tools like AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN), for the fastest path off VMware with the lowest risk and re-engineering effort.
Replatform Make targeted optimizations during migration — for example, moving a self-managed database to Amazon RDS, or a file server to Amazon FSx or S3 — to reduce operational overhead without a full application rewrite.
Refactor / Re-architect For workloads that would benefit most from cloud-native design, we help you re-architect towards containers, serverless, or managed services, unlocking the full elasticity and cost benefits of AWS.
Most enterprises use a mix of all three across their VM inventory, and we help you decide which strategy fits which workload — see how this played out in our Windows Workload on AWS EC2 case study.
Every VMware environment is different, and the right migration path depends on your specific workloads, dependencies, and business priorities. Let’s talk through where you are today and map out what a VMware to AWS migration could look like for your organization.
Next step
A short call with an AWS practice lead, not a sales qualification call. You will leave with a candid read on the work involved and the order to do it in.