Steve Lindsey

Azure VMware Solution

Principal Cloud Specialist
Azure VMware Solution
Provision your VMware environment on Azure in minutes

The Azure VMware Solution is an Azure service to bring -

without major modifications - your VMware-based Microsoft
environments to Azure. Azure
We provide and support the management systems,
networking services, operating platform and backend
infrastructure required to run native VMware environments
at scale in Azure.

The Azure VMware Solution includes licensing for:

• vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T and HCX
• For additional VMware or third-party components
customers can BYOL

AVS is supported,
verified, and
certified by VMware
 Running VMware natively on Azure

Azure Portal and Azure Resource Manager

Azure VMware Solution Azure Services

On-Premises Datacenter

vCenter Entra ID Azure

Azure Backbone Network

Applications (AAD) Monitor

vCenter
3rd-party vSphere ESXi
solutions Azure Azure SQL
Security Database
vSAN
VMware vSphere (ESXi)
NSX Artificial
Azure Arc
Intelligence
Network Storage
3rd-party
solutions

• AVS is comprehensive VMware environment on Azure infrastructure.

• Run VMware workloads natively as an Azure service.
• Manage and secure applications across VMware environments and Microsoft Azure.
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 Azure VMware Solution Responsibility Matrix

3rd Party Solutions

Hardware Failures
Azure/AVS Portal

Virtual Machines
Physical Security

Host Patching
Infrastructure

Management

Applications
HCX, SRM
ESXi Host

Guest OS
Physical

Identity
vCenter
NSX-T

vSAN
Deployment

Life-Cycle

Configuration

Microsoft Responsibility
Customer / Partner Responsibility Partner Opportunity
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 NEW
Brownfield only!

New AV64 Node Size (SKU) Phased regional availability

AV64* • Generally available starting December 2023

• Unrestricted Scale to grow AVS Private Cloud​
CPU
Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) • Newer CPU Generation with higher clock speed (2.8 GHz – Ice Lake)​
Total 64 cores @ 2.8 GHz, 3.5 GHz turbo
128 vCPU • Better price per Core/Memory
Memory • BareMetal Azure Fleet Hardware
1024 GB RAM
• Brownfield only; use to extend existing private cloud deployment
NVMe vSAN Storage
Raw Capacity: 19.2 TB NVMe
• New customers recommendations:
Cache: 3.8 TB NVMe
• Build initial cluster using 3 nodes of AV36, AV36P or AV52 hosts.

Network • To scale up, add addition cluster** of AV64 nodes

100 Gb/s NIC
• AV64 is not currently supported with Stretched Cluster​

Note: All vSAN storage numbers are listed as total raw disk capacity. Regional availability for new host types limited during initial rollout, check with Microsoft for timing in your region.
*AV64 Prerequisite: An Azure VMware Solution private cloud deployed with AV36, AV36P, AV52 is required prior to adding AV64. Available in supported regions only.
** 3 nodes are required to deploy new cluster of any host/node type.
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 Generally Available

New Storage option: Pure Storage

Available through Azure marketplace

Azure VMware Solution Fully software

Evergreen Architecture based on
VMware Technology Stack Pure Cloud Block Store Azure Premium SSD v2 Infrastructure

VMware vCenter Accelerate, De-Risk & cost

optimize Cloud Migrations
VM VM VM VM
Migrate applications without capability
trade-offs, with ability to scale storage
ESXi Hosts and compute independently, which
makes it cost efficient for storage
Storage (vSAN) Compute intensive workloads.

Optimize AVS workload storage

VMFS datastores CBS volume(s)
iSCSI
With Pure Storage’s compression and
deduplication technology, organizations
VMware-certified hardware VMware-certified storage can achieve a high data reduction ratio
on VMware workloads in Azure
• Data reduction • Near-zero RPO ActiveDR replication • Purity CloudSnap • Unified multi-cloud storage operations

• Zero-RPO ActiveCluster replication • SafeMode immutable snapshots • VMware VAAI support to offload storage operations • Consistency with VMware customers’ on-premises
Pure Storage platforms
 Generally Available

HCX Enterprise Edition is the default

HCX Enterprise Edition for Azure VMware Solution

• Accelerate cloud adoption

Create app mobility across any vSphere 6.0+ version deployed
on-premises and Azure VMware Solution

• Hybrid Cloud Extension

Deliver multisite, WAN optimized, Secured, Load Balanced, Traffic HCX Client HCX Client
Engineered Network Extension Infrastructure Hybridity
vSphere vSphere
• Replicated Assisted vMotion® Enterprise Edition Only

Execute large scale bulk migrations with Zero-downtime using

the HCX Interconnect appliance along with replication and
vMotion technologies Internet/
WAN
• Mobility Optimized Networking Enterprise Edition Only
Used to ensure traffic between the source data center and vSphere 6.0+
destination private cloud is optimally routed preventing Azure VMware Solution
On-Premises
asymmetric traffic flows. Scenarios include optimal VM to VM
communication on extended segments as well as defining
default gateway options.
Rapid Migration/ Hardware & Software Data Center Hybrid Burst
• Mobility Groups Enterprise Edition Only Transformation Retire/Refresh/upgrade consolidation Applications Capacity
Allow assembling one or more virtual machines into logical sets,
for execution and monitoring of migrations as a group.

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 New RI Offer – Limited Time

Key Offers – 5 Year Reserved Instance

Only Available until 3/31/24

1-year, 3-years and now 5-years reserved instances with price lock!
Customers can lock discount rates of 3-years reserved instances for 5-years!

• Must be contracted and deployed by 3/31/24

• Only AV36P, AV52, AV64 included (not available for AV36)

• Same effective hourly rate as 3Y RI (No additional discount)

• Applies to MACC, not eligible for VMCU redemption

• Purchasing process for is the exact same as that of RI offers.

• Pricing available on aka.ms/AVSPricing

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AVS Integrated with Azure Storage

Microsoft Azure

Azure Portal and Azure Resource Manager

Azure Private Azure Storage Services

Cloud Infra

VMware Cloud Foundation

Azure Backbone Network.

vCenter &
vSAN
vSphere

NSX-T &
HCX
Compute
Blob Storage Azure Files File Sync NetApp Files
Low cost & high- Large scale SMB file Automatic file server Enterprise-class,
performance blob shares, with Active synchronization & high-performance
VNet storage with Directory tiering NFS file shares
Hot/Cool/Archive authentication
tiering options
VNet
 Azure VMware Solution: Global Availability AVS available in 32 Regions
https://aka.ms/AVSRegions

Canada Central

Sweden Central
North Europe
West Europe
Canada East
Central US UK West Germany West Central
West US 2
UK South
East US
West US France Central
North Central US Japan East
West US 3 Switzerland West Qatar Central
US Gov VA
Japan West
East US 2 Switzerland North UAE North

Italy North East Asia (Hong Kong)

US Gov AZ

South
Central US Southeast Asia

Available Regions Brazil South Australia

East
New Regions
Azure Government Regions South Africa North
FedRAMP High Australia Southeast
DoD Impact Level 4 & 5 certifications to follow, est. CY24Q1*

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VMware software ecosystem on AVS
Software included
7.0 u3k → 7.0 u3m
ESXi 8.0 U1c Enterprise Plus
vCenter 8.0 U1c Standard
vSAN 8.0 U1c Enterprise
NSX-T 4.1.1 Data Center Advanced
HCX 4.* Enterprise
Licenses are included, No need to BYOL
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vSphere 8.0
Coming Dec 2023
Software Purchased Separately
Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.7.0.3
Tanzu Standard
Horizon
Cloud Director Service
Aria Automation, Operations, etc.
NSX-T AVI Load Balancer Enterprise
Velocloud SD-WAN
Licenses purchased separately
Microsoft support – single point of contact
Azure VMware Solution is validated, supported, and
certified by VMware and Microsoft.

Problem Management If VMware support is required

Microsoft is first contact. Will make Microsoft continues to be central point to
decision based on problem type. resolution and coordinates any necessary
Azure-related issues are addressed by additional support.
Microsoft.
 Seamless Management for Azure Infra Resources

Easily scale infrastructure as your business needs it

through the Azure Portal.

Add new nodes as required to increase compute and

storage during peak times. And delete nodes
seasonally when infrastructure demands are lower.

Add and delete new clusters as required:

• Min 3 nodes per cluster
• Max 16 nodes in a vSphere cluster
• Max 96 nodes to an Azure Private Cloud instance
 Azure VMWare Solution – Benefits

- Same technology as on-premises: leverage existing VMware skills, tools and processes.
- Simplification of migration from Datacenter to Azure with VMware tool like HCX Enterprise.
- Seamless integration with Azure to modernize apps overtime with Azure services and connecting with existing Azure workloads
- Cost savings by leveraging Azure Hybrid benefits for OS licenses and getting ESU for WS/SQL 2008/2012/R2 at no additional cost.

Azure Portal and Azure Resource Manager

On Premises Datacenter Azure Private Cloud Infra
Azure Services (e.g.)

VMware Cloud
VMware Technology Stack Foundation
Azure Azure
VMware vCenter vCenter vSAN
Active Monitor

Azure Backbone Network.

Directory
NSX-T vSphere
VM VM VM
HCX Compute
ESXi Hosts
Azure Azure SQL
Security Database
Storage Network

VNet.

ExpressRoute
Artificial Azure Lab
VNet.
Intelligence Services