Microsoft Events showcase how AVS enables seamless migration and modernization of VMware environments to Azure, featuring practical demos and deep integration with Azure’s cloud and AI services.

Modernize on-premises VMware environments with Azure VMware Solution

Overview

This Microsoft Ignite 2025 breakout session explores strategies and tools available for organizations seeking to migrate, scale, and modernize VMware environments using Azure VMware Solution (AVS).

Key Topics Covered

  • AVS Customer Adoption & Managed Service Model: Insights into real-world customer scenarios and adoption trends, including how managed services simplify operations.
  • Choosing the Right Azure Path: How to evaluate migration vs modernization, and when AVS is the best fit.
  • Accelerating Cloud Strategy: Approaches for migrating large legacy VMware workloads with minimal disruption, focusing on scalability and operational efficiency.
  • Integration with Azure Storage: Enhancing VMware environments with Azure NetApp Files and Elastic SAN to improve performance and flexibility.
  • VCF Plus Subscription Compatibility: Understanding the bring-your-own-license (BYOL) model for subscription management.
  • Leveraging Azure and AI Services: Ways to enrich migrated applications using Azure’s AI capabilities, such as Azure OpenAI Service.
  • Azure Arc Integration: Extending management with Azure Arc for vSphere, enabling unified management and governance across hybrid environments.
  • Demo: Live demonstration of a banking chatbot built with Azure OpenAI Service and managed identities, showcasing AI integration and practical cloud implementation.
  • Migration Planning: Step-by-step guidance for planning migrations and establishing a cycle of continuous modernization.

Demo Highlight

Banking chatbot powered by Azure OpenAI and managed identities:

  • Illustrates AI integration options for migrated VMware workloads
  • Shows how Azure services can enrich traditional applications and provide secure identity management

Resources

Speakers

  • Scott Gruenemeier
  • Christophe Herrbach

Session Details

  • Title: Modernize on-premises VMware environments with Azure VMware Solution BRK158
  • Level: Intermediate (200)
  • Event: Microsoft Ignite 2025

Sessions Chapters

  1. AVS Customer Adoption, Scale, and Managed Service Model
  2. Customer Success Story
  3. Accelerating cloud strategy for legacy VMware
  4. Azure storage service integration
  5. VCF Plus BYOL model
  6. Azure & AI modernization benefits
  7. Azure Arc integration
  8. Demo: Banking chatbot with Azure OpenAI
  9. Migration planning and continuous modernization