VMware on Wednesday announced the availability of VMware Cross-Cloud services on Microsoft Azure Marketplace , an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure.
VMware customers can take advantage of the trusted Azure cloud platform to accelerate application modernization, migrate workloads faster to the cloud, and more securely and efficiently scale virtual desktops to support a distributed workforce.
VMware Cross-Cloud services is a family of multi-cloud services customers can use to build, run, and manage applications in Microsoft Azure. The following VMware Cross-Cloud services are available immediately in Azure Marketplace :
- Microsoft Azure VMware Solution : an integrated hybrid cloud service that delivers an operationally consistent and familiar way to run, manage and modernize VMware vSphere-based applications in the Azure Cloud, with seamless access to other innovative Azure services.
- VMware Tanzu : a modular application platform for building, running, and managing modern apps on Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise Tier : a fully managed service for Spring applications from Microsoft built in collaboration with VMware . Enterprise tier is now in public preview.
- VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure : a VMware -managed service that delivers virtual desktops and applications directly from Microsoft Azure with all the benefits of VMware Horizon.
The Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Azure. The Azure Marketplace helps connect companies seeking innovative, cloud-based solutions with partners who have developed solutions that are ready to use.
Read more in this blog post from Neeti Gupta , VMware’s senior director for Microsoft Alliances.
Zia Yusuf , senior vice president, strategic ecosystem and industry solutions, VMware
For enterprises today, the ability to consume and deploy solutions that can deliver immediate business outcomes is an expectation. Availability of our VMware Cross-Cloud services on Azure Marketplace will enable better time to value and speed of execution for our customers.
Paul Maher , General Manager (Partner), Commercial Marketplace Services, Microsoft Corp
Through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, customers around the world can easily find, buy, and deploy partner solutions they can trust, all certified and optimized to run on Azure. We’re happy to welcome VMware Cross-Cloud services to the growing Azure Marketplace ecosystem.
