Amazon EVS explained: Run your VMware workloads on AWS | Amazon Web Services
Scaling VMware workloads in the cloud can be complex and time-consuming. This video introduces Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) and shows how it enables you to run VMware Cloud Foundation directly in your Amazon VPC without refactoring. Watch the video to see EVS in action.
What is Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)?
Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly inside your Amazon VPC. In practice, that means you can:
- Use your existing VMware tools, skills, and processes
- Run those VMware workloads on AWS infrastructure
- Avoid replatforming or refactoring applications just to move them to the cloud
With Amazon EVS, your VMware environment is extended into AWS, so you can tap into AWS scale, agility, and elasticity while keeping a familiar VMware operating model. This helps teams move faster without a big retraining effort or disruptive architecture changes.
Do I need to change or refactor my VMware applications?
No, you don’t need to replatform or refactor your existing VMware applications to use Amazon EVS.
Because Amazon EVS runs VMware Cloud Foundation directly in your Amazon VPC, you can:
- Keep your current VMware-based applications as they are
- Use the same VMware software stack you already rely on
- Maintain your current operational practices while gaining access to AWS services
This approach helps you reimagine your infrastructure strategy—moving to the cloud for scale and flexibility—without forcing a large, upfront application modernization project.
How is Amazon EVS managed and who is it for?
Amazon EVS is designed for organizations that already run VMware and want to extend or expand that environment into AWS. This includes:
- Fast-growing startups that want to scale quickly without rebuilding apps
- Large enterprises looking to modernize infrastructure while keeping VMware skills in play
- Government and regulated organizations that need a familiar platform with cloud benefits
You can choose how you operate it:
- Self-managed: Your team manages the VMware environment running on AWS.
- Partner-managed: Work with AWS partners for a more fully managed experience.
In both cases, you’re leveraging the broadly adopted AWS cloud to be more agile, lower costs, and innovate faster, while still working in a VMware-centric model.
Amazon EVS explained: Run your VMware workloads on AWS | Amazon Web Services
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