Cloud · Rapid Migration
How do organizations move off VMware to AWS?
Short answer: Assess every workload, decide where each one should land, build a secure AWS foundation, and migrate in planned waves, with the highest-cost and easiest workloads first.
Many organizations are re-examining VMware after Broadcom's licensing and pricing changes, and AWS offers several landing options, from running VMware-compatible workloads largely as-is to rebuilding them as managed services.
11:59 delivers this as Rapid Migration on top of Cloud Foundations, and can run the result afterward.
The four decisions in a VMware exit
- What you have. An inventory of every VM, its dependencies, its usage and what it costs to keep.
- Where each workload should land. Moved largely as-is, moved to managed services such as Amazon RDS, rebuilt, or retired.
- The foundation first. Accounts, networking, identity, security controls and logging set up before the first workload moves.
- The order of moves. Waves grouped by dependency, starting where the savings are highest and the risk is lowest.
What to watch for
- Renewal timing. Plan the migration against your VMware renewal date, not the other way around.
- Hidden dependencies. Applications that talk to each other need to move together.
- Cost after the move. Workloads that are simply lifted over can cost more in the cloud unless they are right-sized.
- Who runs it afterward. A new environment needs monitoring, patching and cost control from day one.
Who does this: 11:59
11:59 is a Sacramento AI and cloud managed services firm with 23+ years of delivery, an AWS Advanced Tier Partner with the AWS Generative AI Competency. California agencies contract through CMAS 3-24-01-1044 and TDDC MSA #5-22-70-25-189.
Common questions
Do we have to rebuild every application?
No. Many workloads move largely as-is, some move to managed services, and some are retired. The assessment decides which is which.
Can California departments contract for this?
Yes, through CMAS 3-24-01-1044 or the TDDC MSA #5-22-70-25-189.
How long does a migration take?
It depends on the size and complexity of the estate. The assessment produces a scoped, quoted plan.
Who runs the environment afterward?
Your team, or 11:59 under a managed services agreement.
Start here
An AI Rapid Scan or a migration assessment inventories your VMware estate and returns a scoped, quoted plan before any work begins.
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