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The Best Path from VMware to the Cloud

Move from VMware on-premises or in the cloud to Nutanix on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or OVHcloud without costly refactoring. Modernize and take advantage of portable licenses, unified management, and a true hybrid cloud platform.

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Smoothly Transition Off Azure VMware Solution

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Move Smoothly from VMware to the Public Cloud

Move apps and data to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or OVHcloud smoothly with license portability and unified management. Use existing cloud credits or buy through public cloud marketplaces to simplify procurement and control costs.

Turn Cloud Migration into Future Innovation

Modernize your apps with Nutanix services for Kubernetes®, databases, and AI—and integrate native cloud services at your own pace to drive digital transformation.

Operate as One Across Datacenters, Edge, and Cloud

Manage and secure all your applications from a single platform, whether they run in your datacenters, at the edge, or in public cloud. Automate operations, right-size workloads, and scale to support BCDR, datacenter extension, or VDI bursting—without adding complexity.

Resources

Here is a selection of resources to help you better understand the options available to you as you work to rebalance your workloads between on-premises and the cloud.

Analyst Report

2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure

  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP)
  • Resource Type:Analyst Report
  • Use Cases:Hybrid Multicloud

16 September 2026

VMware to Nutanix Migration Guide

Nutanix Delivers a Uniform Experience Across Datacenter, Edge and Cloud

  • Applications:VMware
  • Asset Type:Blog Post
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
  • Use Cases:Hybrid Multicloud

8 October 2025

Simplify Cloud Operations with Nutanix on Public Clouds

Boost efficiency while controlling cloud costs by running Nutanix on bare metal on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OVHcloud. Simplify operations with consistent management across on-prem, edge, and cloud environments using a consistent interface and your existing skill sets. Take advantage of your cloud credits or fulfill cloud service commitments by purchasing Nutanix licenses directly through cloud marketplaces.

Escape Broadcom and Protect Azure Investments

  • Funnel Stage:TOF - Awareness
  • Key Play:VMware Alternative Broadcom Compete
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Use Cases:Hybrid Multicloud, Migrate Apps to Cloud

14 August 2024

Migrate from VMware Cloud on AWS

NC2 on Google Cloud–See the Latest

  • Applications:Microsoft
  • Funnel Stage:TOF - Awareness
  • Key Play:VMware Alternative Broadcom Compete
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP)

28 July 2026

Blog Post

Nutanix in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud

  • Resource Type:Blog Post
  • Use Cases:AI ML, Digital Sovereignty

7 April 2026

Solution Brief

Nutanix on OVHcloud

  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Resource Type:Solution Brief
  • Use Cases:Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Hybrid Multicloud, Unified Storage

14 April 2025

Blog Post

Exchange Azure Reservations for NC2

  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP)
  • Resource Type:Blog Post
  • Tools:Nutanix Move

7 April 2026

Get Started with Nutanix

Take a Test Drive

See firsthand how your workloads run on our hybrid cloud platform and plan your move with less complexity and more confidence.

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Nutanix Migration Offer

Take advantage of this limited-time promotion. Offer ends July 31, 2027.

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Looking for Other Options?

If rebalancing between core and cloud isn’t the solution for you, we can help you modernize your environment and leverage your existing storage assets when you migrate from VMware.

Migrate to a Modern Platform

Thousands of VMware customers have taken back control and modernized their operations by moving to Nutanix. Migrate apps and data without refactoring, control licensing costs, and simplify operations with a future-ready platform that seamlessly supports virtualized, cloud-native, and AI workloads.

14 August 2024

Maximize the Value of Your Hardware

Modernize by migrating to Nutanix while preserving the value of existing enterprise storage arrays through validated integrations with leading storage partners.

9 December 2024

Hear What Customers Are Saying

Case Study

“Users across the globe, who were entirely unaware of any migration, were reporting performance boosts of up to 10x.”

 

– Gagandeep Singh Hoda
IT Manager, Al Dahra

  • Industries:Retail & Consumer
  • Metadata:featured
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Region:APAC, Americas, EMEA, Latin America
  • Resource Type:Case Study
  • Tools:Nutanix Move
  • Use Cases:Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Business-Critical Apps

10 December 2024

Case Study

“I may not want to put all my applications in the cloud, but now I can selectively put some apps in the cloud, and the rest, I can run internally. This gives us the flexibility we need to run our business.”

 

-Dan Adams
Vice President of Information Technology, 4Wall Entertainment

  • Industries:Hospitality Management
  • Key Play:Journey to Cloud
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS):Files Storage
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Resource Type:Case Study
  • Use Cases:Hybrid Multicloud

19 December 2024

“Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) has been a real game changer, allowing us to move crucial services needed on AWS in just a few hours rather than having to re-architect or replace them. At the same time, it has also enabled us to strengthen DR protection for all of our business-critical applications while simplifying management operations and, by leveraging existing skill sets, saving both time and money.”

 

- Alexander Milnikel
Principal Architect & Technical Lead, HAPEV

  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

9 September 2024

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Case Study

“Nutanix has been our first step in a hybrid multicloud journey, and with Nutanix Cloud Clusters, we are moving workloads from on-premises to cloud and vice versa effortlessly.”

 

– Sitaram Dhuri
Associate Vice President of IT, Straive

  • Industries:Service Provider
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization, AOS Storage
  • Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM):Intelligent Operations
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
  • Region:APAC
  • Resource Type:Case Study
  • Use Cases:Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Business-Critical Apps, Database-as-a-Service, Hybrid Multicloud

8 January 2025

Case Study

“After considering several options including moving directly to the public cloud and bringing back on-premises infrastructure we realized that NC2 ticked all the boxes for us.''

 

-Dom Johnston
IT Manager, Golding Contractors

  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Resource Type:Case Study
  • Use Cases:Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

17 November 2025

Case Study

“Choosing Nutanix Cloud Clusters has enabled us to achieve savings of 39% in the total cost of operations in our current environment, compared to moving to a native public cloud environment.”

 

–Jason Fisher
AVP of Information Technology, UK Credit Union

  • Industries:Financial Services
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP)
  • Region:EMEA
  • Resource Type:Case Study
  • Tools:Nutanix Move

29 April 2026

Technology Alliances

We partner with technology leaders and innovators to enable a seamless experience for multi-product solutions.

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Discover the Best Path Forward

Speak with an expert to learn how Nutanix can help you easily move applications to the cloud or from existing VMware deployments in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud without refactoring.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Organizations should move to the cloud with Nutanix because it offers a low-risk migration of existing workloads without refactoring  or re-platforming. Unlike going directly to the cloud, Nutanix provides:

  • Consistent operations across hybrid environments, with a unified control plane that spans public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises infrastructure—ideal for organizations that will continue to maintain some on-prem footprint.
  • Workload mobility across clouds and on-premises, giving teams the flexibility to move applications as business needs evolve, without being locked into a single vendor.
  • Smart cost control and governance, with visibility and optimization tools that span environments.
  • Avoid the need for specialized cloud skills, allowing existing IT teams to manage infrastructure using familiar tools and processes.
  • Agility and control, enabling modernization at your own pace while maintaining operational consistency.

Nutanix is the smart way to modernize, delivering cloud benefits without the complexity or compromise.

NC2 is different because it’s the same. NCI and NC2 use the same data and management planes on-premises and in multiple clouds. With one management console for all locations, the operational complexity of migrating or extending applications and data is dramatically reduced. Additional differentiated benefits include:

  • Licenses are portable across clouds, so no new licenses are required if migrating VMs, applications, or data.
  • NC2 can be deployed in just a few hours, greatly accelerating migration or data center extension use cases.
  • NC2 is not a managed service. Customers control when, where, and how to deploy or repatriate.

Nutanix offers a variety of licensing options to meet diverse needs. To learn more, visit the Nutanix Cloud Software Options page.

For a detailed comparison, download and view page 10 of the VMware to Nutanix Migration Guide.

Nutanix is secure by default with native VM-level data encryption. Our platform is built on a secure foundation with programs like our security development lifecycle, secure configuration management and automation, and data-at-rest encryption. In addition, Nutanix also provides an automated security baseline with data-centric security, enhancing customers' cyber resilience.

Nutanix has enterprise-grade disaster recovery, providing simpler per-VM recovery point and time objectives to minimize risk versus a non-integrated approach.

Nutanix HCI on Azure BareMetal solution provides a fast path to the cloud. NC2 is a customer-managed HCI jointly engineered with Azure to deliver smooth migration to the public cloud, plus support for Azure ExpressRoute to securely connect edge, datacenter, and cloud endpoints.

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