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Explore how to modernize your on-premises VMware environments using Azure VMware Solution in this 45-minute conference talk from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover how to extend VMware workloads to Azure without requiring application refactoring, while enhancing existing applications with Azure's platform services, AI capabilities, and integrated cloud tools. Learn about AVS customer adoption patterns, scale considerations, and managed service models, then examine real customer success stories and guidance for choosing the optimal Azure migration path for VMware workloads. Understand how to accelerate cloud strategy and simplify migration processes for large legacy VMware environments, including integration with Azure storage services like Azure NetApp Files and Elastic SAN for improved performance. Examine compatibility with VCF Plus subscriptions using bring-your-own-license models, and explore migration and modernization benefits that leverage Azure and AI services. Get introduced to Azure Arc integration with vSphere, watch a practical demonstration of a banking chatbot implementation using Azure OpenAI and managed identities, and learn about migration planning processes and continuous modernization cycles. Gain insights into modernizing at your own pace while leveraging the scalability and intelligence of the Azure ecosystem through this demo-driven session presented by Scott Gruenemeier and Christophe Herrbach.
