If you’ve been running VMware-heavy environments, you probably read that piece and thought, “Great, now what? Do we just brace for the next Broadcom invoice?”
Here’s the reality: you don’t have to. The smartest IT leaders aren’t waiting for the next hit. They’re already migrating to Microsoft Azure. And for good reason — Azure is the clearest, most practical next step for businesses that want scalability, predictability, and a platform that won’t feel outdated in the future years.
Anyone who’s ever tried to scale VMware infrastructure knows the drill: long procurement cycles, hardware lead times, contracts that feel like they were written to test your patience. By the time you get what you need, the business has already moved on.
Azure changes the tempo completely. Spin up resources in minutes, scale them back down when demand dips, and forget about hardware refreshes. That agility isn’t just convenient; it’s the difference between shipping a product on time and missing an entire market window.
VMware’s new per-core licensing model has turned budgeting into an Olympic sport. CFOs hate unpredictability, and right now, VMware delivers plenty of it.
Azure flips that with its OpEx-based, pay-as-you-go model, plus the Azure Hybrid Benefit that lets you reuse Windows Server and SQL licenses you already own. Predictable, transparent, and controllable. Instead of arguing over why your virtualization bill quadrupled, you can have a normal budget conversation again.
AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, IoT — these aren’t afterthoughts in Azure. They’re part of the platform. If your CIO wants to launch a machine learning pilot, or if your CEO is pressuring you to “do something with AI,” Azure makes that possible without years of planning and procurement.
With VMware, you’re paying more for… the same virtualization you’ve had for a decade. With Azure, your IT stack actually evolves with your business strategy.
Post-acquisition, VMware has been shedding support staff and partners, and customers are starting to feel it. Customers are beginning to experience longer response times and reduced support, leaving many to handle cybersecurity on their own.
Azure, on the other hand, comes with Microsoft’s shared responsibility model and automated security baked into the platform — patching, compliance enforcement, threat detection. That’s not just fewer late nights for your ops team, it’s stronger protection for your business.
Moving to Azure doesn’t necessarily mean tossing your VMware expertise out the window. Thanks to Azure VMware Solution (AVS), you can bring your existing VMware workloads into Azure with the tools you already know — vSphere, vSAN, NSX.
Think of AVS as the on-ramp that gets you out of VMware’s storm and onto Azure’s highway — without wrecking the car in the process.
The catch for many companies is costs—specifically, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Because while AVS acts as a “gentle bridge” between the systems, it also means delaying necessary re-architecture and maintaining reliance on VMware expertise and its associated costs.
In our experience, a superior long-term alternative is a direct rehost or re-platform onto native Azure IaaS and PaaS services. This approach mandates the shift to a cloud-native model, ultimately delivering a lower TCO through enhanced efficiency, optimization, and better utilization of Azure’s consumption-based pricing.
Of course, knowing where to go is one thing. Getting there smoothly is another. That’s where Intwo comes in.
Intwo gives you the breathing room to modernize on your own timeline, without forcing an overnight transformation.
For more information and options on migrating from VMware to Azure, download our new playbook.
And here’s the key difference: we don’t disappear after migration. We stick around to help you optimize spend, secure workloads, and unlock Azure services you might not even know you have access to.
Hanging onto VMware because “it still works” isn’t a strategy — it’s procrastination. And every month you wait, you’re gambling with both cost and flexibility. Broadcom’s next licensing change isn’t a possibility; it’s a guarantee.
Azure is the way out. It gives you flexibility, innovation, and cost control that VMware simply can’t match anymore. And with AVS, the transition is far less disruptive than most IT leaders imagine.
At Intwo, we see this not as a crisis but as a reset button — a chance to build IT that’s agile, secure, and genuinely aligned with business growth.
Want the complete playbook? Download our free whitepaper on migrating from VMware to Azure. Inside, you’ll find cost models, migration strategies, and a practical checklist to make your move smooth and low-risk.
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