Regarding my experience with application migration between on-premises and public clouds using VMware Cloud Foundation, I have used it for storage deployment.
The main use cases for VMware Cloud Foundation are that it combines VMware and Azure, Windows, and all things at the cloud level. Azure is one of the applications I am using. Some Azure levels also direct Windows servers, as some Windows servers I have moved from VMware to Azure. The Azure portal operates at different levels. I am using Azure 109, 019 as a fundamental level for on-premises infrastructure, PSS, IAS, and other Azure foundation components. I utilize the workload portability feature in VMware Cloud Foundation, and the workload balance is effective. For example, in one cluster level, there are four to five ESXi hosts. Each ESXi host has minimum resources including CPU and memory allocations. At the VMware Cloud Foundation level, utilization is considerably lower. The deployment model of VMware Cloud Foundation is implemented through one tool, though I cannot recall its exact name. Currently, my environment uses that tool to move applications from VMware to Azure.
VMware Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
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Apr 25, 2025
We mostly use VMware Cloud Foundation ( /products/vmware-cloud-foundation-reviews ) when clients want their own environment, not on-premises cloud scenarios, preferring not to go for examples like Microsoft or AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-reviews ). When they have their own hardware, they tend to work with VMware Cloud Foundation ( /products/vmware-cloud-foundation-reviews ). It brings automation, security, accessibility, and everything regarding the product.
The primary use case for VMware Cloud Foundation is its ease of use and centralized management. All operations go through Cloud Foundation tools, which offer easy management.
The main use case for VMware Cloud Foundation is to create a scalable solution that allows for customization to align with our customer requirements. I have been using it to address various challenges in deploying customizable service catalogs and blueprints. I primarily use it for private cloud on-premises infrastructure.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
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Feb 13, 2025
The primary use case for VMware Cloud Foundation is to meet our requirements for host-level redundancy on both the primary site and the DR site. We were already using VMware on our old infrastructure and upgraded to new compute and solutions.
We are using VMware Cloud Foundation for virtualization within our on-premises infrastructure. We utilize it primarily for management through vSphere, vCenter, and vMotion, and it fits our current setup since we are not using a hybrid cloud environment.
We use the solution for our infrastructure enterprise. We build networking, storage, and security using VMware Cloud Foundation. We also use the solution for our production.
Our clients use VMware Cloud Foundation for SDDC implementations. When it comes to data centers, traditionally, data center infrastructure components are standalone systems, like blade servers or rack servers sitting inside a rack. But with a software-defined data center (SDDC), you buy a larger hardware component from a vendor like HP, Dell, Nutanix, etc., and then virtualize that hardware to create a pool of VMs, storage, and other resources. This concept isn't confined to just compute and storage. You extend this understanding and capability to your network (e.g., software-defined SD-WAN or software-defined networks) and backup (e.g., software-defined backup running on backup appliances like HP StoreOnce). You define backup policies through software, specifying which VMs need to be backed up, how often, and the backup retention period. That's how we technically sell these software-defined data center concepts to our customers. Another thing to consider with data centers is power consumption, which is directly related to the hardware configuration running in the data center. The capacity and power consumption of the hardware you buy from HP, Dell, Nutanix, Cisco, etc., affects your operating costs. Imagine kilowatts of power running over a period of years, so it's a significant cost factor. So, it's not just about the technical capacity but also the power consumption, which is a major discussion point.
Vice President Public & Health Solution Consulting at T-Systems International GmbH
Real User
Sep 27, 2023
Our customers use the VMware Cloud Formation as an alternative to other public cloud services such as Azure or Amazon Web Services. It provides them with an additional option for their data analytics and business intelligence needs.
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Apr 6, 2023
We are using it for infrastructure automation. We have a manager of a manager to take care of day zero, day one, and day two operations, which makes deployment and management easier. We also have workload clusters that segregate the workload based on the different types of applications we have, such as sat clusters, PC clusters, mixed-door clusters, and container clusters.
Executive Business Development Manager, Cloud and Managed Services at Presidio Networked Solutions
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Top 10
Apr 28, 2022
It's a reference architecture. It's based on vSAN Ready Node, however, it basically is tied to VMware in the public cloud, so it has all the VMware components tied to it. It's a hybrid-based solution, so it's installed on-premise. Basically, you can drag and drop resources without having to do any type of conversions, IP changes, or anything else, into AWS Azure, where they have the VMware workloads running as well as VMware partners that have their VMware public environments up and running. It's that reference architecture that gives you that complete elasticity to be able to transport workloads seamlessly to pretty much anywhere.
Project Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Apr 5, 2022
What it does for people is it enables other companies to be able to move their workloads to the cloud, just like Amazon. People can move their workloads to the cloud, however, at this time you are using it, you are actually running the cloud via VMware.
VMware Cloud Foundation can be used to make private clouds faster than the traditional way. Additionally, it can be used for continuity. If you want to run with Tanzu, you can build a full-stack environment of VMware, such as vSphere, or NSX.
We use it to deploy different customers on to a single platform. We manage the hardware from the top foundation. We look at the logs and we position the networks.
ICT Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
MSP
Nov 26, 2019
We are service providers and therefore we only sell this program to our customers. So we don't use it ourselves. Our customers use it for all kinds of purposes like VDI environments, private clouds, connection to public clouds, office automation purposes and applications running on top of this. They use it to consolidate their environment of servers and it provides them a migration path towards cloud environment or private cloud environments.
We are a system integrator and this is one of the solutions that we provide to our clients. The primary use of this solution is data center consolidation. This solution gives you the option to have a second copy of your data center for disaster recovery. For VMware, you can achieve asynchronous replication, which means that you have active and passive replication between two sites. Active means that the production is up, but the disaster recovery is read-only. When you bring up the mirror, the other site becomes active and the production site becomes read-only.
VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to deploy and run a hybrid cloud. VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and security) and cloud management services to run enterprise applications in both private and public environments.
Regarding my experience with application migration between on-premises and public clouds using VMware Cloud Foundation, I have used it for storage deployment.
The main use cases for VMware Cloud Foundation are that it combines VMware and Azure, Windows, and all things at the cloud level. Azure is one of the applications I am using. Some Azure levels also direct Windows servers, as some Windows servers I have moved from VMware to Azure. The Azure portal operates at different levels. I am using Azure 109, 019 as a fundamental level for on-premises infrastructure, PSS, IAS, and other Azure foundation components. I utilize the workload portability feature in VMware Cloud Foundation, and the workload balance is effective. For example, in one cluster level, there are four to five ESXi hosts. Each ESXi host has minimum resources including CPU and memory allocations. At the VMware Cloud Foundation level, utilization is considerably lower. The deployment model of VMware Cloud Foundation is implemented through one tool, though I cannot recall its exact name. Currently, my environment uses that tool to move applications from VMware to Azure.
We mostly use VMware Cloud Foundation ( /products/vmware-cloud-foundation-reviews ) when clients want their own environment, not on-premises cloud scenarios, preferring not to go for examples like Microsoft or AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-reviews ). When they have their own hardware, they tend to work with VMware Cloud Foundation ( /products/vmware-cloud-foundation-reviews ). It brings automation, security, accessibility, and everything regarding the product.
The primary use case for VMware Cloud Foundation is its ease of use and centralized management. All operations go through Cloud Foundation tools, which offer easy management.
The main use case for VMware Cloud Foundation is to create a scalable solution that allows for customization to align with our customer requirements. I have been using it to address various challenges in deploying customizable service catalogs and blueprints. I primarily use it for private cloud on-premises infrastructure.
The primary use case for VMware Cloud Foundation is to meet our requirements for host-level redundancy on both the primary site and the DR site. We were already using VMware on our old infrastructure and upgraded to new compute and solutions.
We are using VMware Cloud Foundation for virtualization within our on-premises infrastructure. We utilize it primarily for management through vSphere, vCenter, and vMotion, and it fits our current setup since we are not using a hybrid cloud environment.
I use the solution in my company for our own public and private clouds. We have created our cloud services using these products.
We're just looking to set up a private cloud.
We use the solution for our infrastructure enterprise. We build networking, storage, and security using VMware Cloud Foundation. We also use the solution for our production.
Our clients use VMware Cloud Foundation for SDDC implementations. When it comes to data centers, traditionally, data center infrastructure components are standalone systems, like blade servers or rack servers sitting inside a rack. But with a software-defined data center (SDDC), you buy a larger hardware component from a vendor like HP, Dell, Nutanix, etc., and then virtualize that hardware to create a pool of VMs, storage, and other resources. This concept isn't confined to just compute and storage. You extend this understanding and capability to your network (e.g., software-defined SD-WAN or software-defined networks) and backup (e.g., software-defined backup running on backup appliances like HP StoreOnce). You define backup policies through software, specifying which VMs need to be backed up, how often, and the backup retention period. That's how we technically sell these software-defined data center concepts to our customers. Another thing to consider with data centers is power consumption, which is directly related to the hardware configuration running in the data center. The capacity and power consumption of the hardware you buy from HP, Dell, Nutanix, Cisco, etc., affects your operating costs. Imagine kilowatts of power running over a period of years, so it's a significant cost factor. So, it's not just about the technical capacity but also the power consumption, which is a major discussion point.
My client uses the product to get different tenants in the environment.
Our customers use the VMware Cloud Formation as an alternative to other public cloud services such as Azure or Amazon Web Services. It provides them with an additional option for their data analytics and business intelligence needs.
We use the solution for automated deployment and infrastructure maintenance features.
Our clients use the solution as their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
We are using it for infrastructure automation. We have a manager of a manager to take care of day zero, day one, and day two operations, which makes deployment and management easier. We also have workload clusters that segregate the workload based on the different types of applications we have, such as sat clusters, PC clusters, mixed-door clusters, and container clusters.
I've many use cases. Infrastructure as code would be my number one.
VMware Cloud Foundation can be deployed on a private cloud or hybrid configuration.
It's a reference architecture. It's based on vSAN Ready Node, however, it basically is tied to VMware in the public cloud, so it has all the VMware components tied to it. It's a hybrid-based solution, so it's installed on-premise. Basically, you can drag and drop resources without having to do any type of conversions, IP changes, or anything else, into AWS Azure, where they have the VMware workloads running as well as VMware partners that have their VMware public environments up and running. It's that reference architecture that gives you that complete elasticity to be able to transport workloads seamlessly to pretty much anywhere.
What it does for people is it enables other companies to be able to move their workloads to the cloud, just like Amazon. People can move their workloads to the cloud, however, at this time you are using it, you are actually running the cloud via VMware.
We use VMware Cloud Foundation to host our in-house data.
VMware Cloud Foundation can be used to make private clouds faster than the traditional way. Additionally, it can be used for continuity. If you want to run with Tanzu, you can build a full-stack environment of VMware, such as vSphere, or NSX.
We use it to deploy different customers on to a single platform. We manage the hardware from the top foundation. We look at the logs and we position the networks.
Our primary use case is for auto-scaling and automation of VM created automation with some governance and policies.
We were working with versions 5, 5.5, 6, then upgraded to 6.7.
We are service providers and therefore we only sell this program to our customers. So we don't use it ourselves. Our customers use it for all kinds of purposes like VDI environments, private clouds, connection to public clouds, office automation purposes and applications running on top of this. They use it to consolidate their environment of servers and it provides them a migration path towards cloud environment or private cloud environments.
We are a system integrator and this is one of the solutions that we provide to our clients. The primary use of this solution is data center consolidation. This solution gives you the option to have a second copy of your data center for disaster recovery. For VMware, you can achieve asynchronous replication, which means that you have active and passive replication between two sites. Active means that the production is up, but the disaster recovery is read-only. When you bring up the mirror, the other site becomes active and the production site becomes read-only.
We use the product for servicing infrastructure and as a platform for various databases.