Using Azure to Move Beyond VMware in On Prem, Cloud, and Hybrid Environments

For organizations evaluating their next move beyond VMware, Microsoft Azure opens the door to multiple on prem, cloud, and hybrid paths. Our final conversation in this series explores real world migration paths, from lift and shift virtual machines to modernizing workloads with managed services and containers. We also break down three practical options-moving fully to Azure, keeping workloads on prem with Azure Local, or extending existing VMware environments into Azure-while highlighting cost, licensing, scalability, and operational tradeoffs.