Complete Service Offerings Portfolio
VMware Professional Services offer end-to-end consulting services for Datacenter, Virtualization Management, Desktop Virtualization and Cloud Services. Our service offerings are based on in-depth virtualization expertise, proven best practices, and repeatable delivery methodologies to help customers realize the full value of virtualization for IT as a service computing models faster, and with less risk.
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Datacenter Services
| Assess | |
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| Virtualization Assessment | Assess your current server landscape to determine your potential costs and savings and better prepare you to roll out VMware vSphere™. |
| Strategy & Operations Services |
The Strategy & Operations practice within VMware Professional Services helps VMware customers overcome strategic, planning, and operational roadblocks to realize the full value of virtualization solutions. |
| Blueprinting Services for Data Centers | VMware consultants leverage VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager to quickly identify candidates for consolidation and/or retirement. |
| Enhanced Candidate Selection Services | VMware consultants will recommend the best applications and server candidates for virtualization using data gathered from vCenter Application Discovery Manager, VMware Capacity Planner and customer discussions. |
| Plan | |
| Plan & Design for VMware vSphere | A VMware Certified Professional will develop a comprehensive logical architectural design for VMware vSphere that addresses your requirements, and leverages VMware best practices. |
| Build | |
| VMware vSphere Jumpstart | Provides a proof-of-concept onsite configuration and knowledge transfer using VMware ESX™ and VMware vCenter™. |
| VMware vSphere with P2V Migration Jumpstart | Onsite proof-of-concept configuration and knowledge transfer of VMware ESX and VMware vCenter best practices, as well as physical to virtual (P2V) migrations using VMware vCenter Converter™. |
| P2V Accelerator Services | A turnkey, rapid-migration service designed to accelerate large-scale VMware deployments and help customers achieve target ROI faster and at a lower cost than conventional approaches. |
| VMware vSphere with vCenter Lab Manager Jumpstart. | Proof-of-concept workshop and demonstration of VMware vCenter Lab Manager™ and its use for software development and testing. |
| VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Jumpstart | Proof-of-concept, onsite installation and configuration of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ (SRM), demonstrating how to leverage SRM to prepare and execute an effective disaster recovery plan. |
| VMware Consolidated Backup Jumpstart Add-on | Interactive, proof-of-concept workshop demonstrates backup and recovery of a virtual machine using VMware Consolidated Backup. |
| Manage | |
| VMware vSphere Health Check | A VMware Certified Professional consultant will work with your team to review your VMware vSphere environment provide guidance to optimize your virtual infrastructure (up to 4 ESX hosts). |
| VMware vSphere Health Check Lite | A VMware Certified Professional consultant will work with your team to review your VMware vSphere environment provide guidance to optimize your virtual infrastructure (up to 2 ESX hosts). |
| VMware vSphere Upgrade Service | A certified VMware Consultant will upgrade up to three ESX hosts, one VMware vCenter Server and 25 virtual machines onsite (VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4) |
| VMware Resident Program | Resident VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Consultants are placed onsite at a customer location and are available on a daily basis during project kickoff, design, build, and production phases. |
Desktop Virtualization Services
| Assess | |
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| Desktop Virtualization Strategy Assessment | The VMware Desktop Virtualization Strategy Assessment Service will help you understand the changes brought about by desktop virtualization so you can prepare and proactively manage for the successful adoption of this technology. |
| Desktop Application Virtualization Assessment | The VMware Desktop Application Virtualization Assessment will help you identify which Microsoft Windows-based applications in your environment are the best candidates for virtualization. |
| Desktop Infrastructure Virtualization Assessment | The VMware Desktop Infrastructure Virtualization Assessment will identify both the users and desktops which are the best candidates to move into a virtual desktop environment, and the order in which those user groups and desktops should be virtualized for a successful desktop virtualization initiative. |
| Plan | |
| Plan & Design for VMware ThinApp | The Plan and Design for VMware ThinApp™ service will develop and document an infrastructure design to support a production deployment of ThinApp. |
| Plan & Design for Horizon View | VMware consultants will deliver a comprehensive Horizon View™ architecture design for your organization. |
| Build | |
| The Horizon View™ Jumpstart service provides a detailed knowledge transfer workshop with a fully functional demonstration environment running on non-production hardware to demonstrate how best to take advantages of VMware View’s key features and functionality. | |
| VMware vSphere with View Jumpstart | A series of detailed knowledge transfer workshops and a demonstration installation of VMware vSphere and Horizon View in a non-production environment, offerhands-on experience with both VMware vSphere and VMware View to learn how to efficiently create, provision, and manage the infrastructure necessary to support virtual desktops. |
| VMware ThinApp Jumpstart | The VMware ThinApp™ Jumpstart provides a detailed knowledge transfer workshop providing guidelines and best practices for integrating ThinApp into your existing infrastructure and an on-site installation of a non-production VMware ThinApp Capture and Build environment. |
| Horizon View Pilot Services | Horizon View Pilot Services employ VMware best practices and virtualization expertise to design and deploy small-scale pilot implementations of Horizon View to validate its ability to solve specific business challenges. |
| Horizon View Basic Pilot Service | Help customers clearly define objectives, success criteria and testing methodologies for a proposed Horizon View solution deployment. The service mitigates challenges and speeds time to production when implementing desktop virtualization. |
| Horizon View Standard Pilot Service | Offers customers the opportunity to define and refine success criteria and test out a Horizon View solution in a safe, pre-production or limited-production environment. |
| Manage | |
| VMware Resident Program | Customers who want trusted, dedicated virtualization expertise can engage a VMware Certified Professional (VCP) consultant through the VMware Resident Program. |
Virtualization Management Services
| vCenter Chargeback | |
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| VMware IT Chargeback Services | VMware Professional Services can help you implement a chargeback process in a virtualized environment, efficiently and cost effectively. We offer three types of engagements to help you maximize the benefits of VMware vCenter Chargeback™. |
| vCenter Configuration Manager | |
| QuickStart Implementation Service for vCenter Configuration Manager | Fixed services that include the installation of a vCenter Configuration Manager on a single collector in a customer’s environment along with agent deployments, ranging from 200, 2000, or up to 4000 endpoints. |
| vCenter Configuration Manager - File Integrity Automated Reporting Service | Leverages vCenter Configuration Manager to create a customized system to track changes to critical files and directories on targeted systems to meet audit requirements. |
| vCenter Configuration Manager -Windows Patching Automation Service | Leverages vCenter Configuration Manager to automate the patch distribution process in complex Windows environments. |
| vCenter Configuration Manager -Compliance Automation Service | Leverages vCenter Configuration Manager to define custom compliance rules and templates to monitor their server and workstation environment per customer audit and compliance standards. |
| VMware Service Manager | |
| Service Manager Version 9.0 Readiness Assessment | VMware Consultants will identify opportunities to increase efficiency by further automating ITSM processes using VMware Service Manager Version 9.0. |
| vCenter Site Recovery Manager | |
| vCenter Site Recovery Manager Jumpstart | Proof-of-concept, onsite installation and configuration of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ (SRM). |
| Plan & Design for vCenter Site Recovery Manager | Best practices-based, comprehensive architectural design for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager that addresses business requirements and VMware vSphere dependencies. |
| vCenter Lab Manager | |
| vCenter Lab Manager Jumpstart | Proof-of-concept workshop, best practices and knowledge transfer focusing on use, administration and operations of VMware vCenter Lab Manager™ using VMware vSphere. |
VMware vCloud Consulting Service Offerings
| VMware vCloud | |
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| VMware vCloud Jumpstart | Provides customers accelerated knowledge transfer and a ‘hands-on’ opportunity to evaluate a demonstration version of the VMware vCloud solution, installed in the customer’s test environment and guided by VMware experts. |
| VMware vCloud Accelerator Service | Using industry best practices and in-depth experience in virtualization and cloud technologies, our team of expert vCloud consultants will work with you to rapidly deliver a working, pre-production VMware vCloud computing environment running your applications to demonstrate the value of a VMware vCloud solution for your organization. |
Technical Account Manager Program
| TAM | |
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| VMware Technical Account Manager Service | The VMware Technical Account Manager (TAM) program helps organizations meet their virtualization transformation goals by providing a go-to resource that leverages VMware best practices and solutions. By aligning with the customer and mapping their needs with VMware resources, the TAM and the customer together create a measured approach toward success. |
Additional Consulting Services
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| VMware Resident Program | Resident VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Consultants are placed onsite at a customer location and are available on a daily basis during project kickoff, design, build, and production phases. |
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VMware Consulting & Training Credits Program |
VMware Consulting and Training Credits provide a cost effective and flexible way to purchase services and education classes. Purchase VMware credits up front based on your budget cycle, and redeem for training and services when you need them. |
