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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Data Center Services
| Assess | |
|---|---|
| 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 on-site configuration and knowledge transfer using VMware ESX™ and VMware vCenter™ |
| VMware vSphere with P2V Migration Jumpstart | On-site 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, on-site installation and configuration of 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 on-site at a customer location and are available on a daily basis during project kickoff, design, build, and production phases. |
Desktop Virtualization Services
| Assess | |
|---|---|
| VMware View Assessment | The VMware View™ Assessment service is the best way to assess your organization’s readiness for desktop virtualization. |
| Plan | |
| Plan & Design for VMware ThinApp | VMware® offers a way to bring the cost savings, increased flexibility and greater availability of server virtualization technology to end-user desktop systems. |
| Plan & Design for VMware View | The VMware View™ Assessment service is the best way to assess your organization’s readiness for desktop virtualization. |
| Build | |
| The VMware View Manager 4 Jumpstart Service provides accelerated knowledge transfer and proof-of-concept (PoC) workshops to demonstrate product or feature functionality in a specific use case. | |
| VMware vSphere with View Manager 4 Jumpstart | Customers new to VMware vSphere™ can learn more about its use in creating and managing virtual desktops. |
| VMware ThinApp Application Virtualization Jumpstart | IT groups responsible for supporting end-users and who want to improve management of desktop resources will be interested in the VMware ThinApp™ Application Virtualization Jumpstart. |
| VMware View Jumpstart Bundle | For IT groups considering a virtual desktop environment or in the early stages of a VMware View™4 implementation, this combination of two popular workshops offers a proof-ofconcept that serves all major IT stakeholders in five days. |
| VMware View 4 Pilot Services | VMware View™4 Pilot Services employ VMware best practices and virtualization expertise to design and deploy small-scale pilot implementations of VMware View 4 to validate its ability to solve specific business challenges |
| VMware View 4 Basic Pilot Service | The VMware View™ 4 Basic Pilot Service is an introductory offering that aligns best practices in project management with lessons learned during formal pilot engagements. |
| VMware View 4 Standard Pilot Service | The VMware View™ 4 Standard Pilot Service provides customers with the opportunity to conduct up to two desktop use cases in a multi-phase pilot. |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| VMware IT Chargeback Services | VMware Professional Services can help you implement a chargeback process in a virtualized environment, efficiently and cost effectively. We offer 3 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, on-site installation and configuration of vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM). |
| Plan & Design for vCenter Site Recovery Manager | Best practices-based, comprehensive architectural design for VMware Site Recovery Manager that addresses business requirements and VMware vSphere dependencies. |
| vCenter Lifecycle Manager | |
| vCenter Lifecycle Manager Jumpstart | On-site installation, configuration and demonstration of customer’s licensed copy of VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager. |
| vCenter Lifecycle Manager Customization | A VMware Senior Consultant will customize vCenter Life Cycle Manager to meet the specific requirements of your business. |
| 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. ™ |
Cloud Computing Services
| Cloud | |
|---|---|
| VMware Cloud Computing Services | With a cloud infrastructure planned and implemented by VMware Professional Services on VMware vSphere 4, business owners and application owners gain flexibility and cost savings much more quickly than they would if they were to go it alone. |
Technical Account Manager Program
| TAM | |
|---|---|
| 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
| Services | |
|---|---|
| VMware Resident Program | Resident VMware® Certified Professional (VCP) Consultants are placed on-site at a customer location and are available on a daily basis during project kickoff, design, build, and production phases. |
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. |
