The 'VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu' Standard, Advanced, Enterprise and VCF+ and VCF-S subscription editions of VMware Cloud Foundation include the Tanzu Standard edition (1 Year Term). Note that the 'VMware Cloud Foundation' Starter, edition DOES NOT include the Tanzu Standard edition, but this can be an add-on SKU for management of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.

In addition to existing migration methods, there is limited support for in-place migrations from VMware Cloud Foundation 3.11 releases to VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 via VMware Professional Service Organization (PSO). Contact your sales and channel teams for guidance on choosing the best method for migrating your environment.

Select service providers from the VMware Cloud Provider Program (VCPP) offer cloud services powered by VMware Cloud Foundation, including CenturyLink, OVH, and Rackspace. VMware Cloud on AWS is an on-demand service operated, managed, and sold by VMware. Additional solutions include Azure VMware Solutions and Google Cloud VMware Engine.

There are five ways to purchase VMware Cloud Foundation:

• Directly from VMware (perpetual or subscription licensing).
• From VMware channel partners
• As part of an integrated system from OEM vendors;
• As a subscription service from a VCPP service provider and
• As a subscription service with VMware Cloud Foundation+ (cloud connected) and VMware Cloud Foundation-Subscription (disconnected).