Take Control of Your Multi-Cloud Environment

73% of enterprises use two or more public clouds today. While multi-cloud accelerates digital transformation, it also introduces complexity and risk.

Simplicity Across Clouds Is Rare
91% of executives are looking to improve “consistency across [their] public cloud environments."

Applications Need to Be Modernized
68% of developers want to expand use of modern application frameworks, APIs and services.

Distributed Work Models Are Here to Stay
72% of enterprise employees are working from non-traditional environments.

Security Is a Top-Down Concern
Risk related to security, data and privacy issues remains the #1 multi-cloud challenge.

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VMware Cross-Cloud™ services enable organizations to unlock the potential of multi-cloud with enterprise security and resiliency.

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Multi-Cloud Spotlight

Modernize Faster Across Clouds

Modernize apps faster with a multi-cloud Kubernetes platform to help you build and run all apps consistently across clouds.

Get on a Faster Path to Prod

Build and deploy quickly and securely on any public cloud or on-premises Kubernetes cluster.

Simplify Kubernetes Operations

Build and operate a secure, multi-cloud container infrastructure at scale.

Pair with App Development Experts

Unlock value by modernizing your existing apps and building innovative new products.

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App Platform

Build, run, secure, and manage all of your apps across any cloud with application modernization solutions and guidance from VMware.

11 Security Practices to Manage Container Lifecycle

Get recommended practices for DevSecOps teams that desire a more modern app methodology.

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Multi-Cloud & Anywhere Workspace

Empower your employees to be productive from anywhere, with secure, frictionless access to enterprise apps from any device. 

Deliver an Engaging Experience

Put employees first with device choice, flexibility, and seamless, consistent, high-quality experiences.

Secure Today’s Anywhere Workspace

Ease the move to Zero Trust with situational intelligence and connected control points.

Automate the Workspace

Manage to outcomes — not tasks — with intelligent compliance, workflow and performance management.

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Anywhere Workspace

Enable any employee to work from anywhere, anytime with seamless employee experiences.

Remote Work Is No Longer Optional

Shift from supporting remote work to becoming an anywhere organization.

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Multi-Cloud Security & Networking

With connected security that delivers full visibility and frictionless operations, your apps and data are more secure with VMware, in any environment.

Secure & Connect Workloads

Operationalize consistent security and networking across apps, users, and entities with transparency built into our tools.

Protect APIs — the New Endpoints

Increase app velocity and centrally manage, secure, connect, and govern your clusters no matter where they reside.

Be Future-Ready

Get built-in threat intelligence spanning users, endpoints and networks to evolve your protection in a dynamic landscape.

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Security & Networking

Deliver security and networking as a built-in distributed service across users, apps, devices, and workloads in any cloud.

Protect Your Multi-Cloud Environments

Discover the unique characteristics of malware and how to stay ahead of attacks.

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Trusted Advisors on Multi-Cloud Journey

Partners are trusted advisors to guide customers’ journeys to multi-cloud, enabling digital innovation with enterprise control.

Work with a VMware Partner

Partners deliver outcomes with their expertise and VMware technology, creating exceptional value for our mutual customers.

Become a Partner

Together with our partners, VMware is building the new multi-cloud ecosystem positioned to become essential to our customers.

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Partners

With thousands of partners worldwide, we are positioned to help customers scale their business, drive innovation and transform their customer experience.

Working Together with Partners for Customer Success

See how we work with a global partner to help companies prepare for multi-cloud.

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Solutions

Hybrid Cloud Platform VMware Cloud Foundation

Manage VM and container-based workloads with our hybrid cloud platform, built on full stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) technology.

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Future Ready Architecture for Modern Business

The VMware Explore Content Catalog Is Live

The sessions, experts, labs and experiences you love and more from the center of the multi-cloud universe.

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What's New with VMware Cloud Foundation?

Learn about the latest capabilities of the industry's most advanced hybrid cloud platform.

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Platform for Multi-Cloud and Modern Apps

VMware Cloud Foundation supports both traditional enterprise and modern apps and provides a complete set of highly secure software-defined services for compute, storage, network, security, Kubernetes and cloud management Increase enterprise agility and flexibility with consistent infrastructure and operations across private and public clouds.

Simplified Management

Optimize performance, resilience, and availability for both VMs and Kubernetes clusters with integrated container orchestration, delivered by VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu.

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Lower Costs

Achieve reduced CapEx and OpEx and lower TCO with consistent operations and the broadest range of deployment options.

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Consistent Architecture

Simplify operations with standardized, full stack hyperconverged infrastructure and deliver developer ready infrastructure with enterprise-grade Kubernetes.

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Consolidated VM and Container Management

Run workloads at scale without compromise with consistent infrastructure for both existing enterprises applications and modern containerized applications.

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Benefits of VMware Cloud Foundation

Flexible Deployment Options

Access the broadest deployment options across both private and public cloud, and choose from self-managed and as-a-service options for HCI.

Scalability and Efficiency

Manage workloads on premises or in the cloud by extending the same infrastructure, operations, tools, and processes everywhere.

Intrinsic Security

Ensure enterprise-level security with our full-stack HCI platform that consolidates traditional VM and modern container workloads.

Use Cases

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Related Resources

How to Configure and Use VMware Cloud Foundation

Learn how to best deploy and manage your software-defined data center (SDDC)—from operations, to lifecycle management, and more.

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View Technical Resources at Tech Zone

Take a deep dive into VMware Cloud Foundation, view reference architectures, design guides, demos and more.

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5 Stages for Application and Cloud Modernization

Leverage this 5-step framework to accelerate your cloud operating journey with hybrid cloud.

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Expand your hybrid cloud capabilities with full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure, built from the leading compute, storage, networking, security, management, and Kubernetes infrastructure.

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Compare VMware Cloud Foundation Editions

VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu includes Tanzu Standard Edition
VMware Cloud Foundation requires Tanzu add-on

Starter

Automate infrastructure deployment and provisioning; includes lifecycle management for VMware’s core hyperconverged stack for traditional VM workloads.

Standard

Full-stack hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) with integrated security, automated deployment and Lifecycle Management.

Advanced

Deploys a VMware Cloud operating model with advanced storage, networking and cloud management with automated operations.

Enterprise

Implement a full enterprise cloud with enterprise storage, networking and management, optimized with integrated VM workload automation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which editions of VMware Cloud Foundation include the integrated Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Tanzu Management?

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

Will existing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x deployments be able to upgrade to VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x?

In addition to existing migration methods, there is limited support for in-place migrations from VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.1.2+ releases to VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3.1+ via VMware Professional Service Organization (PSO). Contact your sales and channel teams for guidance on choosing the best method for migrating your environment.

How can I use VMware Cloud Foundation for hybrid cloud?

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.

How can I purchase VMware Cloud Foundation software?

There are five ways to purchase VMware Cloud Foundation: (1) directly from VMware (perpetual licensing or subscription through VMware Cloud Universal); (2) from VMware channel partners; (3) as part of an integrated system from OEM vendors; and (4) as a subscription service from a public cloud service provider (5) as a subscription service through VMware Cloud Universal.