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title: VMware Cloud on AWS Resources
url: https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources
description: Be a hybrid cloud hero. With VMware Cloud on AWS, extend your private cloud vSphere workloads to AWS Cloud — securely, rapidly, and easily.
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# VMware Cloud on AWS Resources

Explore technical documentation, reports, case studies, hands-on labs, and more.

## Technical Documentation
Gain a clear understanding of VMware Cloud on AWS with essential technical resources.

- [EXPLORE NOW](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-a-technical-overview)

## Reference Architecture
Access validated design and best practices to guide your deployment.

- [LEARN MORE](https://www.vmware.com/docs/getting-started-with-vmc-aws-reference-architecture)

## Demo Library
Watch on-demand demos that showcase VMware Cloud on AWS in action.

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- [Explore](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNOz1mVhDkG5pRTcTGEY8KPNWH_G9MGkJ)

### 91 Results

- [Analyst Reports](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#analyst-reports)
- [Case Studies](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#case-studies)
- [Communities](https://community.broadcom.com/vmware)
- [Developers](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#developers)
  - [API](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#api)
  - [Developer Training and Learning](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#developer-training-and-learning)
  - [PowerCLI](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#powercli)
  - [SDKs and Tools](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#sdks-and-tools)
- [Hands-on Labs](https://www.vmware.com/resources/hands-on-labs)
- [Overview](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#overview)
- [Partner Solutions](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#partner-solutions)
- [Solution Briefs](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#solution-briefs)
- [Technical Documentation](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#technical-documentation)
- [Technical Paper](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/resources#technical-paper)

## Analyst Reports

- [EMA Quick Take: VMware Cloud on AWS (Q1 2019)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/ema-vmware-quicktake)
- [ESG eBook: Hybrid Cloud Trends (Jun 2019)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/esg-ebook-hybrid-cloud-trends)
- [ESG: Trends in Organizations' Hybrid and Multi-cloud Strategies](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-ebook-vmware-hybrid-multi-cloud-trends-1)
- [Forrester - VMware Cloud On AWS Provides Frictionless Path To Capital And Operational Cost Avoidance](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-report-vmc-on-aws-frictionless-path-to-capital-operational-cost-avoidance)
- [Forrester - VMware Cloud On AWS Reduces Operational Costs While Maintaining Compliance](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-forrester-vmc-on-aws-reduces-operational-costs)
- [Forrester – VMware Cloud On AWS Enables And Accelerates The Migration Of Challenging Legacy Workloads](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-cloud-on-aws-spotlight-semiconductor-manufacturer)
- [Forrester TEI Spotlight with a Law Firm (Jun 2020)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmc-tei-spotlight-law-firm)
- [Forrester TEI Spotlight with an Entertainment Firm (Jun 2020)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmc-tei-spotlight-entertainment-firm)
- [Forrester TEI Spotlight with Scientific Equipment Manufacturer (March 2020)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/forrester-tei-spotlight-scientific-equipment)

## Case Studies

- [888 Holdings](https://www.vmware.com/docs/888-holdings-success-story)
- [City of Potsdam](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-stadt-potsdam-case-study)
- [Clark County](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-clark-county-case-study)
- [École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-epfl-customer-case-study)
- [EMPLOYERS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/employers-customer-success-story)
- [Fozzy Group](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmc-case-study-vcdr-fozzy)
- [Gfk SE](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-gfk-case-study-en)
- [Healthcare Provider](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-horizon-vmware-cloud-aws-healthcare-provider-customer-success-story)
- [KEM ONE](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-kem-one-en-case-study)
- [Kingston University](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-kingston-university-case-study)
- [Lotte Corporation](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-lotte-customer-study)
- [National Stock Exchange](https://www.vmware.com/docs/nse-customer-success-story)
- [Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-pennsylvania-lumbermens-en-success-story)
- [POSCO DX](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-posco-case-study)
- [Publiacqua](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-publiacqua-case-study)
- [Quality Bicycle Products](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-quality-bicycle-products-case-study)
- [Regional Bank Spotlight](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-regional-bank-spotlight-case-study)
- [Route Mobile](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-route-mobile-case-study)
- [Schibsted Makes Operations Simpler and More Efficient](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-schibsted-case-study)
- [The Chilean Institute of Workplace Safety](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-he-isl-vf-eng-final-0121)
- [The College of New Jersey](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-college-of-nj-us-cs)
- [The Royal Orthopedic Hospital](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-royal-orthopaedic-hospital-case-study)
- [West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District](https://www.vmware.com/docs/west-windsor-plainsboro-case-study)
- [William Hill](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-william-hill-case-study-1)

## Communities

- [Blogs](https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud/vmware-cloud-on-aws/)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/vmwarecloudaws)

## Developers

### API

- [Overview of VMware Cloud on AWS APIs (Blog)](https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2017/11/30/overview-vmware-cloud-aws-apis/)
- [VMware Cloud API Explorer (VMware Cloud Console)](https://vmc.vmware.com/console/developer/api-explorer)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS API Reference](https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vmc/latest/)

### Developer Training and Learning

- [VMware Cloud on AWS live coding and demos (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/c/VMwarecode/search?query=vmware%20cloud%20aws)

### PowerCLI

- [VMware Cloud on AWS cmdlets](https://developer.vmware.com/docs/powercli/latest/products/vmwarecloudonaws/)
- [VMware PowerCLI User Guide and Release Notes](https://developer.vmware.com/docs/15315/)

### SDKs and Tools

- [Terraform Provider for VMware Cloud on AWS (GitHub)](https://github.com/vmware/terraform-provider-vmc)
- [vSphere Automation SDK for GO Language (GitHub)](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-go)
- [vSphere Automation SDK for Java](https://developer.vmware.com/sdk/vsphere-automation-java)
- [vSphere Automation SDK for Python](https://developer.vmware.com/sdk/vsphere-automation-python)
- [vSphere Automation SDK for Python with VMware Cloud on AWS (Blog)](https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2018/03/26/get-started-vsphere-automation-sdk-python-vmwonaws/)

## Hands-on Labs

- [Advanced Networking](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/14647)
- [Automate your VMware Cloud on AWS](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/14614)
- [Integrating with Native AWS Services](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/14615)
- [Lightning Lab](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/14616)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS - FSx for NetApp ONTAP](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/13805)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS – Fundamentals](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/14606)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS Hands-on Labs](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog?products=VMware%20Cloud%20on%20AWS%20%28VMC%29))

## Overview

- [Application Modernization Solution Brief: VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/application-modernization-with-vmware-cloud-on-aws-solution-brief)
- [Choosing Between VMware Cloud on AWS and Native Public Cloud Service – VMware Cloud on AWS Buyers Guide](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-buyers-guide-choosing-between-vmc-on-aws-native-public-cloud-services)
- [Cloud Migration Solution Brief: VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-cloud-migration-solution-brief)
- [Horizon for VMware Cloud on AWS Solution Brief](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-horizon-cloud-on-aws-solution-brief)
- [Infographic: VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-infographic-vmc-on-aws)
- [Professional Services for VMware Cloud on AWS Solution Brief](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-solution-brief-professional-services)
- [Put the Hybrid Cloud to Work for You: VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-vmc-on-aws-uslet-web-final)
- [Solution Brief: Data Center Extension](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-solution-brief-vmc-on-aws-data-center-extension)
- [Solution Brief: VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-solution-brief)

## Partner Solutions

- [Machine Learning and Analytics](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-vmc-on-aws-for-machine-learning-workloads)
- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-for-sql-server-workloads)
- [Oracle Database](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-oracle-solution-brief)

## Solution Briefs

- [VMware Cloud Flex Storage Overview](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-cloud-flex-storage-solution-overview)
- [VMware Lab Platform with VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-lab-platform-on-vmc)

## Technical Documentation

- [Cloud Operations: A New Model for Service Delivery](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloudops-servicedeliverymodels-white-paper)
- [Connecting to VMware Cloud on AWS with SSL Client VPN Software](https://www.vmware.com/docs/connecting-vmc-aws-with-ssl-client-vpn-software-reference-architecture)
- [HCX Multi-Site Connectivity and Workload Mobility (Over Internet)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/multi-site-hcx-vmc-on-aws-reference-architecture)
- [High Availability Leveraging AWS Multi-Availability Zones for VMware Cloud SDDC’s](https://www.vmware.com/docs/high-availability-with-multi-az-sddc)
- [Reference Architecture: Getting Started with VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/getting-started-with-vmc-aws-reference-architecture)

### Compliance Whitepapers

- [Comparing VMware Cloud to Traditional Public Cloud by Total Cost of Ownership](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-comparing-vmc-to-traditional-public-cloud)
- [Compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-compliance-with-gramm-leach-bliley-act)
- [Compliance with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Master Direction on Outsourcing of Information Technology Services](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmc-on-aws-compliance-with-rbi-master-direction-on-outsourcing)
- [Fourteen Cloud Security Principles](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-fourteen-cloud-security-principles)
- [Germany Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue (C5) Whitepaper](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-germany-whitepaper)
- [ISO9001 Whitepaper - VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-whitepaper-vmware-cloud-on-aws)

### Demo Videos

- [Adding a Host to the VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC](https://youtu.be/jSMePSSTzMw)
- [Auto Scaling with Elastic Distributed Resource Scheduler (EDRS)](https://youtu.be/Qsx1EHZUZrc)
- [Building Resiliency with Stretched Clusters](https://youtu.be/ECDGe2MMass)
- [Migrating to a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC Using VMware HCX](https://youtu.be/9nSy1Pe8GA8)
- [Simplifying Management with Hybrid Linked Mode (HLM)](https://youtu.be/CR8Ih0NKoVI)

## Technical Paper

- [Connecting Equinix Direct Connect to VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/connecting-equinix-direct-connect-to-vmware-cloud-on-aws)
- [Edge scale out with SDDC Multi-Edge in VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/edge-scale-out-with-sddc-multi-edge-in-vmware-cloud-on-aws)
- [HA and DRS in VMware Cloud on AWS](https://www.vmware.com/docs/ha-and-drs-in-vmware-cloud-on-aws)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS: Storage Architecture](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-cloud-on-aws-storage-architecture)
- [vSAN ESA with VMware Cloud on AWS: Technical Deep Dive](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vsan-esa-with-vmware-cloud-on-aws-technical-deep-dive)

## Also of Interest

- [What is a Golden Path?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/golden-paths)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS | Deeply Integrated Hybrid Cloud Service](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws)
- [VMware Cloud on AWS | VMC on AWS | Hybrid Cloud Service](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services/vcf-solutions-for-aws/faq)
