VCF Services and Lifecycle Support

As we close out the year, we want to wish you and your team a joyous holiday season filled with success, collaboration, and new opportunities. Thank you for allowing us to be part of your IT transformation journey this year. We look forward to continuing to help you achieve your business goals in 2025 and beyond! Happy Holidays from all of us at VCF Services and Lifecycle Support!

Want to manage your VMware vSphere environment like VMware Cloud Foundation? You can convert your vSphere environment to VCF. You don’t need to have any pre-existing VCF SDDC Manager instances deployed. You can now deploy a new SDDC Manager instance into an existing vSphere environment and configure it as a VCF management workload domain. Read our new blog to learn how to convert vSphere to VCF so that you can automate and simplify lifecycle management. https://brcm.tech/3BDIXzB

🌟 When a Ministry in EMEA needed to transform into a cloud service provider for SAP applications, they turned to VMware's Enterprise Architects for expertise. The challenge? Building a robust platform to serve multiple government agencies that provides security, reliability, and cost optimization. Learn how our EA collaborated with the Ministry to: • Design a scalable multi-tenant architecture • Implement automated operations • Achieve significant cost savings • Meet strict security requirements Read the full success story to discover how VMware Enterprise Architects help organizations navigate complex digital transformations: https://brcm.tech/4gVjCAX

Public cloud performance has set a high standard, and anything less can frustrate users and derail business goals. VMware Cloud Foundation© (VCF) brings the public cloud experience on-premises, but without the right expertise deployments can fall short of their potential. That’s where VCF Professional Services comes in: ✅ Accelerate deployment with pre-packaged solutions tailored to common use cases. ✅ Provide seamless integration with your existing ecosystem. ✅ Achieve consistent, predictable results backed by VMware Validated Solutions. Whether you need to modernize your private cloud, migrate critical workloads, or enable Private AI, our experts design and deliver solutions to meet your unique business needs. Discover how we can help: https://brcm.tech/3WQcsGd

Faster upgrades, fewer errors – this is VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2. As a proud member of our VCF Professional Services team, Master Architect Jonathan McDonald has seen VCF 5.2 transform environments, reducing manual workload, minimizing errors, and maximizing uptime. Here are his top three favorite features that bring unmatched efficiency: 1️⃣ VMware Validated Architectures: Simplifies and standardizes design, giving you peace of mind. 2️⃣ Lifecycle Management: Makes updates and compatibility checks seamless, so you can focus on what matters. 3️⃣ Certificate & Password Management: Keeps compliance easy, secure, and hassle-free. Curious how these features can simplify your environment? Check out Jonathan’s deep dive: https://brcm.tech/3NOJAck

What if your cloud could do more? ☁️ Migrating to a private cloud delivers enhanced security, improved performance, and the flexibility to customize your infrastructure. But realizing these benefits takes more than the right technology—it requires expert guidance. With a VCF Professional Services expert supporting you, you’ll get support for critical steps like: • Defining objectives and evaluating workloads • Ensuring security and compliance • Optimizing scalability and flexibility Explore 12 key considerations that expert support can help you navigate your next step: https://brcm.tech/3y8aHdZ

Need an expert to help accelerate your VMware Cloud Foundation© (VCF) goals? 🏎️ Whether it’s a few weeks or several months, VMware’s Extended Expert Services provide timely, specialized support for Day 2 operations with flexibility in mind. Here’s what Extended Expert Services offers: 1️⃣ Scalable Staffing: Whether you need a single senior consultant or a full team, Extended Expert Services adapts to fit your exact needs, bringing in high-level skills for as long—or as little—as you need. 2️⃣ Optimized Operations: Experts in security, automation, migration, and scaling ensure your VCF environment runs at peak performance. They address complexities and streamline critical tasks to keep operations efficient and resilient. 3️⃣ Empowered Teams: Gain immediate value through expert guidance and knowledge transfer so your team is set up for long-term success with VCF best practices. If bridging skill gaps sounds like the support you need, explore how Extended Expert Services for VCF can make a difference: https://brcm.tech/48TwJ2f

What if you could consolidate operations and simplify lifecycle management? 😌 With VMware Cloud Foundation© (VCF) 5.2 and the new VMware vSphere Import capability, moving your vSphere clusters into VCF as VI workload domains has never been easier. 👉 Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Upgrade to VCF 5.2 to unlock the import feature. 2️⃣ Confirm prerequisites like vSphere 7.0U3 and ensure no linked NSX configurations. 3️⃣ Leverage SDDC Manager’s automated workflows to import and manage your clusters seamlessly. Why wait? Unlock faster upgrades, seamless imports, and expert support with VCF Professional Services. Learn how to maximize your VMware investment and streamline your IT landscape: https://brcm.tech/3XOeqX4

Meet Varghese Philipose: a superstar Technical Adoption Manager (TAM) on a mission to help customers realize the true potential of their technology. 🚀 Based in Dubai, he’s spent over a decade at VMware, guiding IT teams through complex multi-cloud transformations. Varghese worked with a client to overcome roadblocks, like internal silos and a lack of collaboration tools, helping them fully leverage their VMware solutions. His approach? Simple yet effective: the right onboarding, a commitment to learning, and breaking down barriers. 💡 Watch Varghese share how one customer increased technology adoption and maximized their internal knowledge base. ▶️

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