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Leaving VMware: the 2027 migration playbook
For IT heads and CIOs facing a VMware renewal or the vSphere 8 end-of-service date in October 2027. Learn what changed in licensing, where other organisations are moving, what a migration really costs and how long it takes, then follow a quarter-by-quarter plan to shrink or exit on your terms.
What's inside
- What changed in VMware licensing, and the dates that matter
- Who is leaving, who is staying, and where workloads go
- Stay, shrink or exit: the main alternatives compared
- Gartner's timeline and cost numbers, with a worked estimate
- Five dispositions and a four-wave migration plan
- Ten pitfalls that break migrations
- A quarter-by-quarter playbook to October 2027
- A VM inventory worksheet
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