Microsoft ends one of the last ways to buy VMware without big bundles
Broadcom’s VCF-or-nothing licenses are coming to Azure
Microsoft is set to discontinue one of the last options available for purchasing VMware products separately from a larger bundle. The company's primary offer for VMware users is the Azure VMware Solution (AVS), which encompasses vCenter, vSAN, vSphere, and NSX, all bundled together with licenses for each component – excluding the Software-Defined Datacenter Manager tool used by Broadcom in its flagship Cloud Foundation (VCF) suite.
After Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, the company has focused exclusively on VCF and no longer sells standalone low-end server virtualization products. The announcement comes as Broadcom no longer allows licensing anything beyond the entire VCF bundle, requiring customers to bring their own VCF licenses to any cloud-based VMware service.
Microsoft will retire the license-included version of AVS by October 31, 2026, and users will need to transition to a different Azure arrangement by August 30, 2027. The company advises customers to start planning their move and transition to AVS VCF BYOL, urging them to assess their current AVS environments promptly. This change is not the first recent VMware migration caused by Broadcom's actions, as the company has previously changed licensing requirements to force smaller cloud providers to discontinue their services.
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