🚀 Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) is now generally available. If you're managing VMware workloads, this new service might be the bridge to the cloud you've been waiting for.
🧩 What is Amazon EVS?
Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) lets you deploy and run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments directly on EC2 bare metal instances inside your Amazon VPC.
No replatforming, no IP reassignments, no retraining. Just your existing VMware stack — now in AWS.
🔧 Key Features
- ✅ Drop-in migration — Lift-and-shift workloads without changing IPs or refactoring applications.
- ✅ Full administrative control — Customize and operate your VMware stack just like on-prem.
- ✅ Self-managed or Partner-operated — Choose your ops model based on team capacity.
- ✅ License portability — Bring your existing VCF licenses to EVS.
- ✅ Hybrid-ready — Extend on-prem networks and workloads with zero disruption.
- ✅ AWS-native integration — Connect with 200+ AWS services including Lambda, S3, Aurora, Bedrock, and more.
🌍 Available Now in 6 Regions
Amazon EVS is now GA in:
- 🇺🇸 US East (N. Virginia)
- 🇺🇸 US East (Ohio)
- 🇺🇸 US West (Oregon)
- 🇯🇵 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
- 🇩🇪 Europe (Frankfurt)
- 🇮🇪 Europe (Ireland)
Supported:
- VCF Version: 5.2.1
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Instance Type:
i4i.metal - Storage: Compatible with external storage and backup tools
🔄 Use Cases to Explore
Here are some hybrid scenarios Amazon EVS enables:
🏢 Datacenter Exit Strategy
Migrate entire clusters from on-prem to AWS without rewriting infrastructure.
💼 Disaster Recovery & Resilience
Use EVS as your DR site with full VMware feature parity.
⚙️ Dev/Test Bursting
Spin up VCF environments in AWS for short-term workloads, testing, or isolated dev.
🧠 Gradual Modernization
Move VMs to EVS and start layering AWS-native services like S3, RDS, or even Bedrock-based AI.
🧪 Getting Started with EVS
Here's how to spin up your first Amazon EVS environment:
- Complete prerequisites (VPC, CIDR, IAM, etc.)
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Create your EVS environment via:
- AWS Console
- AWS CLI
- CloudFormation (
AWS::EVS::Environment)
- Customize VCF in the familiar vSphere UI
- Connect & Migrate your workloads
📘 Official Docs – Getting Started
🖥️ EVS Console Access
💸 Pricing
💬 Final Thoughts
If you've been looking for a cloud migration path that doesn't disrupt your VMware expertise, tooling, or licensing, Amazon EVS might be your golden ticket.
You get the operational consistency of VMware + the scale and innovation of AWS.
✅ Try It Today
🔗 Explore Amazon EVS on AWS
📩 Thinking about migrating? Let’s talk about your use case!
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