UPDATED: Broadcom
announced changes to their VMware licensing policies. The change now
requires new customers to bring their own portable VCF subscriptions when
using hyperscaler platforms. Our current Azure VMware Solution (AVS) customers
can continue to operate their AVS nodes without any licensing or product
changes through the end of their Reserved Instance (RI) term.
This is a licensing change only – there is no
product change to the AVS service. Microsoft will continue to offer AVS as a
fully managed VCF private cloud service in Azure.
What you need to know:
- After
October 15, 2025, new or existing customers purchasing new/additional
nodes of AVS will need to provide a VCF subscription from Broadcom or
one of its reseller
partners.
- UPDATED: You can continue to
operate the AVS nodes without any licensing or product changes through
August 30, 2027. On August 30, 2027, as a result of the latest Broadcom VCF licensing change, the AVS license-included service will be retired. Learn More.
- Allow plenty of time to purchase VCF licenses from Broadcom and complete the transition to AVS VCF BYOL by August 30, 2027 to avoid service disruption on August 31, 2027.
Please reach out to your Microsoft Team now so
they can help you manage this licensing change before August 30, 2027.
Learn more.