On September 22nd 2020, during Ignite 2020 , Microsoft announced the general availability of next generation of VMware Azure Solution(AVS). If you want to learn about basics of AVS, you can read my previous blog post on Introduction of Azure VMware Solutions. Now AVS is now generally available in four Region at US East, US West, West Europe (Netherlands) and Australia(NSW). AVS also going to be available in Japan East, UK South and South Central US in the near future. You can check the availability of Azure VMware Solution by checking Azure Products by Region page for details.

This release includes the latest VMware Cloud Foundation components (vSphere, NSX-T, HCX, vSAN and more), running on highly available, reliable Azure infrastructure. Beside this foundation, AVS will support Backup solutions from Commvault, Veeam and Veritas. The development team also working closely with Zerto and JetStream to bring their DR capabilities to AVS too. It is also important to mention that Azure VMware Solution now integrates with native Azure Migrate tools to enable customers to build AVS specific assessments for cloud migration.

If you want to learn more about Azure VMware Solutions, you can visit AVS official page.