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Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple Azure VMware Solution

First-party Microsoft-managed VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud environment running VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and HCX on dedicated bare-metal Azure infrastructure.

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  1. Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple

    · First-Generation Partner Service GA

    Launched in May 2019 on Microsoft.VMwareCloudSimple in partnership with CloudSimple prior to VMware's November 2019 acquisition of CloudSimple.

  2. Azure VMware SolutionCurrent name

    · Microsoft-Built Next-Generation GA

    Reached general availability on September 22, 2020 as a native first-party Microsoft service on Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds, replacing Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple.

What replaced Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple?

Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple has been superseded by Azure VMware Solution, with the latest change on 22 September 2020 (Microsoft-Built Next-Generation GA). First-party Microsoft-managed VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud environment running VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and HCX on dedicated bare-metal Azure infrastructure. The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.

Also known as

  • Azure VMware Solution Generation 1 and Generation 2

Technical identifiers

Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.

ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*)Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds/clusters Microsoft.VMwareCloudSimple/dedicatedCloudNodes (retired)
Azure CLI (az) / PowerShellaz vmware
Entra ID / Azure RBAC RolesContributor Azure VMware Solution CloudAdmin
Terraform Resources (azurerm_*)azurerm_vmware_private_cloud azurerm_vmware_cluster azurerm_vmware_express_route_authorization

The first-generation Microsoft.VMwareCloudSimple ARM Resource Provider and SDKs were retired and replaced by the native Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds ARM provider, az vmware CLI, and azurerm_vmware_* Terraform resources.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Launched in general availability in May 2019, first-generation Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple (`Microsoft.VMwareCloudSimple`) was operated in partnership with third-party provider CloudSimple using a separate CloudSimple management portal.
  • Following VMware's acquisition of CloudSimple in November 2019, Microsoft built and launched the native second-generation Azure VMware Solution (AVS) in public preview in May 2020 and general availability on September 22, 2020, directly designed, managed, and supported by Microsoft and endorsed by VMware.
  • Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple (`Microsoft.VMwareCloudSimple/virtualMachines`, `dedicatedCloudNodes`) was retired and replaced by the native `Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds` ARM Resource Provider, `az vmware` CLI extension, and `azurerm_vmware_private_cloud` Terraform resource.

Sources & official documentation

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