What is VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts?
VMC on AWS Outposts is a jointly engineered and fully managed service that runs VMware’s enterprise-grade Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) software on next-generation dedicated Amazon Nitro-based EC2 bare-metal instances provisioned in an AWS Outposts instance that resides in a organization’s on-premises location. VMC on AWS Outposts provides a deeply integrated hybrid cloud environment that can access regional native services in the AWS Region. This enables organizations to seamlessly migrate their workloads to VMC on AWS without re-platforming their virtual machines. The following diagram shows an overview of VMC on AWS Outposts:
Figure 10.1 – VMC on AWS Outposts overview
Both VMC on AWS and VMC on AWS Outposts share the same infrastructure architecture and operational models, providing a unified hybrid experience. This enables organizations to accelerate their innovation by being able to...