VMware Exit Assessment
A 3-year cost model across renewal and migration paths, with a written recommendation.
Who it’s for
- Teams facing a VMware renewal decision
- Companies running vSphere on hardware nearing refresh
- Leaders who need a defensible number for the board or CFO
What you get
- Current-state inventory summary
- 3-year TCO comparison (renewal vs. each viable platform)
- Migration effort and risk estimate
- Recommended path with rationale
- Written report plus a live walkthrough
The deliverable is yours whether or not you hire us for what follows.
What we need from you
- Read-only vCenter access or an RVTools export
- Current VMware licensing and renewal quote
- 60-minute interview with your infrastructure lead
What we check
- Host, cluster, and VM inventory
- CPU, memory, and storage utilization
- Licensing entitlements vs. usage
- Workload dependencies
- Backup integration
- DR configuration
- Hardware age and support status
- Guest OS support status
- Network and storage architecture
- Skills and staffing impact of each path
- Migration tooling options
- Downtime tolerance per workload
How it works
- 0115-minute scope callConfirm the assessment fits your situation and agree the fixed fee. If it does not fit, we say so and nobody has spent anything.
- 02Access and kickoffRead-only access, an export, or a short interview, depending on the assessment. We list exactly what we need before you commit.
- 03The workOne to three weeks depending on the assessment, with a mid-point check-in so nothing lands as a surprise.
- 04Written deliverable and walkthroughA document your team keeps, presented live with time for questions. What happens next is your call.
Common questions
Is the deliverable really ours if we don’t hire you afterward?
Yes. The report, the TCO model, and the inventory workbook are yours to keep, share with your board, or hand to another vendor. That is the point of a fixed-price assessment: you are buying an answer, not an obligation.
Can this be done remotely?
Yes, and most are. We are Dallas-based and will come on site for DFW clients when a walkthrough of the environment helps, at no change to the price.
What if the answer is "stay on VMware"?
Then that is what the report says, with the negotiated-renewal numbers to back it. A recommendation you can defend to a CFO is worth more than one that flatters the vendor writing it.
Why charge for this when other vendors do "free assessments"?
A free assessment is a sales call with a spreadsheet. Charging for this one is what lets the recommendation be independent: we are paid for the analysis, not for the migration it might or might not lead to.
Part of VMware Exit & End-of-Support Modernization.
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