VMware Cloud Foundation

Unified private cloud platform combining vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria, and SDDC Manager into a single full-stack solution delivering hybrid cloud agility on-premises.

VMware Cloud Foundation is the unified private cloud platform combining vSphere Foundation 9.0, vSAN, NSX networking, Aria Suite Enterprise, HCX, and SDDC Manager automation in a single integrated full-stack solution for modern data centers.

Top Features

Full-stack private cloud

One integrated platform combining compute, storage, networking, and management across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and Aria Suite Enterprise, delivering public cloud agility on-premises consistently.

SDDC Manager automation

SDDC Manager handles automated deployment, lifecycle management, patching, and upgrades across the entire VCF stack, eliminating manual integration work and keeping every component validated.

Hybrid cloud with HCX

Built-in HCX Enterprise enables workload mobility between on-premises VCF and public clouds including AWS, Azure, and GCP, supporting bulk migration, cross-cloud vMotion, and DR scenarios.

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Why Your Business Needs VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Cloud Foundation isn't just virtualization, it's the complete private cloud platform combining vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria, and HCX into one integrated stack delivering hybrid cloud agility with security.

Full-Stack Integration: VCF combines vSphere Foundation 9.0, vSAN Enterprise, NSX networking, Aria Suite Enterprise, and HCX into one SKU with validated component versions, eliminating integration risk.

Cloud Agility On-Premises: VCF delivers public cloud consumption models including self-service provisioning, automated scaling, and policy-driven operations on-premises with the security of dedicated hardware.

Automated Lifecycle Management: SDDC Manager automates deployment, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle operations across the entire stack, reducing administrator effort and ensuring component compatibility.

True Hybrid Cloud Mobility: Built-in HCX Enterprise enables seamless workload mobility between VCF on-premises and public clouds including AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMware Cloud, supporting migration and DR.

Built for how modern enterprises run private cloud infrastructure at scale.

Everything your business needs to run private cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale, delivered in one full-stack integrated platform covering vSphere Foundation, vSAN Enterprise, NSX networking, Aria Suite Enterprise, HCX hybrid mobility, and SDDC Manager automation.

Full-Stack Integrated Cloud Platform

VMware Cloud Foundation combines vSphere Foundation 9.0 with vCenter Standard, vSAN Enterprise (1 TiB per core), NSX for VCF networking and security, Aria Suite Enterprise for cloud management, HCX Enterprise for hybrid mobility, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid for containers, and SDDC Manager for automation into one integrated full-stack private cloud platform. A single SKU activates the entire stack with validated component versions, eliminating manual integration and version compatibility risk.

SDDC Manager Automation

SDDC Manager is the lifecycle management layer that automates deployment, configuration, patching, and version upgrades across every component in the VCF stack, from initial bring-up to ongoing day-2 operations and version rollovers. Automated workflows handle bring-up of new clusters, expansion as capacity needs grow, and consistent patching across components without manual coordination between teams. SDDC Manager validates compatible component versions to prevent integration issues during upgrades.

NSX Networking & Security

NSX for VCF delivers software-defined networking and security including distributed firewalling, micro-segmentation, virtual switching, routing, load balancing through embedded AVI, and zero-trust policies, natively integrated within the VCF stack without separate appliances or licenses required. Distributed firewall rules apply at the workload level for east-west protection, while gateway firewalls control north-south traffic. Service insertion lets third-party security partners integrate inline.

Hybrid Cloud Mobility with HCX

HCX Enterprise enables seamless workload mobility between on-premises VCF environments and public clouds including AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and VMware Cloud, supporting bulk migration, replication-assisted migration, cross-cloud vMotion with zero downtime, and DR scenarios. Network extension preserves IP addresses across migration boundaries. Replication-based DR delivers low-RPO failover between VCF sites or VCF to public cloud, eliminating dedicated DR infrastructure.

Aria Suite Enterprise & Tanzu

Aria Suite Enterprise delivers cloud management capabilities including Aria Operations for performance monitoring and capacity planning, Aria Automation for self-service infrastructure-as-code, Aria Operations for Logs for centralized log analytics, and Aria Operations for Networks for application visibility and troubleshooting. Tanzu Kubernetes Grid is also bundled, delivering production-ready Kubernetes runtime alongside traditional VMs on the same VCF infrastructure for containers.

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