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VMware Migration Assessment for Confident Infrastructure Decisions
Changes to VMware licensing have prompted many organisations to review their virtualisation strategy, but licensing is only one part of the decision.
The Focus Group Technologies VMware Migration Assessment provides an independent, evidence-based evaluation of your existing environment, helping you determine whether migration is appropriate, identify the right destination platform and build a practical roadmap before making significant infrastructure investments.
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Know whether migration
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Identify the right
virtualisation platform -
Plan your next steps
with confidence
VMWARE MIGRATION ASSESSMENT
Independent advice before your next virtualisation decision.
The FGT VMware Migration Assessment provides organisations with an independent, evidence-based evaluation of their VMware environment.Designed to support informed infrastructure decisions, the assessment helps determine whether migration should be considered, identifies the most suitable destination platform, assesses technical and commercial risks, and delivers a practical roadmap for the future.
Whether you're responding to VMware licensing changes, planning an infrastructure refresh or reviewing alternative virtualisation platforms, the assessment provides the clarity needed before making a significant investment.
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Independent
Evaluation
Objective recommendations based on your environment, business requirements and technical evidence.
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Platform Recommendation
Identify the virtualisation platform best aligned to your operational, technical and commercial requirements
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Practical
Roadmap
Receive clear next steps and prioritised recommendations to support future infrastructure planning.
DESIGNED FOR ORGANISATIONS
Is This Assessment Right for Your Organisation?
This assessment is ideally suited to organisations that are reviewing their future virtualisation platform following VMware licensing changes or broader infrastructure refresh initiatives.This assessment is ideally suited to organisations that:
- Mid-market organisations (50–1000 users)
- Organisations evaluating alternative virtualisation platforms
- IT teams requiring an independent technical assessment before making strategic decisionsanisations evaluating alternative virtualisation platforms
- Organisations planning infrastructure renewal within the next 24 months
- Businesses seeking to reduce licensing costs
- Existing VMware production environments, typically consisting of two or more hosts operating as a cluster.
Why organisations undertake the VMWare Migration Assessment
Many organisations know they need to review their VMware environment but are unsure whether migration is justified, which platform best suits their requirements, or what the migration effort will involve. Rather than making a decision based on licensing alone, the assessment provides an objective review of the current environment together with practical recommendations for the future.
The result is independent technical and commercial guidance before significant investment decisions are made
Is migration actually necessary?
Instead of making decisions based solely on licensing changes, determine whether your existing VMware environment still meets your business and technical requirements.
Which platform is right?
Compare VMware and alternative virtualisation platforms using independent technical and commercial assessment, not marketing claims.
What will migration involve?
Understand migration complexity, dependencies, risks and practical next steps before committing to infrastructure investment.
What we assess
A complete review of your VMware environment
The assessment reviews:
VMware & Virtualisation
Existing VMware environment
Virtualisation infrastructure
IT Infrastructure
Compute infrastructure
Storage infrastructure
Networking (in regard to virtualisation)
Backup compatibility
Physical requirements (rack space, power etc.)
Operational & Business
Hardware lifecycle
Operational maturity
Business requirements
Migration dependencies
How the Assessment is Performed
Focus Group Technologies combines multiple sources of evidence to ensure recommendations are based on objective technical findings rather than assumptions.
Evidence may include:
- Automated discovery
- Platform review
- Physical infrastructure insepction
- Documentation review
- Stakeholder Interviews
- Comparison against vendor guidance and reognised industry best practices
Deliverables
What You’ll Receive
At completion, the customer receives:
key questions answered
The Questions Your Assessment Is Designed To Answer
The FGT VMware Migration Assessment provides organisations with an independent, evidence-based evaluation of their VMware environment.Designed to support informed infrastructure decisions, the assessment helps determine whether migration should be considered, identifies the most suitable destination platform, assesses technical and commercial risks, and delivers a practical roadmap for the future.
Whether you're responding to VMware licensing changes, planning an infrastructure refresh or reviewing alternative virtualisation platforms, the assessment provides the clarity needed before making a significant investment.
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Do we have a problem?
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Should we migrate?
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What is the preferred destination platform?
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Why?
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What are the next steps?
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What indicative budget should be planned?
ENGAGEMENT OVERVIEW
Ready to make your next VMware decision with confidence?
Whether you’re reassessing VMware, planning an infrastructure refresh or actively considering alternative virtualisation platforms, the right decision starts with a clear understanding of your current environment.
Focus Group Technologies brings together technical assessment, infrastructure expertise and independent platform evaluation to help you understand your options and determine the right path forward, before committing to your next infrastructure investment.
Organisations we've worked with
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Planning Beyond Your VMware Environment?
A VMware migration can have implications beyond the virtualisation platform. If AI workloads, infrastructure growth or increasing power demands are also on your roadmap, understanding the wider environment can help inform what comes next.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
VMware Migration Assessment FAQs
What is a VMware Migration Assessment?
A VMware Migration Assessment is an independent evaluation of your existing VMware environment, infrastructure and business requirements. It helps determine whether migration is appropriate, identifies potential alternative virtualisation platforms and provides practical recommendations for your next steps.
Do we need to have already decided to migrate away from VMware?
No. The assessment is designed to help determine whether migration is the right decision in the first place. Your existing VMware environment may remain the most appropriate option, or the assessment may identify reasons to consider an alternative platform.
Which areas of our VMware environment are assessed?
The assessment reviews your existing VMware and virtualisation environment alongside relevant compute, storage, networking, backup and physical infrastructure. It also considers hardware lifecycle, operational maturity, business requirements and migration dependencies.
How does FGT determine which virtualisation platform to recommend?
Recommendations are based on evidence gathered from your environment and requirements. This may include automated discovery, platform and documentation reviews, physical infrastructure inspection and stakeholder discussions. The findings are then considered against vendor guidance and recognised industry best practices.
What will we receive at the end of the assessment?
You will receive an executive summary, migration readiness assessment, platform recommendation, technical findings and a prioritised roadmap covering immediate actions, planning activities and future improvements. The engagement also includes an implementation proposal and executive presentation of the findings.
Will the assessment help us understand the complexity of migrating from VMware?
Yes. The assessment identifies migration dependencies, technical considerations and potential risks within your environment. This provides greater clarity around what a migration may involve before your organisation commits to a platform or significant infrastructure investment.
Can Focus Group Technologies help us implement the recommended solution?
BeYes. If you decide to proceed following the assessment, FGT can provide an implementation proposal covering the recommended solution, project scope and pricing. This gives you the option to engage FGT for the implementation based on the findings and recommendations from the assessment.fore migrating from VMware, organisations should assess application compatibility, workload performance requirements, infrastructure dependencies, backup and recovery processes, operational procedures, staff capabilities, licensing impacts and migration complexity.