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Pure Storage simplifies cloud migrations for VMware environments on Microsoft Azure                                                                       

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Pure Storage announced Pure Storage Cloud for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution (AVS), a new fully managed block storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering available for AVS.

Shawn Hansen
Shawn Hansen

“Enterprises have struggled for years with the inefficiencies and high costs tied to migrating VMware workloads to the cloud. Pure Storage Cloud for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution eliminates these obstacles by providing seamless, scalable storage as a service that scales efficiently and independently with business needs. With Microsoft, we’re committed to helping customers unlock the full potential of their Azure cloud journey while optimising costs and maintaining the enterprise-grade resilience they expect,” Shawn Hansen, GM Core Platform, Pure Storage, said.

This new solution will be offered as an Azure Native integration. It intends to provide customers with  seamless management and deployment experience across the Azure Portal and their Pure Storage environment.

Seamless migrations

The solution claims to deliver seamless migration of VMware workloads to the cloud, ensuring a user-friendly and straightforward process. It also aims to improve cost efficiencies to drive innovation, provide enterprise-grade data resilience, and reduce storage complexity.

Scott Hunter
Scott Hunter

“Through this collaboration, Pure and Microsoft can better serve customer needs by enabling them to provision, use, and manage Pure Storage on Azure just like other Azure services. With this integrated offering, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers to quickly leverage Pure’s enterprise-grade storage with Azure cloud services securely to open up a whole new set of possibilities for customers bringing enterprise-scale environments to the cloud. Together, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers save time and operational overhead while driving innovation,” Scott Hunter, VP of Microsoft Developer Division, said.

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