VMware Exit & Migration
Broadcom changed the math: price increases of several hundred percent are documented (The Register, 2025). We price staying against leaving: and migrate when the numbers say go: to Hyper-V, Azure Local or Azure.
Your workloads run everywhere. Your operations can't keep up.
Azure, your own datacenter, the edge: managed as one platform. BORDONARO IT designs, crash-tests and operates Azure hybrid architectures. Every recommendation flies first in our own lab in a TÜV/tekit-audited availability class 4 facility with 2,516 cores. Only then does it touch your production.
Founded by Dino Bordonaro, a Microsoft MVP for eight consecutive years · Trusted by enterprises, critical infrastructure and defence (NDA)
Experience from projects, trainings and partnerships with enterprises, critical infrastructure and defence (partly under NDA).
MICROSOFT'S VERDICT. RENEWED EVERY YEAR.
Microsoft MVP for eight consecutive years. In two categories.
Fewer than 4,000 experts worldwide carry this award. In Dino's categories there are not even 30 across the whole DACH region. Not our words, Microsoft's verdict, renewed every year since 2019.
Also awarded: Top Consultant and Top 100 Innovator 2020.
8x
in a row
Four paths, one operating model
Not a catalog: outcomes: every service ends in operations that run.
Azure Hybrid & Azure Arc
One control plane for cloud, datacenter and edge. Governance, patching and security from the Azure portal: including servers that will never live in Azure.
Azure Local & Sovereign Cloud
Azure capabilities inside your datacenter, up to fully air-gapped. For critical infrastructure, government and everyone who treats data sovereignty as an engineering requirement, not a marketing word.
Managed Datacenter & Operations
TÜV/tekit-audited datacenter network of availability class 4 (DCRN I/II), 99.98% minimum availability per operator, 100% green power. Your operations, our accountability: with an escalation model instead of finger-pointing.
BORDONARO IT ENTERPRISE LAB · MUTTERSTADT · DCRN IIRACK 1RACK 2RACK 3INTERNET 10GAZURE PEERINGCORES2,516RAM24 TBDISK3,400 TBTEMP21.7 °C
THE LAB THAT PROVES IT
Our lab is bigger than most production systems.
That is not arrogance: that is commitment. Your POCs run on the same enterprise hardware you will deploy, not on scaled-down demos. In our tests we have already broken much of what can break, so you don't have to.
2,516
CPU cores
24 TB
RAM
3,400 TB
storage
up to 200 Gb/s
network
THE MIND BEHIND IT
Microsoft awards him. Every year. Since 2019.
Dino Bordonaro, our founder and CEO. At the Azure Local launch in Germany he was the only partner officially on stage with Microsoft. From architects to the boardroom: he translates between C-level and tech.
More about Dino →“It is great working with Dino, he is very professional and has great technical knowledge!”
How we fly
01
Assessment
Your numbers, your risks, your estate: captured honestly, without a slide show.
02
Architecture in the lab
Critical recommendations fly in the enterprise lab first: flown, crashed, repaired. Only then does it see your production.
03
Migration & operations
A move with a runbook instead of hope: and afterwards operations with an escalation model instead of finger-pointing.
VMWARE EXIT CALCULATOR
What does your VMware renewal really cost?
The 5-year comparison: stay, Hyper-V, Azure Local or Azure. Guidance based on published list prices (as of July 2026): not a quote, but an honest first calculation.
256 Cores · 5 years
5-year total cost (guidance)
Stay on VMware€425,000
Hyper-V / SCVMM€181,203
Azure Local€421,312
Azure (cloud)(heavily workload dependent)€365,568
Calculated recommendation
Hyper-V / SCVMM: calculated 5-year savings: €243,797. Migration effort is not included in this estimate. A defensible break-even requires your migration scope, staffing model, power profile and storage requirements.
Assumptions & sources (expand)
- 1. VMware: your renewal price × 5 years, price assumed flat (conservative in VMware's favor: documented increases: The Register, 2025).
- 2. Hyper-V: Windows Server Datacenter, $6,155 list per 16-core license (Microsoft price sheet) + 25%/year software assurance, existing hardware keeps running, unlimited Windows VMs included.
- 3. Azure Local: $10 per physical core/month Azure fee (Microsoft Azure Local pricing) + hardware planning figure of €35,000 per validated node over 5 years.
- 4. Azure: rough planning figure of €34 per usable vCPU/month (D-series, 3-year reservation, 70% usable ratio): heavily workload dependent, orientation only.
- 5. NOT included: migration effort, power, staff, storage edge cases: exactly what we calibrate in the first call with your real numbers.
- Conversion: $1 = €0.92. All prices excl. VAT, list prices as of July 2026.
Guidance, not case-specific advice. Critical recommendations are flown against a representative workload in our enterprise lab in DCRN II first.
Frequently asked questions
Do you only work with large enterprises?
No. Mid-market, enterprise, government: what matters is not your size but that your operations are critical. References range from family businesses to critical infrastructure and defence (partly under NDA).
Do you take over existing estates, such as VMware or SCVMM?
Yes: that is our daily business. VMware exit, SCVMM modernization, Azure Stack Hub refresh: we first assess honestly whether the move pays off, then we migrate with a runbook.
How quickly can you start?
First call within days, assessment usually within two weeks. Strategy mandates deliver concept and architecture in 14 days: flown in the lab first.
What makes you different from the big system integrators?
At a big house you get a ticket. Here you get an eight-time Microsoft MVP and a team that has tested its recommendations in its own enterprise lab. No buzzwords, no slideware.
Why should we believe you?
You don't have to. Come to the lab and watch your architecture run before you sign anything.
Ready for operations that just run?
Tell us in two sentences where it hurts. We will get back to you personally as soon as possible.
First call: 30 minutes, no slides, no sales theater. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you who is.