VMware vSphere 7 Essentials Kit (Maintenance Only), 5Y, S&S

Power your computing environment for modern applications using any combination of virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes with VMware vSphere, the industry’s leading server virtualization software.

Unified Management for Containers and VMs
Manage complex, modern apps as easily as traditional apps and VMs on modern vSphere infrastructure that supports container-based application development. Rearchitected with native Kubernetes, you can now modernize the 70+ million workloads running on vSphere. And now, you can run modern, containerized applications alongside existing enterprise applications on existing infrastructure with vSphere with Tanzu.

Deliver AI- and Developer-Ready Infrastructure
Bring efficiency, scale and security to AI and Kubernetes applications. Incorporate GPUs to deliver AI/ML infrastructure. Deploy enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters in under an hour.

Scale Without Compromise
Scale your infrastructure to support up to 50% more hosts per cluster. Meet the demands of high performance apps, monster VMs and memory intensive databases, including SAP HANA, EPIC and more.

Simplify Operations
Simplify lifecycle management by making maintenance of software upgrades, patching and firmware updates easier and less disruptive. Manage both on premises and off premises in a single interface.

Boost Infrastructure and Data Security
Protect your hybrid cloud infrastructure with built-in intrinsic security, not bolt-on afterthought point solutions. Stop malware and ransomware in its tracks.