Playbook
We need to exit VMware before our next renewal
After Broadcom's renewal repricing, the VMware bill has tripled. The CIO has authorised a 12-month exit programme to Azure. The platform team needs a defensible migration plan covering compute, storage, networking, and DR without disrupting the production estate.
Trigger — VMware renewal cost shock; board-level mandate to exit.
Good outcome — Migration runbook live, first wave moved to Azure Local and Azure VMs, DR validated end-to-end.