Public clouds have upped the ante when it comes to what we expect from private cloud solutions. Our smartphones and fast access to public cloud resources have conditioned us to expect instant access to what we need when we need it. Anything less feels antiquated and cumbersome, leaving your business users frustrated and disenchanted. To meet these heightened expectations, you need to get your VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) up, running, and integrated into your ecosystem quickly to deliver a public cloud experience on-premises.
You may be thinking that your IT team possesses the necessary skills to get this done. In our experience, even if you have a tech savvy team most of them are already over-subscribed and don’t have the deep technical knowledge and experience to successfully accomplish cloud initiatives on their own. Often those who take the “build it yourself” route end up not succeeding, fall short of their objectives, or give up entirely because they realize it’s beyond their team’s skillset or other priorities take over.
The repercussions are unrealized value and a negative image with stakeholders due to unfulfilled expectations. IT leaders who are afforded a second chance or recognize there’s a better way to begin with often turn to VCF Professional Services.
So, avoid the missteps others have made and de-risk your cloud initiatives – go with the experts who live and breathe VCF all day, every day. Our consultants aren’t just well-versed in your industry; they’ve got the hands-on experience to design, deliver, configure, and integrate VCF into your existing ecosystem for fast, reliable results.
Formula for success
Our VMware Pro Cloud Services can help you deliver a public cloud experience on-premises to meet business stakeholder expectations. We developed VMware Pro Cloud Services to provide consistent, predictable, and reliable solutions in the fastest time possible. They are based on VMware reference architectures combined with the best practices that we developed based on cloud engagements with a wide variety of customers spanning all industries. The result is a set of pre-packaged services aligned to common use cases.
Pre-packaged service offerings support common customer use cases
Our VMware Pro Cloud Services architect, deploy, configure, integrate, and operationalize VMware Cloud Foundation to deliver a secure private cloud that supports your IT and business objectives.
Infrastructure Modernization
Transforming your environment from day one requires a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud tailored directly to your operational goals—something an over-subscribed internal team rarely has the bandwidth to build alone. We don’t just deploy technology; we secure it right out of the gate by embedding the VMware vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) and Avi Load Balancer WAF across all your workload domains. Whether you need zero-trust microsegmentation, automated virtual patching, or specialized builds that meet strict U.S. federal and sovereign cloud standards, we make sure your data stays fully locked down and compliant.
When business demands surge, your infrastructure has to flex, but attempting to stretch your on-premises setup into the public cloud without expert guidance can lead to costly missteps. We enable seamless application mobility to handle dynamic demands like seasonal spikes.
Need to move applications to a new VCF 9.1 environment? We use low-risk iterative migration strategies for large-scale application moves. We also upgrade existing VCF environments and converge legacy VMware vSphere® setups into VCF, streamlining management so your team can focus on innovation rather than maintenance. Our services to support these initiatives include:
- Build a Private Cloud
- Build a U.S. Federal Cloud
- Build a Sovereign Cloud
- Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud
- Modernize Your Virtualized Storage
- Migrate Workloads
- Upgrade
Application Modernization
Your developers expect instant access to modern tools, and when they don’t get it, business velocity grinds to a halt. Accelerating software delivery requires giving them immediate self-service capabilities without handing over the keys to operational safety. Our services bridge that exact gap, turning your VCF environment into an agile platform built for modern workloads. We build dynamic self-service catalogs that deliver fully configured cloud-native tools directly to your developers—moving your team far beyond simple virtual machine provisioning.
Building and migrating containerized architectures on your own often results in unexpected downtime and broken pipelines. We eliminate that friction by designing, deploying, and configuring VMware vSphere® Kubernetes Service (VKS) and migrating your existing clusters without missing a beat.
As enterprise AI demands grow, you don’t need to risk public cloud exposure or burn internal bandwidth trying to architect an AI framework from scratch. We pinpoint your infrastructure gaps, design an AI-ready framework, and seamlessly integrate private AI into your VCF private cloud so your machine learning workloads stay secure within your own boundary. Our services to support application modernization initiatives include:
Security Modernization
Cyber threats move far too fast for reactive defense strategies, and trying to piecemeal a security model together after a deployment leaves dangerous gaps. A truly modern security posture requires embedded protection at every single layer—from the hypervisor straight to the application layer. Our engineers design and deploy tailored cyber resilience and disaster recovery solutions built directly into your VCF platform so you aren’t left exposed. By operationalizing VMware vDefend™ and Avi WAF, we establish a robust, multi-layered Zero-Trust architecture for you. We configure hypervisor-level distributed virtual patching to shield vulnerable operating systems, VMs, and Kubernetes workloads before threats ever touch your core. To keep breaches from spreading, we set up microsegmentation to block lateral movement and fine-tune AI-driven anomaly detection to give your operational team actionable intelligence instead of noise. Finally, we replace legacy load balancers with Avi Load Balancer to bring dynamic container ingress, cross-site resilience, and predictable performance to your applications. Our services for security modernization initiatives include:
- Implement Ransomware Protection and Recovery
- Implement Disaster Recovery
- Implement App and Private Cloud Security
- Implement and Migrate Load Balancing
In addition, our services define the roles and processes you need to effectively operate and manage your new environment.
Integrating VCF with your existing ecosystem is key
No VCF platform stands in isolation. It’s part of a larger ecosystem. That’s why our VMware Pro Cloud Services includes assistance for integrating with your existing processes and third-party solutions.
Get assistance with advanced operations
Once VCF is built and integrated into your environment, our Extended Expert Team Services are a great way to help advance your private cloud maturity with additional hands-on assistance. We can help you address challenges you may be experiencing, bridge gaps where additional expertise and best practices would be valuable and empower your team through knowledge transfers from VCF subject matter experts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Are VMware Pro Cloud Services fixed-scope or customizable?
A: They provide a structured, fixed-scope delivery model to ensure fast execution, but offer some flexibility for custom scaling. Core platform builds include security hardening, an initial service catalog, network visibility, and integration with key infrastructure services like DNS, IPAM, and IAM.
Q: Frontier AI security threats are top of mind, do the VMware Pro Cloud Services include security features to help mitigate these risks?
A: Yes. Our services for building a private cloud handle end-to-end design and deployment with infrastructure security hardening. We fortify your private cloud with the VMware vDefense Security Services Platform and VMware Avi Load Balancer Web Application Firewall to protect applications and infrastructure from advanced cyber and ransomware threats. For existing VCF environments, we have individual VMware Pro Cloud Services to implement the same level of protection.
Q: Which services path should we take to get to VCF 9.1?
A: Your path to VCF 9.1 depends on your current state. To converge existing VMware vSphere environments or upgrade prior VCF builds, choose VMware Pro Cloud Upgrade Service.
For a new VCF 9.1 environment choose between VMware Pro Cloud Services: Build a Private Cloud or Build a Federal Cloud. No matter which service you choose, we can help you adopt operational processes for timely patching to keep your environment current and secure.
Q: How much faster is it to go with VCF Professional Services vs. doing the work in-house?
A: Leveraging dedicated VCF specialists drastically reduces time-to-value and deployment risk. While internal teams know your general operations, our engineers deploy VCF daily across complex and highly regulated environments. Partnering with us prevents internal bandwidth bottlenecks and avoids costly trial-and-error missteps.
Q: What happens at the end of the engagement?
A: Every VMware Pro Cloud Services engagement includes a knowledge transfer for your team, best practices recommendations and any documentation that is developed as part of the service.
Q: Can we retain long-term expertise?
A: Yes. You can extend our assistance with our Extended Expert Team Services. These services pair nicely with our fixed-scope VMware Pro Cloud Services to provide long-term hands-on guidance, operational gap coverage, and ongoing SME mentorship.
To learn more about how VCF Professional Services can help your organization contact your Broadcom Account Director.
Editorial Note: the content of this blog has been updated following its original publication on October 2, 2025.
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