Should you run VMware 7 unsupported? | Computer Weekly

"I've spoken to organisations trying to renew part of their footprint while transitioning the rest elsewhere, only to be told it's all or nothing. Others were offered exceptions early on, only for those exceptions to be pulled at the last minute."

"There's a lack of trust."

"In the old VMware world, when you were building your software defined datacentre, you could adopt VMware components taking a pick-and-mix approach in order to be successful within your environment. Whereas, when Broadcom moved to VCF, customers had no choice what to take on, even if they weren't going to use some of the VMware products,"

After 2 October 2025, VMware version 7 will no longer be supported. Broadcom is ending perpetual VMware licensing and bundling products into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) subscriptions. Customers with perpetual licenses may retain download rights for binaries, but renewing support typically requires migration to a VCF subscription. Migration to VCF can be expensive for organisations that do not use the full VMware suite, as bundled products must still be paid for. Some organisations have encountered all-or-nothing renewal requirements and rescinded exceptions. A notable lack of trust is driving evaluation of third-party support and alternative virtualization approaches.

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