Free guide
The VMware Exit
A plain-English guide to leaving vSphere for Hyper-V or Proxmox — or staying on your own terms. 15 pages, written for IT managers and the executives they answer to.
Your renewal quote tripled. Now what?
Broadcom's repricing turned a routine VMware renewal into a decision most IT teams have never had to make. This guide walks through every option with honest pros and cons — including staying on VMware, negotiated from data — then shows what a migration actually involves, what it costs, and how to keep production running while it happens.
01
Why this decision landed on your desk
What Broadcom's repricing actually changed — perpetual licenses, forced bundles, partner-only sales — in plain language.
02
Your three real options
Stay on VMware deliberately, move to Hyper-V, move to Proxmox — or shrink the footprint entirely. Honest pros and cons on each.
03–04
Hyper-V and Proxmox in plain English
Where each platform is strong, where it's weak, and which organizations each one actually fits.
05
What a migration actually involves
The five phases, realistic timelines, and the five failure modes every failed migration shares.
06
The conversation with leadership
The chapter written to be handed upward: costs, risks, and timing — in business terms, no jargon required.
07
Your 30-day action plan
A week-by-week checklist that turns renewal anxiety into a one-page decision brief with real numbers.
Who it's for
One guide, two readers
IT managers and sysadmins
Evaluating the exit yourself. Get the technical lay of the land: tooling maturity, feature gaps, migration anatomy, and the real cost model.
Owners and office managers
Was handed the renewal problem. Get the business picture in chapter 6 — what staying costs, what moving costs, and how risk is contained.
Share it internally. The guide may be freely circulated within your organization — hand chapter 6 to whoever signs the renewal. It answers their questions in business terms so you don't have to translate.
Questions
Before you download
Is the guide really free?
Yes. Enter your work email and the full 15-page PDF downloads immediately. No phone call required, no sales sequence — just the guide, plus an occasional note from us when there's something genuinely useful on this topic.
We haven't decided whether to leave VMware yet. Is this still for us?
That's exactly who it's written for. The guide covers staying on VMware deliberately — with inventory and negotiation tactics — as a first-class option alongside Hyper-V and Proxmox. It's a decision framework, not a migration sales pitch.
We're outside Barrie / Simcoe County. Does that matter?
Not for the guide — it's useful anywhere. We're based in Barrie and serve clients across Simcoe County and York Region, and most migration project work happens onsite — but the guide itself is vendor-neutral and geography-free.
What does QuickPoint actually do with this information?
We use it to follow up once, with something useful — an offer of the free assessment conversation if the timing fits. We don't sell or share contact information, and you can reply 'no thanks' and never hear from us again.
Want a straight answer on your renewal?
The guide gives you the framework. A free assessment conversation gives you the numbers for your actual environment — what you run, what your renewal commits you to, and what your realistic options cost. No obligation, no jargon.