Efficiently operate managed private and public cloud services with multi-tenancy, self-service, and automation on VMware Cloud Foundation.
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Cloud providers need a platform that turns VMware infrastructure into monetizable cloud services. Cloud Director provides the multi-tenancy, self-service, and automation layer that makes this possible on day one.
Cloud Director delivers extreme multi-tenancy with a self-service consumption model. Tenants provision their own resources through a portal or API, reducing operational overhead for provider teams.
Automation and policy-driven management let small teams operate large multi-tenant environments without manual intervention for routine tasks.
Cloud Director is service-ready on day one. Providers can spin up new tenant environments and cloud services in minutes rather than weeks.
Built-in metering and chargeback capabilities support usage-based billing models. Integration with billing platforms enables providers to monetize compute, storage, and networking resources immediately.
Cloud Director integrates with NSX for L4-L7 firewalling and micro-segmentation, Avi Load Balancer for application delivery, and vDefend for advanced threat prevention across tenant environments.
Cloud Director Availability enables DR and backup targets, supporting hybrid cloud architectures where tenants maintain connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments.
Cloud Director supports nested tenancy models where provider organizations can create sub-providers and tenant hierarchies. Each tenant operates in a fully isolated environment with its own resources, networking, and policies.
This enables complex organizational structures where a single provider serves multiple business units, resellers, or end customers.
Tenants can provision and manage database services directly from the Cloud Director portal. The data services extension supports common database engines with self-service provisioning and lifecycle management.
This reduces the need for tenants to manage database infrastructure separately from their compute and networking resources.
Providers define resource allocation policies that govern how compute, storage, and networking resources are consumed by tenants. Policies enforce quotas, placement rules, and security boundaries automatically.
This ensures that tenant workloads are properly isolated while maximizing infrastructure utilization across the provider environment.
Cloud Director supports multi-site deployments where providers operate cloud infrastructure across multiple geographic locations from a single management plane.
Tenants can deploy workloads across sites for disaster recovery, data sovereignty, or latency optimization without managing separate environments.
Cloud Director integrates with a broad ecosystem of partners including Veeam for backup, Dell for storage, and Palo Alto Networks for advanced security services.
Providers can extend their cloud offerings with third-party services that appear natively in the tenant portal, creating differentiated service catalogs without custom development.
Cloud Director Availability provides disaster recovery as a service and workload migration capabilities. Tenants can replicate VMs from on-premises vSphere environments to Cloud Director-based clouds.
Supports both vSphere-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud replication, enabling providers to offer DR targets and migration services as part of their portfolio.
Cloud service providers need to onboard new tenants quickly, isolate their resources securely, and provide a self-service experience that reduces support tickets. Manual provisioning does not scale.
Cloud Director provides extreme multi-tenancy with self-service portals, API-driven automation, and policy-based resource isolation. Providers can spin up new tenant environments in minutes and offer a catalog of cloud services without custom tooling.
Organizations need reliable disaster recovery without the cost and complexity of building and maintaining a secondary data center. Service providers can address this with DRaaS offerings built on Cloud Director.
Cloud Director Availability enables providers to offer DR targets, backup services, and workload migration as managed services. Tenants replicate their on-premises VMs to the provider cloud and fail over with minimal RPO and RTO.
Development teams increasingly need Kubernetes alongside traditional VM workloads. Cloud Director supports both consumption models from a single platform.
The Container Service Extension (CSE) enables tenants to provision Kubernetes clusters through the Cloud Director portal. Combined with Terraform provider support, developers can automate infrastructure provisioning using familiar tools while providers maintain governance and resource control.
Cloud Director supports GPU-as-a-service, allowing providers to offer GPU resources for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing. Tenants consume GPU resources through the same self-service portal used for standard compute.
Cloud Director integrates with VMware vDefend for advanced threat prevention across tenant environments. Providers can offer micro-segmentation, distributed firewalling, and intrusion detection as part of their cloud security services.
Built-in metering captures resource consumption at the tenant level. Integration with billing platforms enables providers to implement usage-based, reserved, or tiered pricing models that align with their business requirements.
App Launchpad simplifies application deployment for tenants who do not need full VM management. It provides a streamlined interface for deploying pre-configured applications, reducing the learning curve for less technical users.
"TeraGo immediately saw the value of VMware Cloud Director for delivering cloud services. The multi-tenancy and self-service capabilities allowed us to scale our offerings without scaling our operations team."
— TeraGo"The REST API is really fantastic. It gives us the flexibility to automate everything from tenant provisioning to resource management, and our customers love the self-service experience."
— Cloud Director API UserVMware Cloud Director is a cloud service delivery platform built on VMware Cloud Foundation. It enables cloud providers and enterprises to operate multi-tenant cloud environments with self-service provisioning, policy-driven resource isolation, and built-in automation.
It is used by service providers to deliver IaaS, DRaaS, and backup-as-a-service offerings to their customers.
Cloud Director is designed for cloud service providers, managed service providers, and enterprises that need to deliver multi-tenant cloud services. It is ideal for organizations that want to monetize their VMware infrastructure by offering self-service cloud resources to internal business units or external customers.
Yes. VMware Cloud Director runs on VMware Cloud Foundation and leverages VCF components including vSphere, vSAN, and NSX for compute, storage, and networking.
This provides a fully integrated infrastructure stack for multi-tenant cloud delivery without requiring providers to assemble and integrate individual components.
Cloud Director Availability is a DRaaS and migration extension for Cloud Director. It enables service providers to offer disaster recovery as a service, backup targets, and workload migration between on-premises environments and Cloud Director-based clouds.
It supports both vSphere-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud replication, making it suitable for hybrid cloud DR architectures.
Yes. VMware Cloud Director supports GPU-as-a-service capabilities, allowing service providers to offer GPU resources for AI, ML, and high-performance computing workloads.
Tenants can consume GPU resources through the same self-service portal used for standard compute and storage, simplifying the experience for data science and engineering teams.
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