IBM Cloud recently announced the end of sale of new VMware Shared environments, with a planned end of support date for all VMware Shared environments of January 2025.

VMware Shared is IBM Cloud’s first-generation IBM-managed VMware Cloud Director offering. It was based on VMware’s legacy NSX-V network virtualization technology. VMware-as-a-Service (VMWaaS) is IBM Cloud’s next-generation IBM-managed VMware Cloud Director offering. It leverages NSX-T network virtualization and provides other advanced capabilities such as the ability to create dedicated environments whose hosts are not shared with other tenants.

Refer to IBM’s announcement for details on how to migrate between these environments and for minor changes in pricing.