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SCVMM is a commercial software solution that enables centralized management for Hyper-V and VMware environments including VMs, hosts, and clusters.

Converting VMs using SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager).

You can use this method to convert both VMware Workstation VMs and VMware ESXi VMs. This method can be used when you have the virtual disk files available, but not all the VM files (such as VMX configuration files).

Converting VMDK to VHD and attaching a converted virtual disk to a new Hyper-V VM with PowerShell.

This method is suitable for conversion of VMware ESXi VMs to a Hyper-V format VMs. (The tool can also convert a physical machine to a virtual machine.) VMs can be moved either to Hyper-V or Azure. MVMC is a free standalone tool with a GUI (graphical user interface) that can convert virtual machines.

Using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC).

The following are the best-known conversion methods provided by Microsoft: With affordable pricing that starts at $149 per socket, you can see for yourself the flexibility, speed, and reliability that our product provides. To try out this and many more features of NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can download the full-featured free trial now.

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In some of our other blog posts, you can learn how to use this functionality for exporting VMware VMs to Hyper-V from backups and exporting Hyper-V VMs to VMware ESXi hosts from backups. NAKIVO Backup & Replication can not only back up VMware VMs and Hyper-V VMs, but also help you run VMs recovered from VMware backups on Hyper-V and vice versa with the advanced Cross-Platform Recovery feature. No matter what platform you use, your virtual machines must be backed up to prevent data loss and downtime. TodayвЂ™s blog post explains some of the most affordable methods and tools for converting VMware VMs into Hyper-V VMs. As these two platforms have some key differences, understanding the VM conversion process is important. Perhaps you have a multi-hypervisor environment, or you need to perform testing, or you want a more rational licensing model for some software etc. By Michael Bose How to Convert VMware VMs to Hyper-VДЇor one reason or another, you might need to convert a VMware VM to a Hyper-V VM.