This article recaps AWS's participation as a Global Diamond Sponsor at VMware Explore US 2023, highlighting six years of AWS-VMware collaboration on cloud transformation solutions.

• VMware Cloud on AWS Advanced subscription tier replaces classic tier with enhanced services
• New services include Aria Automation, Operations, Logs, and advanced security capabilities
• VMware NSX+ offers fully managed SaaS networking across private, hybrid, and public clouds
• vSAN Express Storage Architecture delivers single-tier hyperconverged infrastructure storage
• FSxN VPC peering enables private traffic routing between customer data centers and AWS
• VMware Ransomware Recovery supports concurrent recovery of up to 50 virtual machines
• VMware Cloud on AWS expanded to 25 regions including Zurich and Melbourne
• Nine sponsored sessions covered migration, modernization, architecture, and public sector use cases

AWS and VMware continue delivering integrated hybrid cloud solutions enabling faster, safer, and cost-effective cloud migrations for enterprise customers.