The Skills Gap Is the Real VMware Exit Risk

The VMware skills gap that stalls migrations is not a certification problem. It is not a headcount problem. It is an operating model problem — and most VMware exit plans never model it. When an organization exits VMware, the platform changes. The operating model — the accumulated behavior, toolchain fluency, and institutional memory built over a decade of running vSphere — does not automatically migrate with it. That gap between what your team knows how to operate and what the target platform re