You are now viewing Migrate for Compute Engine v 4.11. As of version 5.0, Migrate for Compute Engine has been renamed to Migrate to Virtual Machines. See the 5.0 documentation for the most updated version.

As of December 2022, support ends for migrating VMs from VMware vSphere to Google Cloud using Migrate for Compute Engine v 4.11.

Comparing version 5.0 and 4.x features

The following table summarizes the differences between Migrate for Compute Engine version 5.0 and version 4.x:

Feature Version 5.0 Version 4.X
Data migration technology Replication Streaming
Connectivity requirement from source HTTPS to Google Cloud and Container Registry APIs VPN
vSphere source
AWS source
Azure source (Preview)
Physical servers
OS support See OS Support matrix See OS Support matrix
Linux PAYG license support
Linux BYOL license support
Windows PAYG license support
Windows BYOL license support
Target Google Cloud regions Available regions All
Sole tenant targets
Mass migrations VM Groups Migration Waves
Utilization report