Knox County begins VMware-to-Hyper‑V migration; CIO cites licensing savings

Aug 11, 2026

County IT has begun migrating server hosts from VMware to Microsoft Hyper‑V after vendor licensing-price increases; staff estimated the change will save about $25,000 a year at the initial site (the 911 system).

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Trevor said the county is transitioning virtual server hosts from VMware to Microsoft Hyper‑V because of recent VMware licensing increases. He described VMware as a hypervisor product the county uses to run servers and said the licensing-structure change motivated the migration.

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