Perpetual license

vSphere Essentials Plus Kit for Academic Users

VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit provides an all-in-one solution for academic users to virtualize their physical servers and reduce hardware costs while ensuring superior high application availability.


This kit includes 6 CPU licenses of vSphere Essentials Plus (for 3 servers with up to 2 processors each) and 1 license for vCenter Server Essentials.

The vSphere Essentials Plus Kit consists of the following:

  • vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
  • vCenter Server Essentials
  • vSphere High Availability (HA)
  • vSphere vMotion
  • Cross Switch vMotion
  • vSphere Replication
Product Overview Essentials Kit Essentials Plus Kit
Overview Server virtualization and consolidation with centralized management Server virtualization and consolidation plus business continuity
Centralized Management vCenter Server Essentials vCenter Server Essentials
License entitlement 3 servers with up to 2 processors each 3 servers with up to 2 processors each
Features vSphere Hypervisor vSphere Hypervisor, vMotion, Cross Switch vMotion, High Availability, vSphere Replication
  • Provide business continuity and always-available IT
  • Reduce IT footprint and simplify management
  • Save on IT hardware costs
  • Improve service levels and application quality