{"id":189,"date":"2024-10-10T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2024-10-10T19:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T19:08:02","slug":"simplifying-pvs-migration-from-vmware-to-xenserver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/featured\/simplifying-pvs-migration-from-vmware-to-xenserver\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplifying PVS Migration from VMware to XenServer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We continue to hear from many customers that they are interested in moving their Citrix workloads to XenServer from VMware due to recent price increases. 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