Subscription Only. This product allows for 5 incidents per year support for VMware vSphere Essentials 5 Academic.

VMware vSphere Essentials provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to consolidate and manage many application workloads while reducing hardware and operating costs with a low up-front investment. Designed especially for small IT environments with fewer than 20 physical servers, the VMware vSphere Essentials Editions deliver enterprise-class capabilities in a cost-effective solution package for organizations that want optimize and protect their IT assets with minimal up-front investment.

VSphere Essentials 5 Academic must be purchased separately. Optional support may also be purchased separately.