# How platform engineering plus VMs ease modernization

DevFeed: [How platform engineering plus VMs ease modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-platform-engineering-plus-vms-ease-modernization-12165.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://platformengineering.org/blog/how-platform-engineering-plus-vms-eases-modernization>)

Author: Jennifer Riggins

Published: 2026-07-23T05:40:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Platform Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/platform-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtualization.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [idp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idp.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [operational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operational.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [virtual-machines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual-machines.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how combining containers in virtual machines with platform engineering and internal developer platforms can ease modernization. It argues that VMs provide stronger isolation, security boundaries, resource flexibility, and performance comparable to bare metal, while a policy-driven platform layer improves provisioning, utilization, compliance, and scalability.

## Source excerpt

Explore why running containers in Virtual Machines (VMs) with a platform engineering strategy is essential for modern cloud environments. Learn how VMs deliver superior security, isolation, and resource management compared to bare metal, while achieving performance parity.