To design a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment, you need to understand certain VMware Cloud Foundation concepts. What to read next Architecture Models and Workload Domain Types in VMware Cloud FoundationWhen you design a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment, you decide what architecture model, that is, standard or consolidated, and what workload domain types, for example, consolidated, isolated, or standard, to implement according to the requirements for hardware, expected number of workloads and workload domains, co-location of management and customer workloads, identity isolation, and other. VMware Cloud Foundation TopologiesVMware Cloud Foundation supports multiple topologies that provide different levels of availability and scale. VMware Cloud Foundation Design BlueprintsA VMware Cloud Foundation design blueprint is a collection of design requirements and recommendations based on a chosen architecture model, workload domain type, and topology. It can be used as a full end-to-end design for a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment.