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  <title>Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines</title>
  
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    <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can import and export virtual machines in the following
      formats: </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Open Virtualization Format
          (OVF).</b> This is the industry-standard format. See
          <xref href="ovf-about.dita#ovf-about"/>.
        </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Cloud service formats.</b> Export
          to and import from cloud services such as <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> is supported.
          See <xref href="cloud-integration.dita#cloud-integration"/>.
        </p>
      </li>
    </ul>
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