1. An automated method for recommending placing a virtual edge gateway appliance on at least one host computing system comprising: identifying a virtual switch assigned to a tenant for creating virtual networks based on future network connectivity requirements of the tenant; identifying at least one host computing system having access to the virtual switch; and recommending placing a virtual edge gateway appliance on the at least one identified host computing system that is having access to the virtual switch to allow connectivity to networks created using the virtual switch assigned to the tenant.