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I'm definitely looking forward to playing with this in the lab for some comparisons. Introducing the vSphere Virtual Machine Service

Introducing the vSphere Virtual Machine Service Today we are excited to announce the immediate availability of the vSphere Virtual Machine Service (VM Service). Included in the vSphere 7 Update 2a release, the VM Service enables Kubernetes-native provisioning and management of virtual machines, for developers building modern apps using vSphere wi...

Catch up on free Kubernetes training from VMware.

Introducing KubeAcademy Pro: In-Depth Kubernetes Training, Totally Free Introducing KubeAcademy Pro—a free education program that grants members access to technical, in-depth, product-agnostic Kubernetes training, exclusive workshops and virtual events.

Who's ready for some ESXi on ARM? Also, today is General Availability of vSphere 7 Update 1

Announcing General Availability of vSphere 7 Update 1 On September 15 we announced the upcoming release of vSphere 7 Update 1. Today, I am excited to share that it is now generally available. If you missed our announcement webcast on September 15, no problem. You can watch a replay of the webcast “Up-Level to Developer-Ready Infrastructure” anytime...

Remote Exam Testing Is Here! We can still take advantage of time we have to study & get certified. It's tough, but we can all skill up. VCAP Deploy not available yet, but coming soon.

Remote Exam Testing Is Here! VMware Certification is pleased to announce that remote proctoring of its exams, delivered by Pearson VUE, will be available starting April 20, 2020. Remote proctoring allows you to take the exam from ANY secure location, and will be a permanent offering, regardless of the availability of in-person....

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 is now GA.

Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 We are pleased to announce General Availability (GA) of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0! Cloud Foundation 4 was announced during our Modern Apps Launch event on March 10th and excitement around the latest version of VMware’s hybrid cloud platform has been growing since. With Release 4.0, Cloud Foundat...

How to Get vSphere with Kubernetes

How to Get vSphere with Kubernetes We’re very excited to announce the general availability of vSphere 7 today! It caps off a massive across-the-board effort by the many engineering teams within VMware. We have built a ton of new capabilities into vSphere 7, including drastically improved lifecycle management, many new security feat...

vSphere 7 – Announcing General Availability of the New Generation of vSphere

vSphere 7 – Announcing General Availability of the New Generation of vSphere vSphere 7 The new generation of vSphere for existing enterprise apps. Available in two editions. VMware vSphere 7, the new generation of vSphere, is now generally available. This major new release brings a massive improvement in the work experience of vSphere administrators, folks who are responsibl...

Learn how to Export an ESXi Host’s Config to DSC from Kyle Ruddy

Exporting an ESXi Host’s Config to DSC It has been an exciting year (and a couple months) for the DSC Resources for VMware. As of last week’s announcement, there have been 3 releases for a total of 67 resources for this open source project. It has been presented to many different audiences, including VMworld US and Europe, PowerShell C...

Whenever you see some performance tips from , you should read it and pay attention. Check out his performance study whitepaper around Best Practices for vSphere 6.7 Tagging!

Best Practices for vSphere 6.7 Tagging vSphere Tags were introduced in version 5.1 as a way to organize inventory objects such as VMs, Hosts, Datastores, etc., a much-needed feature for helping search for or group objects within vSphere. A Tag is basically a label that can be applied to vSphere inventory objects. When an administrator cr...

I hope everyone is ready for Kubernetes in your vSphere!

The next generation of vSphere is coming! Save the date for March 10 VMware executives & Kubernetes pioneers join forces to help you unlock the potential of your team to accelerate digital innovation in a multi-cloud world.

Eric Shanks helps to explain how HA can be configured for Kubernetes clusters on vSphere.

Kubernetes HA on vSphere If you’ve been on the operations side of the IT house, you know that one of your primary job functions is to ensure High Availability (HA) of production workloads. This blog post focuses on making sure applications deployed on a vSphere Kubernetes cluster will be highly available.

The AppInfo plugin is a fantastic new feature with VMware Tools 11. Check out the great Application Discovery functionality that William Lam has shared to make guest application details easier to access!

Application Discovery in vSphere with VMware Tools 11 The holidays are just around the corner and hopefully everyone is taking some time off to spend with their families, I know I certainly will! As I start to wind down 2019, I like to use this time catch up on things in my backlog that I was not able to get to in the […]