Mastering Data Center Hardening: A Practical Walkthrough of the vDefend Security Journey | #vExpert Apoorv Malmane
Mastering Data Center Hardening with vDefend Hands-On Lab Looking to harden your data center posture without breaking production? Check out the latest step-by-step breakdown of the vDefend Firewall Security Journey hands-on lab, covering micro-segmentation, threat prevention, and automated rule [..]
What’s New with Storage in VCF 9.1 (Deep Dive) – Pete Koehler, Product Marketing Engineer, VMware Cloud Foundation
Join us to explore the latest storage innovations in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1. We will dive into major efficiency and resilience upgrades, including vSAN Global Deduplication, advanced ZSTD compression, and effortless data protection with Auto-RAID. Additionally, we will cover expanded [..]
Total Host Power consumed per cluster in VCF Operations – #vExpert Vincent Jansen
In my previous blog post, Host Power consumed per hour in VCF Operations, we looked at how to create a custom Super Metric to accurately calculate and display hourly power consumption for individual ESXi hosts. While tracking power usage at the host level provides great granular data, many […]
SQL Server enhancements in Data Services Manager version 9.1.1 – Cormac Hogan
VMware introduced support for Microsoft SQL Server as a data service in VMware Data Services Manager version 9.1. In version 9.1.1, there are a number of enhancements, some of which I will highlight in this post. If you want to get the full list of enhancements, check out the VMware Data […]
Register VCF Operations and Your License Server in Connected Mode – #vExpert Fabio Storni, BIOLNX
With the deployment up and running, the next step is licensing the environment. In this post, I cover how I activated the VVF licenses, the options available, and a few gotchas I ran into along the way — useful if you’re following the same path in your own lab and want to move from a freshly […]
Find VM Snapshots with Memory Included using VCF Operations for Logs – #vExpert Brock Peterson
We’ve discussed VCF Operations visibility into VM Snapshots several times: • VMware Aria Operations and VM Snapshots • VM Snapshots in Aria Operations 8.18 • Everything you wanted to know about VM Snapshots in Aria OperationsOne piece of information that is missing is the VM Snapshots […]
When AI Agents Design and Build Infrastructure – #vExpert Rutger Blom
A VCF 9.1 lab experiment with separate AI architect and implementation agents, exploring how agentic workflows handle design, implementation, real infrastructure constraints, and feedback between […]
Confidential Computing: Complete Setup Walkthrough
Set up Intel TDX in VCF 9.1 and Verify Attestation End to End Advanced Services Architecture Data-in-use protection has long been the missing piece of the encryption story. We routinely encrypt data at rest and in flight, but the moment a workload runs, its memory sits in the clear — visible, […]
The Practical Path to VCF 9.1 with William Lam
Live from VMware Explore 2026, Pete Flecha sits down with longtime friend of the podcast William Lam to discuss how customers can design and architect their path to a modern private cloud with VCF 9.1. William shares what he heard directly from customers during VMware’s Technical Advisory Board [..]
Join #VMUG and Vali Cyber’s Nathan Montierth for a walkthrough of this attack chain & see how ZeroLock detects & blocks precursor behaviors on ESXi before encryption hits.
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Aurora ransomware is leveraging AI agents to map networks and target ESXi hypervisors. 🚨 Join Vali Cyber’s Nathan Montierth for a walkthrough of this attack chain & see how ZeroLock detects & blocks precursor behaviors on ESXi before encryption hits. Register & save your spot!
Broadcom Launches Three New VCAP Exams for VMware Cloud Foundation 9 – #vExpert Eric Sloof
Until now, the VMware Certified Advanced Professional programme for VMware Cloud Foundation 9 was organised by pillar. There were five VCAP exams, one for each functional area of the platform. Three new exams, all with guides dated 18 August 2026, are organised by role rather than by pillar: […]
The New Path to VMware Certification: VCAP and VCDX Explained
VMware certification is evolving alongside VMware Cloud Foundation. At VMware Explore 2026, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Drew Nielsen, Brett Guarino, and VCDX #1 John Arrasjid to break down what has changed and what it means for certification candidates. The conversation covers […]
The VCF AI Assistant Ships in the Next 9.1 Update | Built into 9 and arriving through the normal fleet update path. The language model is the cheapest part of it, and the demo quietly showed which data plumbing has to exist in your fleet first. – #vExpert Miguel Brasseur, Mystic Marvin
Built into 9 and arriving through the normal fleet update path. The language model is the cheapest part of it, and the demo quietly showed which data plumbing has to exist in your fleet first.
How to Protect Your AI Application and Why It Matters. CMTYQT1336LV – #vExpert Waldemar Pera
This session explores how AI security principles can be operationalized within VMware Cloud Foundation® (VCF). You will learn how to protect sensitive datasets, secure model training pipelines, enforce Zero-Trust segmentation for GPU-accelerated workloads, and strengthen compliance posture […]
Explore 2026: VMware AI Factory and other new AI innovations in VCF
Introduction: While artificial intelligence offers transformative potential, enterprise deployment remains constrained. Privacy, IP protection, and compliance present severe existential threats. Organizations must enforce granular access boundaries and guard proprietary data. The rapid shift […]
Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1
Coming on the heels of a very successful VMware Explore in Vegas and the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 launch in May, we’re excited to announce the general availability of VCF 9.1.1. This release builds on VCF 9.1 with tougher security, vSAN Object Storage (tech preview, previously […]
Broadcom expanded VMware Cloud Foundation with private AI infrastructure, models, agent governance, security, and data capabilities at VMware Explore 2026. – Channel Insider
Broadcom expanded VMware Cloud Foundation with private AI infrastructure, models, agent governance, security, and data capabilities at VMware Explore 2026. – Channel Insider
VCF 9.1.1: Adopting the Reduced VCF Management Services (VCFMS) Footprint After an Upgrade – William Lam
When VCF Management Services (VCFMS) was introduced in VCF 9.1.0, its virtual machine sizing was optimized to accommodate the largest optional Day-N service. This reduced the likelihood of requiring a rollout to a larger VM size as additional services were enabled. However, for environments […]
10 Exciting Enhancements in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1 – William Lam
This has been an exciting week as VMware Explore 2026 takes place in Las Vegas, where I have been meeting with customers and partners while delivering several technical breakout sessions and workshops. To coincide with the event, we have also announced the general availability of VMware Cloud […]
Announcing VMware Data Services Manager 9.1.1
As part of the latest VMware Cloud Foundation version 9.1.1 release (see this link for more details), it gives me great pleasure to announce that we also have a new 9.1.1 version of VMware Data Services Manager (DSM). This is a not just a patch release. It is a release that is chock-full of new [..]
