Excellent advice from Corey Romero for anyone considering the vExpert 2026 application. You don’t need a full year of contributions—just meaningful, recent impact. This “Q4 Sprint” approach is a must-read for anyone ready to step up their community involvement and recognition in the VMware ecosystem. 📘 Read the full post here:

It’s Never Too Late to Become a #vExpert!

It’s never too late to become a vExpert! Here are the things you can start doing to join the exclusive club of giving back to the community. If you’re looking at the calendar and thinking ‘I didn’t do enough this year,’ you might feel it’s too late to start contributing to the community. It’s […]

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VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance is Now Available to VCF Customers

VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance is Now…

Following the announcement at VMware Explore earlier this year, we are now making a new Advanced Service generally available for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) customers. Starting November 3rd, VCF customers can purchase VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance, an offering engineered to elevate […]

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DSM 9.0.1 – MySQL Database deployments through VCF Automation

DSM 9.0.1 – MySQL Database deployments through…

In Data Services Manager 9.0.1, we decided to remove the ability to create MySQL Data Service Policies (DSP) from VCF Automation (VCFA) UI until we can also provision MySQL databases end-to-end. Even though you could create a Data Service Policy via the UI in VCFA 9.0/DSM 9.0, you still had to […]

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VCF Operations Management Packs: Announcing End…

Broadcom is announcing End of General Support (EOGS) for the following VCF Operations Management Packs. Consequently, Broadcom will no longer provide General Support, including Bug Fixes, Security Patches, or any updates for these Management Packs, effective September 30, 30th 2025. Alternative [..]

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DSM 9.0.1 – New Microsoft SQL Server enhancements Part 2

DSM 9.0.1 – New Microsoft SQL Server…

In my most recent post, we saw how to setup a privileged user which would write SPNs for database users to enable Windows Authentication. We also saw how this user could update DNS entries automatically when a database is created. We followed these steps and provisioned a SQL Server instance. Once the instance was provisioned, we create a login for the owner and saw how the user could successfully login to the instance using Windows Auth. This is all great, but really one of the key points of…Read More

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Good news: The VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas Video Library is now open for all! Tap into a discovery powerhouse with on-demand sessions anytime, on-demand.

Stream VMware Explore Sessions Now, On-Demand

The VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas Video Library is now open for all! Watch breakout sessions + more, on demand.

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Feeling the pressure on your infrastructure? You’re not alone. On October 1, join our webinar to learn 5 key reasons to upgrade from VVF to VCF — automation, hybrid flexibility, container support, stronger security, and more. 🔗 Sign up here:

Webinar: 5 Reasons to Upgrade from VMware…

IT teams are under pressure to modernize infrastructure, support new workloads, and do more with leaner resources. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) builds on vSphere Foundation (VVF) with a full-stack, automated platform that simplifies operations and unlocks powerful new capabilities. Join us to learn how upgrading to VCF helps your organization. Automate lifecycle management and reduce Day 2 ops overhead Improve storage economics with 4x vSAN capacity Run VMs, containers, and AI workloads on one platform Strengthen security with built-in zero trust and compliance controls Enable hybrid cloud flexibility with consistent infrastructure and license portability This session will highlight why now is the right time to move beyond VVF—and how…Read More

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Automating VCF Operations Active Directory over LDAP Sync for VCF SSO

Automating VCF Operations Active Directory over…

When VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Single-Sign On (SSO) is configured with the Active Directory over LDAP Identity Provider, VCF Operations will periodically synchronize the users and groups from your identity source. By default, the sync frequency will default to once per week but it is user configurable to daily, hourly and even down to every […]

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21 October 2025 — one day before Explore on Tour! Join experts and policymakers to explore how sovereign cloud, AI, and cybersecurity are reshaping compliance, security, and innovation.

🌏 Sovereign Cloud Day is coming to Sydney

🌏 Sovereign Cloud Day is coming to Sydney, 21 October 2025 — one day before Explore on Tour! Join experts and policymakers to explore how sovereign cloud, AI, and cybersecurity are reshaping compliance, security, and innovation.

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VCF – A Modern Private Cloud

In this technical video, we showcase how VMware Cloud Foundation delivers a powerful set of cloud services for runtimes, infrastructure, and advanced capabilities providing a consistent consumer experience, while maintaining the governance and policies configured by the admins.

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