#126 – VMware Explore Las Vegas 2026! – Duncan Epping#126 – VMware Explore Las Vegas 2026!I flew out to Las Vegas this week to present a few sessions at Explore 2026! I brought my mobile podcast recording kit for the first time and decided to record some clips with various people I ran into at... Continue Reading →

From Four Hours to Four Minutes: My AI-Powered VCF Session at VMware Explore 2026 – #vExpert Piotr TarnawskiFrom Four Hours to Four Minutes: My AI-Powered...At VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas, I showed how I connected VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, PagerDuty, Splunk, an internal agile platform, Slack, MCP servers, and GitHub Actions to turn a... Continue Reading →

VMware Cloud Foundation ver. 9.1 Management Services Platform. What is it? New in VCF 9.1 | In this video, we will examine the new VCF Management Services Platform (VMSP) introduced in VCF 9.1. What is it, and take a closer look under the covers. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarrosVMware Cloud Foundation ver. 9.1 Management...In this video... Continue Reading →

I Went to VMware Explore 2026 | This was my second time attending VMware Explore. The first time I attended was in 2024. In this post, I will detail my experience at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas. – #vExpert Daniel KeerI Went to VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas -...This year I attended VMware... Continue Reading →

Client-Side SDK Generation with VMware Cloud Foundation OpenAPI SpecsClient-Side SDK Generation with VMware Cloud...Starting with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, VMware officially publishes OpenAPI specifications for VCF APIs. This is a major milestone for developers, enabling you to consume VCF APIs using your programming language of choice. VMware provides first-class developer tooling such as VCF... Continue Reading →

The State of VCDX (2026) – #vExpert Rene van den Bedem, vcdx133.comThe State of VCDX (2026)The VMware Certified Design Expert (original VCDX) program has been retired and all original VCDX certifications expired in June 2026. Original VCDX has been replaced by the VMware Certified Distinguished Expert (revamped VCDX) program, which was announced in 2025. The... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1.1: When vCenter’s SFTP Backup Fails Before It Starts – #vExpert Tommy GrotVCF 9.1.1: When vCenter’s SFTP Backup Fails...A VCF 9.1.1 upgrade blocked by vcenter.deployment.migration_upgrade.no_recent_vcenter_backup.error, a vCenter SFTP backup that fails in 31 milliseconds without touching the network, and the workaround that actually ships. vCenter 9.1 file-based backup […]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

VCF 9.1.1 - Not a Maintenance Release – #vExpert Miguel Brasseur, Mystic MarvinVCF 9.1.1 - Not a Maintenance Release - Mystic...The release notes call it a maintenance release with an updated bill of materials. It also deprecates public cloud management in VCF Automation, puts an S3 object store inside vSAN, and starts a Secure Boot... Continue Reading →

Broadcom Launches Three New VCAP Exams for VMware Cloud Foundation 9 – #vExpert Eric SloofBroadcom Launches Three New VCAP Exams for...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... Continue Reading →

🍃☕ SPRING MODULITH 2.2 M1: modular monoliths move to BOOT 4.2 | 🔸 TLDR: Spring Modulith helps turn a Spring Boot monolith into explicit, domain-driven modules whose boundaries can be verified, tested, observed and documented. 2.2 M1 moves to Spring Boot 4.2 M1 + Spring Framework 7.1 M1, while improving events, testing and auto-configuration. –... Continue Reading →