Spring has come and gone, and with it came several exciting VMware product announcements, launches, and GAs. With summer in full swing, we thought it would be helpful to put together a list of essential reading to make sure you’re up to speed on all the news specifically related to our favorite VMware solution: VMware Cloud Foundation.
Below you’ll find links to blog posts, assets, and resources for each of the products that make up Cloud Foundation, the best hybrid cloud solution. So grab your favorite electronic reading device and a lounge chair, and dive in!
Let’s start with the full stack! Here are all of your must-have Cloud Foundation 4 resources:
- Cloud Foundation 4 Data Sheet
- What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 4
- Hands-on with VMware Cloud Foundation 4
- Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4
- Getting Started with VMware Cloud Foundation 4
- 3 Things You Should Know about VMware Cloud Foundation (video)
- Delivering New Cloud Provider Services with VMware Cloud Foundation 4 & VMware Cloud Director 10.1
- VCFacts Blog Series
- VCF Resource Center
vSphere is the compute component of Cloud Foundation stack. See what’s new with vSphere 7:
- vSphere 7 Product page
- vSphere 7 Resource Hub
- Introducing vSphere 7: Essential Services for the Modern Hybrid Cloud
- Introducing vSphere 7: Features & Technology for the Hybrid Cloud
- Introducing vSphere 7: Modern Applications & Kubernetes
- vSphere 7 – Announcing General Availability of the New Generation of vSphere
- vSphere 7 Hands-on Labs
- vSphere 7 YouTube Playlist
- 10 Reasons to Upgrade to vSphere 7
- What’s New in vSphere 7 Core Storage
vSAN storage goes hand-in-hand with vSphere. Check out the exciting features of vSAN 7:
- vSAN 7 Product Page
- Announcing vSAN 7
- Top New Features in vSAN 7: vSphere Lifecycle Manager
- Top New Features in vSAN 7: vSAN File Services
- What’s New in vSAN 7 (video)
- vSAN 7 Technical Overview (video)
- vSAN Storage Hub
NSX brings networking and security to Cloud Foundation. Learn about the advancements in NSX-T 3:
- NSX-T 3.0 Product Page
- NSX-T 3.0 – Innovations in Cloud, Security, Containers, and Operations
- Overview of NSX Distributed IDS/IPS (video)
- NSX-T for vSphere with Kubernetes (video)
- NSX-T Federation (video)
- Top Reasons to Migrate from NSX-V to NSX-T
vRealize Cloud Management helps you manage it all, securely and consistently. Check out all the latest developments in this suite of products and see what they bring to Cloud Foundation:
- vRealize Management Extends VCF
- DevOps with VCF
- vRA 8.1 & VCF Integration Enhancements
- vRealize Suite HOL
- Delivering Modern Infrastructure for Modern Apps with vRealize Suite 2019 and vCloud Suite 2019
We hope you’ve enjoyed checking out all of the informational resources on this list. Tweet us at @vmwarevcf to let us know which ones you loved the most and the kinds of resources you’d like to see on a future reading list. Happy reading!
