VMware Explore 2025 delivered some standout sessions on the technologies keeping modern infrastructure secure, scalable, and resilient. We’ve pulled together three of the most popular from the networking, security, and load balancing track—covering everything from VCF 9’s latest Avi Load Balancer integration to battle-tested ransomware defense strategies.
Whether you’re architecting security for VMware Cloud Foundation from the ground up or looking to leverage AI-capable analytics for faster troubleshooting, these sessions bring real-world insights and practical guidance you can put to work immediately. Each one features deep technical dives, customer success stories, and design best practices from folks who’ve been in the trenches.
Ready to level up your infrastructure game? Dive into the sessions below and see what you might have missed—or revisit the ones worth watching twice.
Avi Load Balancer integration with VCF 9: Driving Private Cloud to New Heights [NSLB1723LV]
In this breakout session, we’ll dive into the powerful integration between VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 and the VMware Avi Load Balancer, highlighting the operational efficiency and agility it brings to infrastructure and APP teams. We’ll explore how AI-capable analytics and visibility simplify application troubleshooting, accelerate root cause analysis, and boost day-to-day productivity. Additionally, you’ll hear from Nigel Wright from Ensono, who has successfully deployed Avi, sharing real-world insights into the operational gains and business value realized.
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Why You Need VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention to Combat Ransomware [NSLB1869LV]
Recovering from ransomware or just getting started to build your defenses? In this session, we will share battle-tested best practices on how to successfully deploy VMware® vDefend™ Advanced Threat Prevention to buy down risk and defend your applications and data against attacks.
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Security Reference Design for VMware Cloud Foundation [NSLB1836LV]
Attend this session to learn how to design security for VMware Cloud Foundation® (VCF) management and workload domains. This session will include best practices securing VCF management domain, as well as the workloads running in the VCF workload domain. We will cover Infrastructure segmentation, app level ring-fencing/micro-segmentation, and ransomware prevention and threat visibility design.
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Missed the conference or want to revisit these highly-rated sessions? All VMware Explore content is available on-demand in the video library.
