Hands-on Labs Friends,
We want to share our content strategy with you because this will help you understand where we are going and what you should expect.
Our Mission Statement: Labs for every user in the Universe
We have been delivering labs for many years at VMworld and recently shifted the model to online 24x7x365. This was not easy. We have had plenty of bumps along the road and have been lucky to have the support of users like you.
Bringing the Hands-on Labs Online portal into reality has always been about making our community better by providing rich content to our users with very little friction. With our newly minted capacity, every user in the universe can now access VMware labs and explore our products anytime and anywhere.
What does Certified Genuine mean?
This began as a funny thing we used to ask each other around here. What does this really mean to anyone? We have put this on our desktops and just about every sticker and poster we create. It is really about content that has been created by product experts, who go through the same hands-on experiences that you do using our products every day.
We have an army of volunteers creating this content for you to enjoy and explore our products. When you see the “Certified Genuine” seal, you know that the lab has been tested and documented for you to use.
A lab with every major product release
Because our platform is always on, we will release new labs with every major product release. The idea here is that our labs will be part of our release process and users will be able to read about new features and products as well as have a lab they can actually explore, hands-on. We have recently announced new labs that we will be releasing to VMworld 2013 attendees this year. Be sure to check out the new Content Catalog by clicking on the link below and then on the “Labs” tab:
http://www.vmworld.com/community/conference/us/learn/sessions-labs
The number one question we will get asked at VMworld 2013 …
Yes we plan on releasing the labs right after VMworld so the rest of our community can explore the new features and products coming. Exact dates have not been determined yet as our focus is to ensure VMworld goes off without a hitch. Please stay tuned for more updates on this topic.
IMPORTANT – End of Life – Archive Labs
We understand that users have planned around our existing labs and we will continue to host them. We are at a point where we need to begin communicating our intentions to remove older content so that we can continue to provide our users the latest content. Starting August 2013 we will start moving our 2012 labs into an “archive” folder where labs will be removed after 30 – 90 days.
Which 2012 labs will be moving to the “archive” folder?
The labs with the following SKU’s prefixes will be entering the “archive” folder as the new labs start to roll out.
- HOL-APP
- HOL-INF
- HOL-EUC
- HOL-PRT
Please be sure to read the description in the lab itself to understand when it will be removed from our infrastructure.
Thank You!
We would like to thank you, our users for your continued support! Be sure to stop by and say, “Hello” at VMworld or any of our other Hands-on Labs events this year.
Enjoy your labs!
