#785 - VMUG Vitual User Con and Call for Papers Explore 2027 May
Bob and Eric talk about 2027 New year and the Explore 2027 call for papers, vSphere Express price list and more.
VMware Communities Roundtable
VMware experts talk about virtualization live every Wednesday at noon CA time. Virtualization news and tech mixed with a "Late Night at VMworld" informality. Join us!
Ep. 605 - VMware Communities Roundtable
Tony talks about his new Home Lab post
[Wondernerd.net/about/my-home-lab](http://Wondernerd.net/about/my-home-lab)
which has a complete VCF 9.1 environment which he bought used off Ebay piece by piece and also has a NVIDIA L4 GPU for Private AI support. He uses it for virtual desktop environment running Omnisa Virtual environments as well as Agentic Linux environments for agent enablement. Great blog, good show.
#783 - vExpert Open Beta and vSphere MCP server
Eric, Bob and Tony talk about the new vExpert Open Beta program for vexpertstage.aruba-consulting.com for those who want to see the new IRC chat environment as well as vExpert Gigs and the New Country/City directory.
#782 - VMUG Orlanddo with Code Labs using AI to write Raspberrry Pi Code and deploying though VCF
Why spend 1 day a week learning AI, because it's moving that fast, how to design your Data Center with AI capabilities, and everything else you can learn from VMUG Connect Orlando.
#781 - vSphere Standard Edition is back w/Bob, Matt and Eric
Bob and Matt talk about the news around vSphere Standard Article about being available again and how it effect community lab environments. Also mention of Advantage 1 year license without a a VCP certification for study purposes.
#780 - Cetrifications New VCPs and VCAPs and VCDX defiense with Drew Nielsen
Drew NIelsen comes talks about the new VCAPs, VCP certifications and the VCDX defines that happened at Explore in Vegas. The VCDX program is back!
#779 - Explore Highlights a Great Show this Year!
Bob and Eric cover all the highlights from the Explore 2026 in Vegas this year. It was crowded with 4800 attendees and things were busy. Hackathon was twice as big as before, VMware{code}labs were full with Kubernetes and the Hub was crowded and buzzing. VCF 9.1 with integrated VKS and AI was what was happening.
#778 - Implementing VKS on VCF an architecture guide w/Leif Egil Hegdal
As we all learn about VKS on VCF, it's an adventure to explore the Platform engineering. Leif worked on a VKS blog looking at the big considerations when looking at VKS.
#777 - Bypassing the VCF 9.1 Subnet Trap w/Piotr Tarnawski
Piotr talks about how he managed his 9.1 upgrade and the Powershell calling REST API's to avoid a subnet trap where traffic is blocked between subnets during install.
#776 - Hackathon at Explore with Dale Hassigner
Dale Hassigner, 2025 Hackathon winner comes on the show to discuss what's happening for 2026, for AI learning to AI building, it should be a great Hackathon this year. With over 100 people signed up, we expect a record attendance.
#775 - Platform Engineering 2.0 w/Pakaj Gupta
Pakaj takes us through where DevOps has been and where it's going and the glass ceiling that requires a new way of thinking. Bob, Tony and Eric chat with Pankaj to get inside his brain.
#774 - VMware{code} lab, Raspberry Pi 5 with sensors, deploying workload to the Pi via VKS running on VCF w/eric
Eric and Matt discuss the Explore community momentum this year with a better community booth, improved screens and keyboard for the code labs and giving away sensor while learning how to deploy workload to the edge using VKS.
#773 - Content Catalog for Explore Vegas 2026, Tiered Memory, AI, Operations and more with Bob and Eric
Bob and Eric take a look at the content Catalog as well as the People's Choice voting. Content Catalog is live for Explore Vegas 2026, go take a look, over 200 great sessions.
#772 - VMUG Virtual Event June 25th w/Brad Tompkins
Brad Tompkins talks about learnings from the community around VMUG connects and 9.1 sessions and topics. He covers the Virtual Event which is coming up on June 25th, with loads fo great sessions. He also covers the value of the community in the age of AI.
#771 - Upgrade 9.x to 9.1 w/Tarsio Moraes
Tariso takes us through his 3 part blob on upgrading 9.0 to 9.1, a significant project with a UI tool to help you through the planning process. He has upgraded and then takes us through whats easy and what needs advanced planning.
#770 - VKS and Modern Applications the Pros of VCF with Matt Langguth
Matt Langguth is back as a TAM and VMware, we have him join to give us an update and discus the enterprise platform choices with Modern Applications. VKS and risk/cost management being one of the key factors while building modern application IT strategies.
#769 - Live Mic with Eric and Tony. vExpert updates, VMUG Connect Dallas, Explore Community Sessions and AI and LLM updates.
Eric talks about: vExpert Updates, Explore Vegas 2026, VMug Connect Dallas, and MIsc Tech Updates. Intel and Pat G strategy doing well, VKS and workloads in the data center. AI and running your own LLM for fun. Data Center is back and workloads growth and of course Memorial Day BBQ report.
#768 - Automating ESXi Host Preparation for VCF 9 w/Paul van Dieen
Paul Van Dieen comes on the show to discuss his automation scripts for getting ESX ready for a VCF 9 deployment, Eric is in at VMUG Connect in Toronto.
#767 - Virtual Tooling with Tommy Grot VirtualBytes.io
Tommy Grot talk about his "tools.virtualbytes.io tools, how they work and how he built them by converting anisible scripts with AI. Tony Foster and Eric spend time talking about Tommy's basement setup and how he manages it and his tools.
#766 - Explore Registration Opens, Session Voting, Hackathon and more
Tony Foster and Eric discuss Explore costs and ways to get to the show by self funding. Lots of community sessions this year, as well as the AI Hackathon. Good learnings and excitement builds for another Vegas Experience. VMUG Connect in Toronto and Dallas.