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After successfully deploying vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 in my VCF 9.1.1 environment, I came to learn that SSP requires at least 1,000 unique flows before it can generate a security assessment of your environment.

After recently sharing my automation for deploying the vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Installer, the next logical step was automating the configuration of the SSP Installer and deployment of an SSP Instance.

After successfully deploying the vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Installer, which I recently built some automation for, the next step is to deploy an SSP Instance.

Unfortunately, one of my consumer-grade NVMe SSD devices that I had configured for NVMe Tiering (Memory Tiering) in my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 environment had recently degraded.

While modern authentication protocols like OAuth 2.0 and mTLS are the de-facto standard these days, Kerberos-based (GSS-API/SPNEGO) authentication is still commonly used within many enterprise organizations.

If you have used Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenAI Codex, you have already experienced Agentic AI, whether it is coding an application, creating a quick script, or debugging an issue.

Given the current security threats from Frontier AI, vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) was top of mind for many attendees at the recent VMware Explore 2026.

As part of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 release, consuming NSX Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) has gotten simpler, especially for environments using traditional VLAN-backed networks.

For those following along, earlier this week I demonstrated how to configure the new AI Assistant for VCF in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 using Google Gemini as a cloud-based LLM provider, which is a quick way to get started and explore the new cap…

My recent blog post on the new AI Assistant for VCF in VCF Operations 9.1.1 received a lot of positive feedback from both internal and external readers, especially from those who were not aware that this capability was available and were excited to try it…

With the rising cost of consuming AI services in the public cloud, the availability of powerful open-weight models, and growing concerns around security and data sovereignty, there was certainly a lot of interest from attendees at last week’s VMware Explo…

One feature in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 that I am personally excited about is the new AI Assistant for VCF.

While I am a huge fan of the recent AMD Ryzen Zen4/Zen5-based consumer platforms, including the versatile Minisforum MS-A2, it is well known at this point that these processors can exhibit slower entropy generation, which can lead to significantly higher…

This has been an exciting week as VMware Explore 2026 takes place in Las Vegas, where I have been meeting with customers and partners while delivering several technical breakout sessions and workshops.

When VCF Management Services (VCFMS) was introduced in VCF 9.1.0, its virtual machine sizing was optimized to accommodate the largest optional Day-N service.

I have taken a short hiatus from playing with my NVIDIA RTX 4000, which fits perfectly inside a Minisforum MS-A2 and is what I use to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.

When converging or importing a vCenter Server environment that does not already include NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) will automatically deploy NSX as part of the converge or import workflow.

Similar to Configuring vSphere Supervisor to use VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Identity Broker (IDB) for external identity federation, Harbor also supports OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity providers (IdPs).

I often redeploy my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lab environment for a variety of reasons, from testing customer scenarios to testing the next version of our software.