Session 1:

Control, Alt, Unified: The VCF 9 Interface Makeover 

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 1, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

VCF 9 introduces a unified management interface that brings clarity and consistency to an environment previously defined by multiple GUIs. By consolidating tools into a single, streamlined experience, administrators gain faster access to what matters, reduce complexity, and boost operational efficiency. It’s not just a UI makeover - it’s a shift toward smarter, more intuitive infrastructure control. Control. Alt. Unified.

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Session 2:

VCF Operations 9 - First officer on your fleet 

Date/Time: Thursday, July 3, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

Keeping everything running smoothly before the captain even knows there is a problem. Get a deeper look into Diagnostics, Capacity, Resource Optimization, Compliance, Cost and Log Management.

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Session 3:

Brownfield, Greenfield, and Everything in Betweenfield 

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

Upgrading to VCF 9 can feel like going from a flip phone to a spaceship - especially if you're starting from a non-VCF environment like vSphere and vSAN. In this session, we'll cover real-world paths to VCF 9, including greenfield, brownfield, and those messy in-between cases. Expect practical tips, lessons learned, and a few laughs as we explore what to do (and what to avoid) on your VCF journey.

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Session 4:

vSAN 9: We have the best storage!

Date/Time: Thursday, July 10, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

vSAN 9 shows up big in the VCF 9 release, redefining what great storage should look like. With major upgrades in performance, resiliency, and data protection, it’s not just better - it’s the best (yes, we said it). This session dives into what’s new under the hood, how these improvements impact real-world deployments, and why your storage strategy might just fall in love with vSAN all over again.

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Session 5:

VCF 9 VPCs - The easy Network Button

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

VCF 9 introduced VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) natively in VCF. VPCs provide “self-service” for network and security in an isolated environment. VPC Admins can create their own networks and security rules (inside the VPC), without disrupting the overall Network and Security. This Session will cover Use cases and how to Setup a VPC in VCF.

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Session 6:

Achieve harmony: vSphere Kubernetes Service, VPCs, and Namespaces simplicity

Date/Time: Thursday, July 17, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

With VCF 9, VMware brings powerful networking enhancements to vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), enabling seamless, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments. This session explores new operational models we support in VCF 9 clusters through integrated NSX networking, VPCs, and support for self-service namespaces.

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Session 7:

From “Can We?” to “We Can” – VCF 9 Advances vSphere Kubernetes

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

VCF 9 enriches vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), delivering broader enterprise functionality on vSphere. With built-in support for quotas, guardrails, self-service clusters, GitOps, multi-cluster management, service mesh, backup, and identity federation, VKS enables infrastructure admins to deliver cloud-like agility with full control.

This session explores how VKS in VCF 9 provides what’s needed to run a secure, scalable, and modern Kubernetes platform on-premises - like a cloud-native engine in your datacenter.

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Session 8:

VCF Automation 9 - Wind of change or not?

Date/Time: Thursday, July 24, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

Understand which changes come with VCF Automation 9 for existing use cases and installations.

We will cover upgrade scenarios, tenancy models and explain how resource consumption

with IT self-service can be implemented.

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Session 9:

VCF Automation 9 - How Commander Data would leverage Kubernetes for Consumption

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 10:00-11:00AM CET

VCF Automation introduces a new way for resource consumption based on Kubernetes technology. In this session we will explain how developer-type consumers can benefit from that and how IT can extend their use cases.

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