May 19, 2026 | 8:00 AM PT

Deploying applications at the speed of business requires an enterprise-grade load balancer. VMware Avi Load Balancer (Avi) continues to enhance its integration with the next planned release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), breaking down operational barriers between app and infrastructure teams with a unified, software-defined app delivery stack while maintaining full control. 

• Accelerated Avi deployment: Integration with VCF Operations streamlines Day 0-2 operations at scale with seamless workflows and fully automated deployment and lifecycle management.
• Zero-touch Kubernetes Ingress: Fully automated Avi Kubernetes Operator (AKO) deployment with VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) delivers LBaaS at the speed of Kubernetes. Avi Conversion Tool automates migration from Ingress NGINX to Avi.
• Self-Service Application Delivery: VCF Automation Integration provides DevOps teams isolated tenant views to provision load balancers as code.
• Improved Efficiency for Multi-tenant Environments: Ability to share load balancers across multiple tenants optimizes resources utilization with flexible provider-centric deployment models.
• Plug-and-play load balancing for Agentic AI: MCP support with session persistence, JWT authentication and visibility enables resiliency and security for AI apps on VCF.

Don't forget to check out Part 1 and Part 3 of the series!
Part 1: Ready Your Kubernetes and AI Workloads with Avi Ingress for VCF | April 21, 2026
Part 3: How to Operationalize Avi for VCF 9 Deployments - Get Real with Demos | June 16, 2026