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We’ve rounded up the top VMware Cloud Foundation Edge sessions, live demos, and expert talks happening in Las Vegas. Check out the blog to bookmark your must-attend sessions before spots fill up:

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VMware Explore 2026: Top VCF Edge Sessions in…

Get ready for VMware Explore Las Vegas, August 31 – September 3, 2026. We’ve put together an exceptional lineup of VCF Edge sessions at VMware Explore Las Vegas designed to deliver immediate, real-world value. Today, edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are no longer afterthoughts; […]

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Faster Security Patching with Fewer Disruptions in VCF 9.1 The Three-Layer Model Explained – #vExpert Mohammad Siddiqui

Faster Security Patching with Fewer Disruptions…

The window between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation has collapsed from weeks to hours.

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From Fixcerts to vCert: A Safer vCenter Certificate Recovery Path – #vExpert Paul Bryant

From Fixcerts to vCert: A Safer vCenter…

A vCenter certificate recovery runbook covering deprecated Fixcerts guidance, vCert remediation, ELM snapshots, backups, VMCA, STS, VECS, and VCF trust validation.

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“No Healthy Upstream” Is Often a Certificate Problem: A vCenter Triage Runbook for KB 316619 | Troubleshoot vCenter No Healthy Upstream and Signing certificate is not valid errors with a KB 316619 runbook covering STS certificates, vCert, Lookup Service trust, logs, snapshots, and recovery validation. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

“No Healthy Upstream” Is Often a Certificate…

Troubleshoot vCenter No Healthy Upstream and Signing certificate is not valid errors with a KB 316619 runbook covering STS certificates, vCert, Lookup Service trust, logs, snapshots, and recovery validation.

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VM Network Troubleshooting from Guest OS to Uplink: A Layer by Layer VMware Runbook | Troubleshoot VMware VM network connectivity issues with a layer-by-layer runbook covering guest OS checks, vNICs, port groups, VLANs, vDS uplinks, physical switches, routing, firewalls, and pktcap-uw validation. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

VM Network Troubleshooting from Guest OS to…

Troubleshoot VMware VM network connectivity issues with a layer-by-layer runbook covering guest OS checks, vNICs, port groups, VLANs, vDS uplinks, physical switches, routing, firewalls, and pktcap-uw validation.

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DVS Upgrade Guardrails: What Can Break When Old Distributed Switches Move Forward | Plan DVS 6.5-to-6.6+ upgrades with guardrails for vCenter compatibility, rollback, host sequencing, vMotion risk, management recovery, and documentation. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

DVS Upgrade Guardrails: What Can Break When Old…

Plan DVS 6.5-to-6.6+ upgrades with guardrails for vCenter compatibility, rollback, host sequencing, vMotion risk, management recovery, and documentation.

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VLAN Design Translation for VMware: Physical Trunks, Port Groups, and Guest Tagging | Learn how VLAN tagging works across VMware physical trunks, vSwitch and vDS port groups, and guest tagging. Includes EST, VST, VGT mapping, validation steps, and operational gotchas. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

VLAN Design Translation for VMware: Physical…

Learn how VLAN tagging works across VMware physical trunks, vSwitch and vDS port groups, and guest tagging. Includes EST, VST, VGT mapping, validation steps, and operational gotchas.

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: What Actually Changed – #vExpert Davoud Teimouri

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: What Actually Changed

Broadcom shipped VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 in May 2026. The marketing says “AI-ready private cloud.” The release notes tell another story — one about operational maturity finally catching up to the platform’s ambition.

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Architecting Admission Control in vSAN Stretched Clusters – #vExpert Leif Hegdal, VM Infrastructure

Architecting Admission Control in vSAN…

Designing for FTT=1 and STT=1 Without Creating Hidden Risk |vSAN Stretched Clusters are often positioned as the pinnacle of on‑premises availability design: […]

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VCF 9.1.x Deployment Notes – #vExpert Brandon Bazan

VCF 9.1.x Deployment Notes

There is a specific event I happen to lead from the virtual infrastructure standpoint that happens at least once a year. That event may or may not require additional capacity to be built in for compute and monitoring purposes 😉 Enter VCF 9.1.x and the magic!

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