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VMware Explore Las Vegas is in the Books

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VMware Explore Las Vegas is in the Books

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 Monday Aug 26th  |    Tuesday Aug 27th  |  Wednesday Aug 28th  |   Thursday Aug 29th 

8/27/25  10:30 - 10:55 am PST

Want to deploy your SDDC.Lab in about an hour?

Automate your deployments of complete VMware SDDC environments for Dev/Test or PoC by using the SDDC.Lab project (https://github.com/rutgerblom/SDDC.Lab). In this session we will walk through how this project helps in getting Dev/Test or PoC environments up and running in no time.
 
    Want to deploy your SDDC.Lab in about an hour?

8/27/25  11:00 - 11:25 am PST

CMTY1556LV - A Masterclass on Community: Find Your Peeps, Not Just the Mushy Yellow Ones It's a blueprint that has been copied but never duplicated. Why is the VMware vCommunity so strong? There are thousands of reasons! Whether it is the VMware User Group, VMware {code}, VMTN, or vExpert, we talk about what VMware communities can do for you and your career while discussing opportunities that you might be unaware of. We will also talk a little about non-technical communities and how they can help you build skills that you can use every day. Community involvement is one of the best ways to develop the skills required to further your career. Attendees will be given a comprehensive list of ways to plug themselves into VMware communities across many disciplines.
Speakers: Matthew Heldstab, Systems Engineer, Minnesota State - System Office / VMUG VP @mattheldstab on TwiX Eric Nielsen, Director Communities, Broadcom
 
    A Masterclass on Community: Find Your Peeps, Not Just the Mushy Yellow Ones

8/27/25  11:30 - 11:55 am PST

CMTY1221LV - Workload Migration and IP Addressing - Change or Retain? One of the most common concerns during a migration is IP addressing. Most customers would prefer to retain IP addresses but that forces us to use Layer 2 extension if we wish to route traffic between migrated systems and those left behind. Let's dive into the topic and cover ways to preserve them, ways to change them safely, and some scrappy ways to deal with issues.
Speaker: Ben Lipman, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

 

    Workload Migration and IP Addressing - Change or Retain?

8/27/25  12:00 - 12:25 pm PST

A Disaster event is never the time to discover that your Disaster Protection and Recovery plans are insufficient, impractical or too complicated for your important, mission-critical workloads. VMware Live Recovery (VLR) affords enterprises running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) the ability to easily create, manage and utilize simplified, intuitive and repeatable Plans for any workloads in the infrastructure. This technical session discusses how to deploy and configure the application-agnostic VLR for production, enterprise-class, clustered Microsoft SQL Server workloads in a VCF environment. This Session is Demo-based and includes configuration step-by-step and recovering SQL Server cluster in a simulated disaster event.
Speaker: Deji Akomolafe, Microsoft Applications Lead, Broadcom

 

    CMTY1111LV - Disaster Recovery for MS SQL Server Workloads in VMware Cloud Foundation

8/27/25  12:30 - 12:55 am PST

CMTY2064LV - Cyber Recovery: Restoring Resilience, Trust, and Ensuring Continuity
 
Join us for an insightful exploration of cyber recovery strategies tailored for retail as well as critical industries like health and the financial sectors. Discover how to rebuild trust and ensure business continuity post-cyberattacks, safeguard vital operations, and restore confidence in a digital age.
 
Speaker:
Tarsio Moraes, Cloud Architect, Broadcom

    CMTY2064LV - Cyber Recovery: Restoring Resilience, Trust, and Ensuring Continuity

8/27/25  1:00 - 1:25 pm PST

CMTY2236LV - Achieving Zero Trust - The practitioner's journey In this quick talk, we will cover how to go about crafting your organization's zero trust journey. We will cover how to use VMware vDefend firewall to secure your infrastructure, create zones and micro-segment your crown jewel applications. Speaker: Pooja Patel, Director, Broadcom

    CMTY2236LV - Achieving Zero Trust - The practitioner's journey

8/27/25  1:30 - 1:55 pm PST

CMTY2494LV - Mastering VCP: Your Path to Certification Success Embark on a transformative journey toward achieving your VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification in this comprehensive session with VMUG Leader Maarten van Driessen, VCIX-DCV, VCAP-NV. This session will provide an overview of the certification process, from preparation to exam success, and how you can lean on your VMUG community and peers to take your career to the next step. You will hear valuable insights into the latest exam objectives, study resources, and practical tips to enhance your learning experience. Additionally, we’ll discuss common challenges faced by candidates and strategies to overcome them.
Speaker: Maarten Van Driessen, Owner, Brisk-IT

    CMTY2494LV - Mastering VCP: Your Path to Certification Success

8/27/25  2:00 - 2:25 pm PST

CMTY1927LV - Fortify Your Virtual Fortress: Hardening Strategies for VMware This session provides essential strategies for strengthening the security of your VMware infrastructure. With cyber threats becoming more prevalent, it's crucial to take proactive measures to protect your virtual environments and sensitive data. This resource explores practical techniques, such as network segmentation, access control, encryption, and configuration best practices, to help you mitigate risks. Whether you're an experienced VMware administrator or new to virtualization security, this session equips you with the knowledge and tools to bolster your defenses and safeguard your organization's assets in the digital landscape.
Speakers: Jed Wallace, Staff Technologist, Cohesity Shelly Calhoun-Jones, Principal Technologist, shelly.calhoun-jones@cohesity.com

    CMTY1927LV - Fortify Your Virtual Fortress: Hardening Strategies for VMware

8/27/25  2:30 - 2:55 pm PST

CMTY1772LV - VMware Cloud Foundation: Tips and Tricks From the Experts While gambling may be a fun pastime for some, you don’t want to risk things with your VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment. This session will cover various tips and tricks from the experts, to successfully deploy and manage your VMware Cloud Foundation Environment. Discussions will revolve around various aspects of a successful VCF deployment, including VMware Cloud Builder Appliance, password and certificate management, backup and restoration, high availability solutions using availability zones and regions, post-installation and diagnostics tools. In this must-see session, we will dig deep to provide you with the guidance you'll need to successfully deploy and optimize your VCF deployment.
Speakers: Tim Burkland, Staff Technical Learning Engineer, Broadcom Joel West, Staff Technical Learning Engineer, Broadcom

    CMTY1772LV - VMware Cloud Foundation: Tips and Tricks From the Experts

8/27/25  3:00 - 3:25 pm PST

CMTY2492LV - Maximizing VMUG: Leveraging Your 150,000 Community Discover how to unlock the full potential of the VMware User Group (VMUG) community in this dynamic and interactive session. With over 150,000 members worldwide, VMUG offers a wealth of resources, networking opportunities, and peer support that can elevate your VMware expertise and career. Join us as we explore strategies to effectively engage with the community, utilize exclusive VMUG benefits, and participate in local and global events. Learn from success stories, gain practical tips for collaboration, and find out how to make the most of VMUG's extensive knowledge base. Whether you're a new member or a long-time participant, this session will empower you to leverage VMUG's vast network to drive innovation, solve challenges, and achieve professional growth.

Speakers: Brad Thompkins, Executive Director, VMUG Brenda Emerson, CIO, Carrollton Bank

    CMTY2492LV - Maximizing VMUG: Leveraging Your 150,000 Community

8/27/25  3:30 - 3:55 pm PST

CMTY1785LV - Crafting Agile Solutions for Disaster Mitigation with VMware Live Recovery Explore a real-world customer scenario where we tackle business challenges and IT complexities head-on. We'll share how we architected a solution utilizing VMware Live Recovery (VLR) that not only met customer requirements but underscored VLR's impressive capabilities. Learn how VLR provides a solution to minimize downtime and data loss in disaster and ransomware scenarios. Discover how its real-time monitoring, alerting, and automation can remove obstacles and simplify a recovery. Join us to explore how you can leverage tried and tested technology to set your organization up for success.

Speakers: Brian Donofrio, VMware Presales Solutions Engineer, SHI International Paul Irwin, Solution Architect, Broadcom Jodi Shely, Americas Channel CTO, Broadcom

    CMTY1785LV - Crafting Agile Solutions for Disaster Mitigation with VMware Live Recovery

8/27/25  4:00 - 4:25 pm PST

CMTY1109LV - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, a Customer Story. Let's Discuss Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. Eric will discuss and review how they handled a full, unplanned data center outage in March, 2022. He will cover what they had in place to help get through and what was learned. Lessons learned include what could be improved in IT and across the company as a whole, as well as impacts and expectations. He will also review their expectations, others' expectations, what was not expected, and what the team wished they had known before it happened. The session will review their BC team/plan before and after the incident and how they improved processes and educated others on expectations vs. reality. Eric has presented this at VeeamOn in 2023, at eight VMUG UserCons in 2023, and at two in 2024.

Speaker: Eric Kubla, IT Server Manager, First Commonwealth Bank

    CMTY1109LV - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, a Customer Story.




8/28/24 9:00 AM - 9:25 AM PST
 
CMTY2092LV - Unleashing Seamless Workload Mobility: VMware HCX Integration With VCF
 
Join us for an enlightening session on VMware HCX, the ultimate solution for seamless virtual workload mobility. Learn how HCX empowers businesses to effortlessly connect, migrate, and move virtual workloads from any VMware location to any VCF destination, ensuring agility, efficiency, and scalability in today's dynamic IT landscape.
 
Speaker:
Tarsio Moraes, Cloud Architect, Broadcom

    CMTY2064LV - Cyber Recovery: Restoring Resilience, Trust, and Ensuring Continuity