Learn more about VMware vSphere through these technical resources.
Technical Resources
What’s New Guides
- What's New in VMware vSphere 5.0: Platform
- What's New in VMware vSphere 5.0: Storage
- What's New in VMware vSphere 5.0: Performance
- What's New in VMware vSphere 5.0: Networking
- What's New in VMware vSphere 5.0: Availability
- VMware vSphere 5 Competitive Reviewer's Guide
- What's New in VMware vCenter Server 4.1
Technical Whitepapers
- Best Practices Guide - HP Enterprise Virtual Array Family With VMware vSphere 4.0 , 4.1 and 5.0 Configuration Best Practices
- Siemens syngo® Dynamics on VMware® vSphere or VMware Virtual Infrastructure
- Moving SAS Applications from a Physical to a Virtual VMware Environment
- Leveraging VMware Software to Provide Failover Protection for the Platform for SAS® Business Analytics
- vSphere High Availability Deployment Best Practices
- A Benchmarking Case Study of Virtualized Hadoop Performance on VMware vSphere® 5
- Best Practices for Performance Tuning of Latency-Sensitive Workloads in vSphere VMs
- Running Epicor® ERP on VMware vSphere™
- VMware Quick Start Guide for Mitel / Prairiefyre
- Storage vMotion of a Virtualized SQL Server Database
Product Documentation
- VMware vSphere Documentation
- VMware vSphere Technical Resources
- VMware vSphere 5 Release Notes
- View the VMware Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL)
Evaluation Guides
- VMware vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide - Volume One
- VMware vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide -Volume Two – Advanced Storage Features
- VMware vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide - Volume Three – Advanced Networking Features
- VMware vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide - Volume Four – Auto Deploy
- VMware Data Recovery Evaluation Guide
- VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Evaluation Guide
Technical Videos
VMware SDKs and APIs
Third Party Technical Resources
Trainings
Getting started with vsphere free training
Other Resources
On-demand Webcasts
- VMware vSphere 5 QuickStart Series Part 1: Getting Started with VMware ESXi
- VMware vSphere 5 QuickStart Series Part 2: Introduction to VMware vCenter Server
- VMware vSphere 5 QuickStart Series Part 3: Management with VMware vCenter Server
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Virtualize Enterprise Software & Apps
New to Virtualization?
- Intro to Virtualization Webinar
- Virtualization Basics
- Why Choose VMware
- Making the Business Case for VMware vSphere Webcast
- Virtualization for Small Businesses
- Leverage Consulting Services for Large Deployments
