That's a wrap on VMUG Connect Orlando and our 2026 Connect season! A huge THANK YOU to all our incredible sponsors who make VMUG Connect possible! 🙌 From Program to Support, your partnership makes everything we do possible. We couldn't do it without you. See you in 2027! #VMUGConnect

Closing keynote featuring VMUG Board President, @BrendaKEmerson, VMUG Board Vice President, @jpsider, and Martin Campbell, VMUG Board Director happening now! They're speaking to their experience with VCF 9 and share what they wish they knew ahead of their deployment. #VMUGconnect

Congratulations to Dejah Murrell, our newest VMUG Tampa Leader, who passed her VCP-VCF Admin exam on her first try! #VMUGconnect

We're closing out VMUG Connect Orlando and our final Connect of 2026 with a shoutout to Diamond sponsor @intel. Before you head out, stop by their booth to learn how they're driving performance, security, and AI-ready infrastructure across VMware environments. #VMUGConnect

It's the final day of VMUG Connect Orlando, and we're starting things off with a big thank you to our Diamond sponsor Tigera! Stop by their booth today to learn how they're helping teams secure and manage modern cloud-native environments. #VMUGConnect

Day 1 of VMUG Connect Orlando is in full swing, and we're highlighting our Diamond sponsor @comdivision . Stop by their booth to see how they're helping teams tackle private cloud strategy and VMware architecture. #VMUGConnect

Chris McCain is taking the #VMUGConnect stage to break down how VMware vDefend can help teams strengthen security across the private cloud.

Keynote has started! #VMUGconnect

We're LIVE at VMUG Connect Orlando and kicking things off with a shoutout to our Diamond sponsor @vali_cyber! Swing by their booth today to learn how they're helping teams strengthen security across VMware environments. #VMUGConnect

The patch window is now 10 hours. Is that enough? On October 29, join Nathan Montierth, Vali Cyber, to see how rising CVE volume and AI-driven attacks are changing hypervisor security. He’ll explain why patching alone no longer covers the risk and how runtime security protects your environment while you work toward remediation. Register now: hubs.la/Q04BCfx60

AI, agentic workloads, and FinOps are reshaping platform engineering. What does that mean for infrastructure teams? In the latest Visionary Voices session, Pankaj Gupta, Senior Director of Cloud Networking and Security at Broadcom, sits down with VMUG Executive Director Brad Tompkins to break down Platform Engineering 2.0. This conversation offers a clear picture of how VMs and Kubernetes fit together, why your existing infrastructure still matters, and and what skills will help you shape strategy at your organization. Watch the full conversation: hubs.la/Q04Bm0540

Core-based licensing changed how VMware environments should be built, but most clusters are still sized for hardware, not license efficiency. That gap is costing you money. Join us tomorrow and get a straight answer to the question everyone's asking: optimize, renegotiate, or migrate. Not too late to register: hubs.la/Q04z93xZ0

Ready to take the next step and get VMware certified? The chance to get certified easily on-site at VMUG Connect Orlando is available! Grab your ticket and your spot for certification today: hubs.la/Q04z93j20

You’ve invested in VCF. Now you need the infrastructure to make it work. Join AWS's Spiros Tsitsonis and Ron Wedel tomorrow for a one-hour deep dive into how Amazon EVS architecture and features can carry the next evolution of your VMware workloads. Register: hubs.la/Q04z93nq0

What does Broadcom’s latest Private Cloud Outlook research say, and what does it mean for infrastructure professionals? Raakhee Mistry, Senior Director of VCF Marketing at Broadcom, joins VMUG Executive Director Brad Tompkins to discuss where enterprise infrastructure is headed. They dive into the link between infrastructure and platform engineering teams, the skills IT pros need in the AI era, and how you can help shape cloud and AI strategy at your own organization. Watch the full conversation: hubs.ly/Q04yzJrN0

VMware Explore brought a long list of announcements. Tomorrow, October 1st, leaders from Broadcom and Lightedge will walk through the ones that matter most for infrastructure and cloud teams. Join and leave with clear priorities for the next 90 days and a practical plan for the next five years. Register now: hubs.ly/Q04yzHjQ0