We all know how important education is. Constant change, especially in IT, has always made regular training essential. With the merge from legacy vSphere to VCF, there is a lot of new stuff to learn. That’s why I want to use this blog post to show you what options are available to support you with VCF and education. In addition to all the options mentioned here, interaction within the community also offers tremendous added value. That’s why I always recommend taking a look at VMUG. In addition to the webinars offered by VMUG on the topic of VCF, VMUG events – whether VMUG Connect or local meetings – provide everyone with a platform for interacting with other customers.
Lerning@Broadcom
Learning@Broadcom is the central learning platform where you, as a VMware Cloud Foundation Platform customer or strategic customer, can access free learning resources. With these entitlements, you will beable to choose from two distinct learning pathways – Digital Learning and Instructor-Led Courses (ILT) – allowing you to tailor the learning experience to the specific needs of your team.
Overivew: https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-getting-started-with-your-vcf-learning-entitlements-ebook
Hands-On Labs
Catalog: https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog
„Unlock your full potential with brand-new, self-paced Hands-on Labs! These labs are designed specifically to help you jumpstart your skills with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.“ (source)
Here, you can get a first impression with the “What’s New – […]” Labs. After that you can take a look into the upgrading with LAB “VCF 9.0 – Upgrading from vSphere 8. (HOL-2603-01-VCF-S)”
- What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Platform (HOL-2610-01-VCF-L)
- What’s New with vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (HOL-2630-01-VCF-L)
- What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Operations (HOL-2610-03-VCF-L)
- What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Automation (HOL-2610-02-VCF-L)
Important: How to request Hands-On Labs access
VCF Webinars
Overview: https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/VCFWebinars
This is the central portal for all VCF 9 webinars. In addition to the schedule for live webinars, which offer the opportunity for direct exchange with Broadcom experts in Q&A sessions, you will also find an integrated on-demand library. All past sessions are available as video replays, supplemented by technical documentation and presentation slides.
VMware Explore Video Library
Overview: https://www.vmware.com/explore/video/search
You can still see what was unveiled at VMware Explore 2025, up-level your expertise and understand multi-cloud better.
VCF Experience Days
Please reach out to your VMware Account Team if you are interessted. Attendes need to be nominated.
Hands-on Technical Deep Dives
Participants gain direct access to live lab environments, allowing them to practice the deployment, scaling, and management of VCF.
Full-Stack Infrastructure Integration
The sessions demonstrate how to unify compute (vSphere), storage (vSAN), networking (NSX), and management (Aria) into a single, automated platform to eliminate operational silos.
Strategic Cloud Transformation
Beyond technical clicks, the event focuses on best practices for Day-0 to Day-2 operations, helping organizations accelerate their journey toward a self-service, developer-ready private cloud.