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Hi everyone, last week VMware held its annual Kick-Off event which I was privileged to attend as a VMware TAM with many of my colleagues. This was the opportunity for us to celebrate what was a fantastic 2016 and engage on our new solutions that we will be bringing to you in 2017 and beyond.
This week I would like to ask for your help to shape PowerCLI's future. The team has a blog post and poll here. Please take a look and let the team know your thoughts on this and be a part of deciding how the future of PowerCLI will look.
Looking for NSX resources? This week a fantastic book was released free as an "eBook - NSX Microsegmentation - Day1" get it here
I look forward to speaking to you again next week. In the meantime enjoy all of the goodness of this week's newsletter.
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Updated Version of the Deployment Guide for Hadoop on VMware vSphere
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2nd Exam Option Available for VCP6-NV Certification
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Architecting the Digital Workspace for Service Providers with Horizon 7
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NSX Growth and Success in 2016
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