FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, third newsletter of 2020 already and almost the end of January, so much news! This week we have TAM Webinars, new KB articles, Security Advisories, Kubernetes updates and more. One of the questions I have been getting recently is how to get started with Kubernetes. There are so many resources and guides, the list is endless. To help getting started I always recommend the following.
- The official Kubernetes documentation at kubernetes.io
- VMware KubeAcademy at kube.academy
In addition you might want to take a look at the VMware offerings at cloud.vmware.com where you will find information on things such as PKS (Pivotal) and more related to Kubernetes. I hope you find these useful to get started and also suggest discussing with your TAM or VMware representative.
Until the next edition...Virtually Yours
VMware TAM Team
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February 2020 – Deep Dive into vROps Self-Driving Operations and Troubleshooting
Date: Thursday, February 13th
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
This session will review the tenets of vRealize Operations Manager 8.0 and explore the Self-Driving functionality and features found in the new Troubleshooting Workbench.
Guest speaker:
John Dias – Senior Technical Marketing Architect, Cloud Management BU
Registration Link:
https://VMware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YiUemqi5RUisqIC9zzHMOw
SECURITY ADVISORY
VMSA-2020-0002 - VMware Tools workaround addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-3941)
Impacted Products: VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)
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