Like usual, scalability has been extended and new maximums numbers are bigger. Most of the changes are on the vSphere 6.7 vCSA that delivers great performance improvements (all metrics compared at cluster scale limits, versus vSphere 6.5):

• 2X faster performance in vCenter operations per second
• 3X reduction in memory usage
• 3X faster DRS-related operations (e.g. power-on virtual machine)

The vCenter Server Appliance is now the default deployment. But also the embedded deployment seems to become the standand: finally it’s supported have vCenter with embedded platform services controller in enhanced linked mode, enabling customers to link multiple vCenters and have seamless visibility across the environment without the need for an external platform services controller or load balancers. There are several improvements also on the VCHA part (vCenter High Availability).

VMwarevSphere 6.7 now features an HTML5 client for Update Manager and adds innovative technology that saves time during host maintenance operations. For example now VUM it’s finally working in the vSphere Client.

Security was a huge improvements in vSphere 6.5, but here more and more has been added. First of all the virtual TPM but also thefully support for Microsoft Virtualization Based Security.

VMware vSphere with Operations Management 6.7 has some interesting additions in store. From a new plugin for the vSphere Client, to new dashboards, to a brand-new capacity engine, this is the version to upgrade to!

There are a ton of updates and improvements to comb through for the developer and automation side. As part of the vSphere 6.5 release, there is a new set of RESTful based APIs.

VMware vSphere 6.7 introduces new storage and networking features which have a major impact on the performance of enterprise applications – these include support for Persistent Memory (PMEM) and enhanced support for Remote Directory Memory Access (RDMA).