VMware vCloud Foundation 5.2 Released

VMware by Broadcom has released VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.

Personal note: This i a stepping stone release for the next version, properly version 6.0, where there will be many major changes, including major upgrade of UI.

NOTE July 24th 2024: Before upgrading please read the release notes for know issues and other. There is important information’s in the release notes.

NOTE July 24th 2024: Remember to check for support of VCF 52/vSphere 8.0.3 for Backup and other 3. party integrations.

What’s new:

• Support for Identity Federation with Entra ID
• APIs for Auditing PCI Compliance
• vSAN Max support
• vSAN ESA Stretched Cluster
• VCF Import Tool (for vSphere & vSAN)
• Dual DPU Support
• NSX Advanced Load Balancer Integration with VCF
• Deploying NSX as a Day-N Operation
• Out of Band Changes from vCenter
• ESXi Live Patching
• Flexible Target BOM for Upgrades
• Async Patching with SDDC Manager
• Day N workflows with Embedded Async Patching:
• Asynchronous SDDC Manager Upgrades
• Authenticated Proxy
• Offline Depot
• Isolated Workload Domains Sharing NSX
• Language support

See the full release notes here.