Introduction
Hello to all readers of the blog about IT Architecture and Learning!
In the previous articles of the “VMware Training and Certification. Year 2025” series, we explored key VMware Authorized Training domains, including Datacenter Virtualization with VMware vSphere 8, software-defined storage with VMware vSAN, and disaster recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager.
In this article, we turn our attention to VMware vSphere 9 Foundation – the next generation of VMware’s core virtualization platform, introducing architectural updates, enhanced operational capabilities, and a revised platform positioning aligned with modern enterprise and hybrid datacenter requirements.
The vSphere 9 Foundation training direction focuses on updated learning paths that reflect changes in platform architecture, lifecycle management, security, performance, and integration with cloud, automation, and platform services. These training programs are designed to help administrators, engineers, and architects transition from previous vSphere versions and effectively adopt the latest platform capabilities.
Why the name change to vSphere 9 Foundation?
The introduction of the “Foundation” designation reflects VMware’s shift toward a more integrated platform approach. Rather than positioning vSphere solely as a hypervisor-centric product, vSphere 9 Foundation emphasizes its role as a foundational layer for modern datacenters, tightly integrated with management, automation, security, and cloud-adjacent services. This change is also reflected in updated training programs and certification paths, which place greater emphasis on platform-level skills rather than isolated component knowledge.
This article will provide an overview of the current VMware vSphere 9 Foundation training programs, their structure, learning objectives, and alignment with VMware certification paths, offering a clear perspective on how vSphere 9 Foundation fits into modern datacenter virtualization strategies.
VMware vSphere 9 Foundation
From a technical perspective, VMware vSphere 9 Foundation introduces significant architectural enhancements to enable more efficient management of large-scale datacenters. Key improvements include support for larger clusters with increased numbers of hosts and virtual machines, enhanced resource scheduling through updated DRS policies, integrated security enhancements at the ESXi kernel level, and improved interoperability with VMware Cloud services. Backup, recovery, and operational automation capabilities are also optimized through tighter integration with vCenter, vSAN, and Site Recovery Manager, allowing IT teams to build highly available, resilient, and scalable enterprise infrastructures.
The main current training programs for vSphere 9 Foundation technologies are:
● VMware vSphere Foundation: Build, Manage, and Operate [V9]
- Course code: VVFBMO9 .
- Duration: 5 days.
- Level of difficulty: Intermediate (L300).
- Target audience: System Administrators, Solution Engineers, Consultants, Architects, and Support Personnel.
- Prerequisites: Working experience and knowledge of VMware vSphere, VMware NSX, and vSAN environments.
This five-day course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in deploying, configuring and managing VMware vSphere Foundation. You will learn about the architecture of vSphere Foundation, compute, storage, networks and licensing.
This course prepares you to administer a vSphere Foundation, which includes VCF Operations 9.0, vCenter 9.0, and ESX 9.0.
Brief Summary
In this article, we reviewed the VMware vSphere 9 Foundation Authorized Training learning domain as part of the “VMware Training and Certification. Year 2025” series. The focus was placed on the updated and technically enhanced training programs designed to help IT professionals adopt the latest vSphere platform capabilities for enterprise and hybrid datacenter environments.
The article highlighted key learning objectives, including platform architecture updates, cluster scalability, advanced resource management with DRS, kernel-level security enhancements, integration with VMware Cloud services, and improved operational automation with vCenter, vSAN, and Site Recovery Manager. Special attention was given to alignment with VMware certification paths, enabling administrators, engineers, and architects to develop practical skills for building resilient, high-performance datacenter infrastructures.
In the next article, the series will focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). The upcoming publication will explore training programs and learning paths dedicated to building fully integrated hybrid cloud platforms, covering converged infrastructure, automated lifecycle management, multi-cloud integration, and alignment with VMware certification tracks.
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Sincerely, AIRRA.
