VMware Explore EMEA Network & Security Sessions 2023

Oct 6

VMware Explore will taken place in Barcelona from 6th to 9th of November 2023. I provide recommendations within this blog post about some technical sessions related to Network & Security topics for the Explore event in Europe. I have excluded certifications and Hands-on-Labs sessions from my list. I have focused on none 100 level sessions, only in case of new topics I have done some exceptions.

Pricing

A full event pass for VMware Explore costs $1,575 for the EMEA event. The full event pass has following advantages:

Full Event passes provide the following benefits:

Four days of sessions including the general session, solution keynotes, breakout sessions, roundtables and more, with content tailored to both the business and technical audience
Destinations, lounges and activities such as The Expo and VMware Hands-on Labs
Focused programming for SpringOne, Partner* and TAM* audiences (These programs will have restricted access.)
Admittance to official VMware Explore evening events: Welcome Reception, Hall Crawl and The Party
Exclusive VMware Explore swag
Attendee meals (Tuesday through Thursday)

Your full event pass purchase also allows you to add on VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) certification exam vouchers during registration at a 50 percent discount (exams must be taken onsite during VMware Explore Las Vegas).

VMware Explore Session Recommendations

Now I come to my session recommendations which are based on my experience and some very good known speakers from the last years and about topics which I am interested from Network and Security point of view. But first I have to say that every VMware Explore session is worth to join and customers, partners and VMware employees have taken much efforts to prepare some very good content. I am also very proud that I deliver the first time a breakout session myself with my customer BWI and Simer Singh from DPU Engineering [VIB1815BCN]. Thus you will find this session on my recommendation list as well:-)

For me the VMware Explore sessions are the most important source to get technical updates, innovation and training. All sessions can be also watched after VMware Explore. Some hints to the session ID`s, the letter in bracket like NSCB2088LV stands for NSC = Network & Security and B = Breakout Session. BCN indicated that it is a Barcelona session. Sometimes you see also an letter D behind BCN, this means that it is not a in person session, D stands for distributed.

Network & Security Solution Key Note

Security Sessions

NSX Sessions - Infrastructure related

NSX Sessions - Operation and Monitoring related

DPU (SmartNICs)

NSX Sessions - Advanced Load Balancer (AVI) related

SD-WAN and SASE

NSX Customer Stories

Summary

There are a lot interesting VMware Explore sessions, also for many other topics like AI, Multicloud, Edge, Container, End User Computing, vSphere, etc.

Feel free to add comments below if you see other mandatory sessions within the Network & Security area. I wish you a lot of Fun at VMware Explore 2023 and looking forward to see you in person!

Joerg Roesch

Joerg is working as a Lead Solution Engineer at VMware. His focus is Network & Security for Multi Cloud architectures.