With the release of vSphere 8.0 Update 1 yesterday, what better way to enhance your VMware Homelab than getting or renewing your VMUG Advantage!?
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... Especially as the annual VMUG Advantage Group Buy is back again! ?
For those not familiar with the VMUG Advantage membership, it provides benefits such as access to training, VMworld discounts but also to EVALExperience, which provides you with 365-days access (non-production usage) to the latest VMware solutions such as vSphere, vSAN, NSX, vRealize, Tanzu and VMware Cloud Foundation. The EVALExperience alone is worth the normal $200 USD membership fee and is certainly one of the cheapest and easiest way to get access to all the latest VMware offerings for homelab and educational purposes.
Here are other benefits of VMUG Advantage:
- Access to VMware TestDrive
- 20-35% Discounts on VMware training and certification
- This 15% discount is only offered a few time during the year, so this is exclusive! They will not see another 15% for a while.
- Advantage members receive $100 USD VMware Explore Discount (not stackable)
- Full list of Advantage Benefits can be found HERE
The table below provides the respective discounts based on the quantity of VMUG Advantage membership purchases. The larger the interests group, the larger the discount.
| Quantity | Discount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1-199 | 12% | $176 |
| 200-299 | 14% | $172 |
| 300+ | 15% | $170 |
| 1000+ | 15% | $170 (chance to win VMUG Advantage swag) |
Note: This is only available for a single year VMUG Advantage membership (net new and renewels)
UPDATE (04/24/23) - The goal of 300 respondents has been reached and folks can apply ADV15OFF to receive 15% off their VMUG Advantage subscription. This promotion is only available until May 3rd, 2023, so you definitely will want to use this code as soon as you can!
Here is the direct link to the group buy interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1laFyb8wmt9X7ZfKj1TS_aBEUVcu74UuARLxvT_Z4gfo/ (survey will be open for 2 weeks, so sign up now!).
Thanks for sharing this, more recently getting involved with vmug (Boise) and been very interested to try advantage, perfect timing!
I also saw this on Duncan's site. I guess I'm a little confused. Is the code sent only after the survey ends? Or does the group buy deal end May 3rd? Would really like to take advantage of this offer. First timer here and don't want to miss the opportunity. I did fill out the form but haven't received anything yet.
We're roughly 51 away from 300 mark which provides 15% off, hopefully that'll be reached in the coming days and then you'll receive the code which you can then apply. The survey ends 2weeks from the date of the blog post, but I've got a feeling we should be able to reach the minimum 300 to get nice 15% discount.
I just got the 15% code in my email after I posted. Thanks!