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VMUG Advantage Group Buy is back!

04.18.2023 by William Lam // 4 Comments

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!?

? vSphere 8.0 Update 1 is now available! The Release Notes will be up shortly, so be patient

?vCenter
? https://t.co/KVRx5f2stQ
? https://t.co/H7hEnuQYlI

?ESXi
? https://t.co/ZN0oZ6kBDG
? https://t.co/imYObEEOz7#vSphere80U1

— William Lam (@lamw.bsky.social | @*protected email*) (@lamw) April 18, 2023

... Especially as the annual VMUG Advantage Group Buy is back again! ?

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Categories // NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation, VSAN, vSphere Tags // VMUG

2022 VMUG Advantage Community Group Buy

06.01.2022 by William Lam // 3 Comments

It is that time of the year again, the event that you all have been waiting for ... the annual VMUG Advantage Community Group Buy! 😀


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 Test Drive
  • 20-35% discounts on VMware training and certification
  • This 15% discount is only offered once a year through this offer
  • Advantage members receive $100 USD VMware Explore Discount (not stackable)
  • Full list of Advantage Benefits: https://www.vmug.com/membership/vmug-advantage-membership

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.

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Categories // Home Lab, vSphere Tags // homelab, VMUG

2021 VMUG Advantage Community Group Buy

04.28.2021 by William Lam // 1 Comment

Last year, I partnered up with the VMware User Group (VMUG) organization and shared with the VMware Community a special VMUG Advantage Homelab Group Buy offering, a first of its kind and it was a huge success! In fact, I still get pinged on a regular basis about the previous group buy and whether there would be another group buy?

Today, I am pleased to announce that both myself and Duncan Epping have teamed up with the VMUG organization to bring to the VMware Community the 2021 VMUG Advantage Group Buy!

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 Suite 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.

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.

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Categories // Home Lab Tags // homelab, VMUG

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