vSphere Client/ vSphere Web Client Certification Program

Overview

• Goal: To provide customers a single location (VMware Solution Exchange) to discover certified Client plug-ins

• Offerings: Certification services to partners on supported use cases and listings on VMware Solution Exchange (VSX) and VMware Compatibility Guide

• Target: All partners

Benefits

• VMware Ready branding for certified plug-ins

• Single source for VMware certified plug-ins

• Customer Visibility through VSX and vCenter pages and joint marketing

• Included in the SDDC Integration Program

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Five Reasons for Partners to Certify Plug-ins:

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Certification applicable starting with vSphere 6.5

and later

Ensure better

end-user

experience

Plug-ins don’t

adversely

impact vCenter

Customers

receive support

from VMware

Global Services

for certified

plug-ins

Value-added

services from

Plug-in Partner

Team (e.g.

Partner

Intelligence,

GTM, etc.)

Ensure

adoption of

Plug-in best

practices

Four Easy Steps to Certify Web Client Plug-in via VMware Developer Center

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Provide Test Results to VMware

CertificationJoin SDDC

Integration

Program

Web Client/ vSphere Client SDK

Access to certification

Install Workbench, fill questionnaire and run manual tests

Open SR and submit results. Receive signed plug-in from VMware on successful PASS

List on VMware Compatibility Guide (vCG) and VMware Solutions Exchange

2 3 4Build Plug-in

VMware {code}- https://code.vmware.com/home

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Program Requirements

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TAP Elite/Global

membership

TSANet

enrollment

Fees Legal

agreements

Recertification:

Typically at every

major release

* TAP Elite Fee

* SDDC Integration Program Fee

* Certification submission and review

* Certification support

* Platform Extensibility Program Agreement

* SDDC Integration Program Addendum

* Partner Plug-in changes

* vSphere changes

* API changes

* Support / Escalation contacts and process

* Become a Vmwaretechnology Alliance Partner

Certification Suite Overview

• The certification has two components: 1) Manual tests 2) Questionnaire

Please note: VMware will not host/distribute Partner Software

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Manual tests Questionnaire

Deployment - vCSA (mandatory) and vCenter

Windows (optional)

Basic information

Technology - Flex and/or HTML5 Plug-in size and deployment

Basic - Installation/Uninstallation Design and architecture

Functional Verification - Storage, VM Operation,

Administration, vApp, Cluster Operation, Host Profile,

Networking, Content Library

Scalability and Performance

Performance & Scalability - CPU and memory Testing

User Experience

VMware Compatibility GuideDefinitive Source for VMware-ready Plug-ins

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Plug-ins in VMware Solutions Exchange

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Useful Links

• https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-html5-web-client - HTML Client and SDK FLING

• http://developercenter.vmware.com/web/dp/program/sddc-integration - SDDC Integration

• https://code.vmware.com/vmware-ready-programs/management/vsphere-certification-program -vSphere Client/ Web Client Program Page

• http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/en_US/pd/productID.283500200 - Certification Submission Fee

• http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/en_US/pd/productID.283466100 - Certification Support Fee

• https://code.vmware.com/web/sdk/65/web-client - SDK

• https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/vsphere/web-client-plug-in - VSX

• http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php - VCG

• Follow us on Twitter: @VMwarevSphere

• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Link: VMware vSphere

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VMware {code} – Click on Programs

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Select SDDC Integration (Web Client certification is part of SDDC Integration

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Click on “Join SDDC Program”

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Fill out required information

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Once Program requirements in slide 4 are complete, you will have access to cert page

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