VMware Community ResourcesGETTING THE MOST OUT OF FREE COMMUNITY CONTENT

DAN BARR, CENTRAL PA VMUG

VMUGLocal meetings like today’s◦ You’re here, so you already know this!

Regional conferences – “Mini VMworld”◦ Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Potomac

VMware Technology Network (VMTN)https://communities.vmware.com

Dozens of active Forums covering all VMware Products

Community Blogs

#vBrownBaghttp://vbrownbag.com

Weekly live video podcast, recordings on web & iTunes

Many different topics

Community Tech Talks at major conferences◦ VMworld, Cisco Live, OpenStack Summit, etc.

@vBrownBag, #vBrownBag on Twitter

BlogsSo much good content out there, hard to pick just a few to list:◦ Official VMware Blogs: http://blogs.vmware.com

◦ Yellow Bricks (Duncan Epping): http://www.yellow-bricks.com

◦ Virtually Ghetto (William Lam): http://www.virtuallyghetto.com

◦ Wahl Network (Chris Wahl): http://wahlnetwork.com

◦ Planet V12n (VMware-curated index): http://www.vmwareblogs.com/planet

◦ vLaunchPad (Top vBlogs index): http://thevpad.com

PodcastsGreat for a long commute◦ VMware Communities Roundtable

◦ Virtually Speaking Podcast

◦ Speaking in Tech

◦ In Tech We Trust

◦ PowerScripting Podcast (PowerShell, powershell.org)

◦ Packet Pushers (networking, packetpushers.net)

◦ Risky Business (security news)

◦ The Cloudcast (cloud & DevOps, thecloudcast.net)

TwitterYes, Twitter…it’s not all pictures of cats and food! (just SOME of it is that…)

Very active tech communities

How to start:◦ Set your avatar to something other than the egg!

◦ Find interesting people and conversations by searching common hashtags like #VMware, #vSphere, #PowerShell, #vBrownBag, etc.

◦ Follow people using those hashtags

◦ Build your network, engage in conversations – Twitter is fundamentally public, so jump in!

@vDanBarr

@CPAVMUG