Take 5 with Tom Fenton: My Five Must-See VMware Explore 2025 Sessions
Virtualization, Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Every year, I create a must-see list of VMworld/Explore sessions. These are the sessions that interest me most at the conference. This year looks pretty solid, especially with VMware's big push to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 and the transformational changes we see in AI.
Below are my top five sessions for this year and my thoughts about this year's catalog.
Catalog Overview
Explore 2025 will once again be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas Aug. 25-28, the week before Labor Day. I believe that this is the last year that they are contracted to have the conference at this location, so it will be interesting to see what happens to Explore next year.
This year's catalog includes approximately 200 entries, comprising of a welcome reception, the conference party, a general session, 131 breakout sessions, 28 expert roundtables, 25 quick talks, and 18 tutorials. I will be focusing on the breakout sessions.