Current (Virtual) Events and Webinars

• Tanzu Connect Partner Webinar Series:  Every Wednesday 8am PT – https://tanzu.vmware.com/tanzu-connect-webinar-series
• SpringOne 2020 – Cloud Native Architecture: Sept 2-3, 2020 – https://springone.io/2020/schedule
• VMworld 2020 – The premier VMware conference: Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2020 – https://www.vmworld.com/en/tracks/App-Modernization.html
• SpringOne Virtual Conference: September 2-3, 2020 – https://springone.io/
• Tanzu Webinars Calendar:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/webinars

General Information

• Tanzu Portfolio:  https://tanzu.vmware.com
• Tanzu Blog:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/blog
• Tanzu Developer Portal:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/
• VMware Cloud Native Blog:  https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudnative/
• Tanzu Intersect for Execs:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/intersect
• Partners from Pivotal to Tanzu:  https://partners.pivotal.io/prm/English/c/Partners-Move-To-Tanzu
• Tanzu Public Resources:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/content-library
• Paid Tanzu Education and Certifications:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/education

Subscriptions and Streams

• Register for the Tanzu Newsletter:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/newsletter-subscription
• Tanzu Webinars Calendar:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/webinars
• VMware Cloud Native Channel on BrightTalk:  https://www.brighttalk.com/channel/14883/
• Tanzu Tuesdays Live Stream (Tuesdays):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAdzTan_eSPTFHMJ1JeRHIrfk__DSfv8f
• TGIKubernetes Live Stream (Fridays):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7bmigfV0EqQzxcNpmcdTJ9eFRPBe-iZa

Tanzu Self Paced Learning and Labs

• VMware Cloud Native Master Specialist Certification: https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification/vmware-ms-cloud-native-exam-2019.html
• Kube Academy:  https://kube.academy/
• Modern Apps Ninja Courses:  https://www.modernapps.ninja/courses
• Tanzu Developer Guide:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/
• Modern Applications Solutions Online Book:  https://tanzu-solutions.gitbook.io/cloud-native-solutions/
• Tanzu Technical Resources:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/technical-resources

VMware Cloud Native Master Specialist Certification

• Certification landing page:  https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification/vmware-ms-cloud-native-exam-2019.html
• Study material for prerequisite CKA Exam:
• How I passed CKA:  https://medium.com/platformer-blog/how-i-passed-the-cka-certified-kubernetes-administrator-exam-8943aa24d71d
• CKA practice questions:  https://gist.github.com/texasdave2/8f4ce19a467180b6e3a02d7be0c765e7
• CKAD practice questions: https://medium.com/bb-tutorials-and-thoughts/practice-enough-with-these-questions-for-the-ckad-exam-2f42d1228552

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Products

• VMware Lifecycle Matrix:  https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/product-lifecycle-matrix.pdf
• Tanzu Portfolio Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/
• Tanzu Portfolio Documentation:  https://docs.pivotal.io/index.html

Spring Runtime

• Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/spring-app-framework
• Free Trial
• Spring 101
• What Spring Framework really about (for java devs) – https://youtu.be/gq4S-ovWVlM
• Spring Cloud on Kubernetes (technical demo) – https://youtu.be/pYpruogcb6w
• Spring Initializr – web page to generate Spring classes – https://start.spring.io/

Tanzu Application Service

• Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/application-service
• Product Documentation:  https://docs.pivotal.io/platform/application-service/2-9/overview/intro.html
• Free Trial

Tanzu Build Service

• Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/build-service
• Product Documentation:  https://docs.pivotal.io/build-service
• Youtube Demo:  https://youtu.be/7QI-pDCSReM

Tanzu Application Catalog

• Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/application-catalog
• Product Documentation:  https://docs.bitnami.com/tanzu-application-catalog
• Video Overview of Tanzu Application Catalog (TAC): https://youtu.be/PRd3_2TyFbQ
• Getting Started with Tanzu Application Catalog https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/getting-started-with-tanzu-application-catalog

vSphere7 with Kubernetes

• Product Pages:  https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere.html
• Product Documentation:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vmware-vsphere-with-kubernetes/GUID-152BE7D2-E227-4DAA-B527-557B564D9718.html
• VMware Hands on Lab: vSphere with Tanzu https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/7811
• Solution Brief (10 pages): https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vsphere/vmw-vsphere7-solution-brochure.pdf
• Blog Post on VCF 4.0 and TKG:  https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2020/03/10/delivering-kubernetes-at-cloud-scale-with-vmware-cloud-foundation-4/

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

• Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/kubernetes-grid
• Software Download:  https://www.vmware.com/go/get-tkg
• Product Documentation:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Kubernetes-Grid/index.html
• TKG Solution Brief:  https://d1fto35gcfffzn.cloudfront.net/tanzu/tkg/TKG-Solution-Overview.pdf
• VMware Hands on Lab:  vSphere7 with Kubernetes – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6877
• VMware Hands on Lab:  Managing and Extending Kubernetes – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6817
• Excellent Youtube Demo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMb3eqV7cU8
• Demo OVA for your Lab:  https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2020/05/tanzu-kubernetes-grid-tkg-demo-appliance-for-vmc-and-vsphere.html

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (VMware Enterprise PKS)

• Product Documentation:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Enterprise-PKS/1.7/vmware-enterprise-pks-17/GUID-index.html
• VMware Hands on Lab:  https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6633

Tanzu Mission Control

• Product Pages:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/mission-control
• Product Documentation:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Mission-Control/index.html
• Youtube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAdzTan_eSPT4Kik5q7VDjY98kIW24ov2
• Webinar:  May 12, 2020 Closer look at TMC – https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/webinars/may-12-a-closer-look-at-tanzu-mission-control-a-multi-cluster-k8s-management-platform
• VMware Hands on Lab:  https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/catalog/1792

Back to Basics with Kubernetes

• Containers and Kubernetes 101: https://youtu.be/gFozhTXOx18
• Common questions:   https://youtu.be/3PLq2vTIjVE
• The reality of DIY Kubernetes vs. PKS – https://youtu.be/AVYivzjqvTo
• One cluster or many: https://youtu.be/a1ORgUtOeis
• Kubernetes networking:  https://youtu.be/WwQ62OyCNz4
• Kubernetes clusters locally:  Kind and Minikube.  Webinar discussion on setting up your workstation