Tanzu What’s New - Nov 10, 2023 Edition

Exciting updates from VMware to level up your software development skills! TAP 1.7.0 brings game-changing features and a new blog. Don't miss the must-read article on the Garden health check process. Plus, advanced AI capabilities like Spring AI and Gemfire Vector Database will elevate your coding. Check out videos and blogs showcasing improved user experience and customization options. Also, find out why the Spring Boot 3 upgrade is crucial in our upcoming webinar. Couldn't make it to VMware Explorer in Barcelona? Catch up with our video library. Don't wait – upgrade your development game with VMware now!

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Check out Tanzu Product releases for this week with release notes and relevant links for more information.

Check out the troubleshooting Tips and Resolutions on various Tanzu Products. This section is a great resource for you to bookmark and quickly prevent issues before pushing applications to Production.

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS)
Dynamic Application Security Groups not being enforced  - A rare bug has been discovered in relation to Dynamic Application Security Groups (ASG) enforcement in Tanzu Application Service (TAS). Check the article for details on this issue and resolution details.

Functionality of the Garden healthcheck process  - Garden Health Checker process functionality was designed to ensure that the critical process was always up and running. This is a bookmark worthy article to know inside and out about this process and details.

Operations Manager (OpsMan)
The smoke test errand failed while Healthwatch install - It appears the issue is caused by grafana cert being signed by the opsman root CA and since the opsman root CA isn’t deployed as trusted, some components may not have it in their trust store. Check the article for fix details. 

VMware vSphere 8.0 with Tanzu
Calico node reports unauthorized error after token expires, if TKR < 1.24 (95457) - Calico version 3.19, by default doesn’t have the CALICO_MANAGE_CNI variable set, so it won’t automatically refresh the token once the token used for Calico expires. Check the article for resolution and workaround details.
VMware Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
VMware Tanzu Spring Runtime Now Included with Tanzu Application Platform - (Blog) Michele S and Denise M This integration intends to simplify development, enhance security, and provide a wealth of enterprise features—all within a single, cohesive environment. 

New in Tanzu Application Platform 1.7: Boosted Developer Experience and DORA Performance Metrics - (Blog) Denise M Tanzu Application Platform 1.7, available now, aims to enhance developer and platform engineering team experiences, and promote faster, more secure paths to production. Check Product New release section on 1.7.0 release updates.

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS)
Announcing the Beta Program for AI for Tanzu Application Service -  (Blog) Mia V and Nick K We’re excited to share how these latest capabilities can open up the world of AI for developers and platform engineers to build and run applications on top of Tanzu Application Service.  

Explore Spring AI and Tanzu Application Service - (Video) Nick K This video demonstrates how developers can quickly deploy generative AI applications using VMware Tanzu Application Service, VMware Postgres for Tanzu Application Service, and Spring AI.

VMware Tanzu Application Service 5.0 Improves Application Operations and Platform Engineering  (Blog) Mia V and Nick K Tanzu Application Service 5.0 delivers features that continue to enhance the developer experience and can improve platform engineering. Check Product New release section on 5.0 release updates.

Introducing VMware Postgres for Tanzu Application Service -  (Blog) Nick K Pleased to announce the launch of VMware Postgres for VMware Tanzu Application Service. This solution enables platform engineers to expand their existing Tanzu Application Service marketplace offerings with the popular database platform so developers can easily spin up Postgres databases on demand.

Spring
Spring AI Empowers Java Developers in the AI Landscape - (Blog) Mark P If you have been developing applications with the Spring Framework and Java, Spring AI is your seamless transition to the AI world.

VMware Data Solutions
VMware Tanzu GemFire
Introducing VMware Tanzu GemFire Vector Database: An Advantage in Generative AI - (Blog) Arnab B and Charlie B VMware Tanzu GemFire is renowned for its capabilities as a top-tier, extremely performant, and consistent in-memory database, making it an ideal choice for powering GenAI projects.

VMware Tanzu GreenPlum
VMware Tanzu Greenplum 7: Better Management - (Video) VMware Tanzu Greenplum 7 provides a lot of features and enhancements aimed at improving the user experience—everything from the improved management and handling of statistics to the on-the-fly, non-disruptive optimization of storage and performance. 

VMware Tanzu Greenplum 7: Better Performance - (Video) A massively parallel processing (MPP) analytics platform with blazing performance just got faster! Watch the video to find out how.

Tanzu Mission Control  (TMC)
FinOps for Kubernetes in Multi-cloud, Multi-cluster Environments with Tanzu Mission Control - (Blog) Nipun A, Carol P and Corey D We are glad to announce that VMware is working to enhance its Kubernetes FinOps capabilities by bringing cost visibility to multi-cloud, multi-cluster environments with a new integration between VMware Tanzu CloudHealth and VMware Tanzu Mission Control. 

Manage Kubernetes and Sovereign Data Needs with Tanzu Mission Control - (Blog) Carol P, Corey D and Joe M Since the launch of our self-managed solution for VMware Tanzu Mission Control, we have seen increasing interest from regulated industries and customers with highly distributed infrastructure that need to meet their specific security and compliance needs, or better manage their large environments.

Overview of Quota Policy in Tanzu Mission Control and Why It's Important  - (Video) Corey D VMware Tanzu Mission Control offers quota policies out-of-the-box to prevent those issues and safeguard your Kubernetes environments. See how it works. 

Tanzu Application Catalog
Customize Open Source Applications to Meet Enterprise Policies with VMware Tanzu Application Catalog - (Blog) Bob W and Brad B With this new capability “user-defined application customization”, you can add application-specific pre- and post-build scripts into the Tanzu Application Catalog build process so your artifacts meet requirements such as installing certificates, adding plug-ins, or removing libraries or components from each container image. 

VMware Explore 2023 Barcelona - Recordings Replay
VMware Explore 2023  Barcelona - November 6 - 9, 2023  was a grand success!!!
VMware Explore Video Library  - View unique, on-demand technical sessions and on-site session recordings from VMware Explore.

VMware Tanzu Takes Center Stage for AI and ML at VMware Explore 2023 in Barcelona - (Blog) Justin S and Art F At VMware Explore, the VMware Tanzu team is unveiling groundbreaking offerings for developers, making product development with AI functionality more user-friendly, scalable, and intuitive innovations.
Upcoming Events and Webinars sorted in Date order below for your convenience with relevant links and information for you to not miss these key happenings. 

Spring Boot - Should not Miss!!!
Nov 16th - Support for SpringBoot 2.7 is Ending - Don’t miss this Upcoming webinar to hear about why Upgrading to Spring Boot 3 is more than a necessity: it's an opportunity! 
November 16th, 2023 @ 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST & November 16th, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
Agenda Here

VMware Data Solutions
Nov 15 - Generating Alpha through AI: Leveraging Greenplum’s Generative AI capabilities - Join us for an insightful session and Discover how Greenplum’s newest capabilities in AI, machine learning, and Generative AI can drive tangible business value by enabling more accurate forecasts, nuanced insights, and accelerated decision-making. 

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS)
Nov 16 - What’s new with VMware Tanzu Application Service (TAS) 5.0 - Join us Tune into this webinar to get a technical deep dive into the latest features in VMware Tanzu Application Service 5.0! We will discuss the top features that will enhance the developer and platform engineering experience for Tanzu Application Service 5.0 

VMware Tanzu
Nov 14 - Accelerating Business Agility with VMware Tanzu: Unifying Application and Operations Platform Control Plane Services - Join us to learn what businesses are looking for to sustain and grow their digital business and how VMware Tanzu is unifying application and operations platform control plane services to drive business agility and accelerate the ability to develop, operate, and optimize any app on any cloud, at scale. 

VMware Tanzu Application Catalog
Nov 28 - VMware Application Catalog: Mitigating Open Source Software Supply Chain Risks - Join this webinar to learn how you can use VMware Application Catalog, the enterprise edition of Bitnami Application Catalog to Procure open source software, Security and compliance postures
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