Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In a recent VMware community blog post a new VMware Host Client Beta was announced. However one of the standout pieces of information in the blog was the new beta client is a "desktop application"! Are we going back to the days of the old vSphere Client written in C#? We take a quick look at this news and what it may mean.

Official VMware community blog: blogs.vmware.com/code/2024/04/05/the-beta-release-of-the-new-vmware-host-client-is-available

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Introduction - 0:00
Covering the community post on the new beta client - 1:00
Downsides of the current host client - 1:53
Talking about the current features of the beta version - 2:22
Is this a step forward? 3:20
This is the future direction - 3:56
The new client is an Electron-based application - 4:30
Convenience of the web client currently in VMware ESXi - 4:56
A pain when you need tools for management - 5:30
Let me know your thoughts on the new VMware Host client beta - 5:52

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