

The vSphere Client will be the primary GUI administration tool for vSphere environments starting in the next release. You will not be left with an incomplete toolset! By the time the vSphere Web Client is deprecated, the vSphere Client will be full featured but with significantly better responsiveness and usability. With each iteration of the vSphere Client additional improvements and functionality are being added. With the recently released vSphere 6.5 Update 1, the vSphere Client got even better and is now able to support most of the frequently performed operations. “If VMware can hold its various teams to the high standard set by the, it should have nothing to worry about for years to come.” “Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank … for creating this interface, my god it is nice to use :-)” Since its introduction, the vSphere Client has received overwhelmingly positive responses from the vSphere community and customer base. The vSphere Client was introduced first in the Fling, then supported with vSphere 6.5 and has now been in customer hands for 1.5 years and production tested for over 9 months. The HTML5-based vSphere Client is that worthy successor. It has always been VMware’s intention to eventually replace the vSphere Web Client with a modern GUI administration tool. Additionally, Adobe has recently announced plans to deprecate Flash. However, with the vSphere Web Client, customers were frustrated because it was based on Flash technology that resulted in less than ideal performance and constant update requirements. VMware is constantly striving to make these tools performant and easy to use. The vSphere GUIs, including the vSphere Web Client and HTML5-based vSphere Client, are tools that are used every day by IT to manage the operation of their virtual data center. The next version of vSphere will be the terminal release for which vSphere Web Client will be available. VMware plans to deprecate the Flash-based vSphere Web Client with the next numbered release (not update release) of vSphere.
