VMware has recently announced the immediate discontinuation of the free version of vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x). This decision comes as a result of VMware’s recent cancellation of the perpetual licensing model. The current owner of VMware, Broadcom, has stated that the decision to discontinue the free version of ESXi will have an immediate impact.
The free version of ESXi offers limited hardware specifications, such as the number of cores and amount of memory, and has certain management features removed. As a result, it is more commonly used for testing purposes, although some small organizations do utilize it.
TLDR: VMware has announced the discontinuation of the free version of vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x) due to their shift away from perpetual licensing. This version offers limited hardware specifications and is primarily used for testing purposes.
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