We are currently also discussing a follow-up. I can’t say much about it though as it is in very early stages. It will not be a revision of the QSG though, it will be a complete new book and focused on the next version of vSphere! That’s about all I can say at this point in time. No release date, no ToC, no Title… stay tuned!

We are also currently discussing a PDF version of the book…. more soon!

Now let’s start working on the follow up, believe me it is going to be even better! If you have any tips though please let us know… (Yes the font will be slightly bigger next time.)

So what is the vSphere Quick Start Guide? 256 Pages of tips and hints on how to get around with vCenter, the Service Console and Powershell. Or as Amazon describes it: “vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide continues from an idea started several years ago by a few engineers. The idea was simple, provide an easy to use reference guide for all level administrators, consultants and architects. Recently VMware introduced many new features in vSphere 4.0 and with this handy pocket guide you will learn about each of these new features. With each chapter, the pages in this essential guide will answer common questions while giving you unprecedented insight into: Expert tips & tricks Pitfalls to avoid RemoteCLI & PowerCLI (PowerShell) scripts Configuration how to’s Virtualization best practices.”

Just to make it absolutely clear, although Alan Renouf is not mentioned on Amazon he is one of the six Authors and responsible for all Powershell scripts included in the book. For some weird reason Amazon does not take more than 5 authors and Alan got cut off but we are working on getting Alan listed as we speak.

For those who were not able to pick one up please be patient. I will inform you about the official release date soon.

I also have good news. Vizioncore will have a limited amount of preview copies of the book available during VMworld to give away! If you would like to have one visit their booth!

Source: The proof is in!

The first copy of our new book, vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide, has arrived! I’m very excited about the work everyone has done. It’s been a pretty rough ride at times, but it’s worth it in the end to see your name in print. I’m looking forward to getting a few copies for VMworld 2009!

Great work Duncan, Dave, Stu, Alan & Bernie!

This is when the idea of a book series was born, which I for obvious reasons did not share with the twitter community. This book, and hopefully the rest of the following books, is written by six well known VMware community members. I don’t think they need further introduction so here are there names: Bernie Baker(thanks Chad for the tip), Thomas Bryant III, Stu Radnidge, Dave Mishchenko, Alan Renouf and myself of course.

The original idea was to publish a series of short topics, deep-dives, with each book limited to 150 pages, pocket size, sold at a minimum price and completely “diy”. For those unfamiliar with the term “diy” it means “do it yourself”. In other words we do not have a publisher helping us or funding it. We also don’t have a marketing budget, so we are relying on you guys to spread the word and we will be relying on Lulu.com for distributing/selling it.

When we started outlining our first book Ron Oglesby gave us the opportunity to rewrite the Quick Start Guide he and his team at RapidApp published in March 2007. We all agreed that this would be a good start of the series. Thanks again Ron! Of course this book will exceed the limit we agreed on of 150 pages, but it is worth it. We hope to get it done before VMworld and bring a couple of copies to VMworld but the clock is ticking fast and we are not there yet. We will keep you informed!

I just hope we can get all you guys as excited about new technology and VMware products in general as we are!