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VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 8 Licensing Resources

Posted on January 15, 2026

To move your VCF 9 deployment forward you should consider applying a license. For Home Labs I suggest using the vExpert and VMUG Advantage programs. As a VMware employee I am ineligible for vExpert/VMUG Licensing. This means I can only recommend reading the URLs provided below and apply them to your environment as you see fit.

REF: (** = Highly recommended)

• Licensing in VCF 9
  • ** Licensing in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (Blog)
  • VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Licensing (Tech Docs)
• VMUG Licensing
  • ** VMUG Advantage Home Lab License Guide (Blog – With updates)
  • ** VCF9 Licenses and Tokens are here for VMUG Advantage Members (Video)
  • VMUG Advantage by William Lam (Blog)
  • VMUG Advantage Home Lab License Guide (Blog)
• vExpert
  • vExpert Home Page (Webpage)