Hey All,

I hope you all are having a good time and recharging yourself for the new year. I always like to look back and review what I have done in the past year to learn and improve from the experience. We sure had the crazy year 2020.

These are some of the activities I had done in my personal time, which involved contributing to the vCommunity.

The first thing that comes to my mind is the launch of my new blog www.agileops.co.uk and guess what? I posted 29 blog post.

For those of you who know me, would know that I am passionate about sharing knowledge, hence why I started my YouTube Channel back in 2019 https://www.youtube.com/c/ibrahimquraishiagileops grown the subscribers to 3700+ in just over a year.

I found today that I have posted 81 Videos Sessions in 2020, and subscribers growth in 2020 was 2800 subscribers, this is all thanks to the vCommunity.

so a big thanks to all who have subscribed and encouraged me in creating more content.

I become vExpert for the second time 2020, by the way, the applications for vExpert 2021 are open if you wish to apply here is the link: https://vexpert.vmware.com/apply

There are a lot of benefits of becoming vExpert, I have mentioned some here to lure you into applying,

vExpert Program Benefits

• Invite to our private #Slack channel
• vExpert certificate signed by our CEO Pat Gelsinger.
• Private forums on communities.vmware.com.
• Permission to use the vExpert logo on cards, website, etc for one year
• Access to a private directory for networking, etc.
• Exclusive gifts from various VMware partners.
• Private webinars with VMware partners as well as NFRs.
• Access to private betas (subject to admission by beta teams).
• 365-day eval licenses for most products for home lab/cloud providers.
• Private pre-launch briefings via our blogger briefing pre-VMworld (subject to admission by product teams)
• Blogger early access program for vSphere and some other products.
• Featured in a public vExpert online directory.
• Access to vetted VMware & Virtualization content for your social channels.
• Yearly vExpert parties at both VMworld US and VMworld Europe events.
• Identification as a vExpert at both VMworld US and VMworld EU.

If you are thinking about applying for the first time and if you need any help with your application, you can contact me or you can also reach out to any of the vExpert Pro’s for help. https://vexpert.vmware.com/directory/pro

Last year I attended quite a few online events like VMUGs, VMworld and vRetret which were very insightful and I am sure most of you have attended some of theses too.

I was invited as a guest speaker by Kemp Technology for a webinar Unlocking the Modern Application Experience: Fireside Chat with Industry Experts If you missed the session you can see it here it was live on Linkedin or you can watch it on my Channel

Look forward to sharing a lot of new content with you in 2021. Wish you all a happy, safe and prosperous new year.

Hey All just a quick post to say, I wish all a very happy new year 2020.

I am looking forward to bring you new content. I will be completing the final few topic on my YouTube Channel on “VMware for beginners” I have been super busy last Nov and Dec so, I could not commit any time to record the next sessions. However one of my new year resolutions is to commit time to record the next sessions and keep the contact rich with great demos too.

In the past year I have worked hard with my new blog www.agileops.co.uk and this year i am happy to announce that I am going to start curating of content that matters you the most, so dont forgot to subscribe for the newsletter.

As some of you may know I also started my first YouTube channal IbrahimQuraishi I have got a great response from a lot of community members and newbees who are genuinely interested in learning, I know this by the volume of comments and questions. With your support we have 919 subscribers on the channal which is just 6 month old so thank you all.

I have also become vExpert first time and I have attended my 3rd VMworld and the first UKVMUG / UserCon last year. I have met a lot of amazing people who are genuinely interested in sharing the knowledge and experience with others. and some of them has suggested quite good ideas to take home.

I would like to thank all and wish a happy and prosperous year 2020!