All Platform Services Controller services are consolidated into vCenter Server, and deployment and administration are simplified.Īs these services are now part of vCenter Server, they are no longer described as a part of Platform Services Controller. It is no longer necessary nor possible to deploy and use an external Platform Services Controller. The new vCenter Server contains all Platform Services Controller services, preserving the functionality and workflows, including authentication, certificate management, tags, and licensing. What Happened to the Platform Services Controllerīeginning in vSphere 7.0, deploying a new vCenter Server or upgrading to vCenter Server 7.0 requires the use of the vCenter Server appliance, a preconfigured virtual machine optimized for running vCenter Server. The vSphere Security Configuration Guide contains guidelines on security settings that can or should be set by the customer, and security settings delivered by VMware that should be audited by the customer to ensure that they are still set to default. In addition to these documents, VMware publishes the vSphere Security Configuration Guide (formerly known as the Hardening Guide) for each release of vSphere, accessible at.