vCloud Director v9.0 brings with it a number of new enhancements in addition to the multisite capabilities discussed in this document, such as the new HTML5 UI and support for the NSX distributed logical router. There are prerequisites required to take advantage of the multisite capabilities which must be addressed before an upgrade or greenfield deployment of v9.0. Consider them as part of the larger picture of customer and provider value that can be realized through upgrading to the latest release.

If a deployment or upgrade is technically possible (check the product release notes, upgrade documents, the VMware product interoperability matrix, and consider any external dependencies), you do not need to have a fully fleshed-out availability zone model with bespoke per-tenant intelligent DNS load balancing access before the other benefits of the latest release can be realized. Multisite access can be enabled in most existing deployments (subject to network connectivity and security considerations), offering simplified user access across their estate. Together with the other new features in this release, the benefits to Cloud Service Providers and their customers make the move to vCloud Director v9.0 a compelling proposition.