See "What's inside VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1" by Florian Grehl at virten.net featuring historical ESX/ESXi graph

Sometimes there's a post that is so perfect as it is that I just have to call it out, hoping to extend the readership of the author's source article. Simple, elegant, and to the point, not exactly my strengths. I therefore present to you, with little words to say other than "read this" and "enjoy"!

• What's inside VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1
  Jul 28 2017 by Florian Grehl at Virten.net, highlights/excerpt:

  vCenter Server 6.5 U1 - What's new

  

  • Upgrade from vCenter 6.0 U3: vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1 supports upgrades and migrations from vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3 and above to vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1.
  • HTML5 Client with 90% feature support: The HTML5-based vSphere Client now can support up to 90% of general workflows.
  • General Support until November 2021: VMware has extended the general support for vSphere 6.5 for a full 5 years. This means that support for vSphere 6.5 will now end November 15, 2021.

See also at TinkerTry

• VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 downloads available (VCSA 6.5 U1 / ESXi 6.5 U1), new vSAN 6.6.1 goodness baked right in
  Jul 27 2017

• How to easily update your VMware vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5.x to 6.5 Update 1 (VCSA 6.5 U1)
  Jul 28 2017

• How to easily update your VMware Hypervisor from 6.5.x to 6.5 Update 1 (ESXi 6.5 U1)
  Jul 28 2017

• vSphere 6.5 Core Storage white paper - one home virtualization lab enthusiast's perspective
  Dec 07 2016

See also

• VMware Product Release Tracker (vTracker)
  by Florian Grehl at Virten.net featuring his famous vTracker RSS Feed.