If following the posts in order, this guide should help you setup vRealize Automation 7 from start to finish. This is a getting started guide that will hopefully get you on the right path, answer any questions you might have, and give you tips on deploying your own cloud management portal.

If you’re looking for a getting started video, check out this Pluralsight course for a quick leg up on vRA 7.

And if you’re looking for a bit more focused detail on using vRA 7, there is also a course for extending the basic capabilities of vRA 7 also from Pluralsight.

vRealize Automation 7 Official Links

Release Notes – http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vra/vrealize-automation-70-release-notes.html

Support Matrix – https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vrealize-automation-70-support-matrix.pdf

VMware Documentation – http://pubs.vmware.com/vra-70/index.jsp

VRealize Automation Load Balancing Configuration Guide – http://pubs.vmware.com/vra-70/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vrealize-automation-70-load-balancing.pdf

Download vRealize Automation 7 from the VMware site – https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vrealize_automation/7_0

vRealize Automation SDK 7.0 – https://developercenter.vmware.com/web/sdk/7.0.0/vrealize-automation

VMware vRealize Automation Cloud Client – https://developercenter.vmware.com/tool/cloudclient/4.0.0

Unofficial Blogs that focus on vRealize Automation

virtualjad.com – Jad El-Zein (Author)

grantorchard.com – Grant Orchard (Author)

vmtocloud.com – Ryan Kelly (Author)

open902.com – Mike Rudloff

Helpful Places for utilities related to vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation

Download the vRA / vCAC Icon Pack here: http://www.vmtocloud.com/vravcac-icon-pack/

The list below are people to follow on twitter for more vRealize Automation related goodies

Jad El-Zein – @virtualjad

Grant Orchard – @grantorchard

VMware Cloud Mgmt – @vmwarecloudmgmt

Yves Sandfort – @yvessandfort

Ryan Kelly – @vmtocloud

Mike Rudloff – @michael_rudloff