Summary

In this chapter, we discussed vSphere APIs and how we can utilize those APIs through PowerCLI to achieve tasks for which there are no direct cmdlets. It is an amazing tool and needs further exploration to achieve tasks which are not possible in the normal way.

In the next chapter, we will discuss REST APIs and how we can utilize them to achieve different tasks in the VMware environment, specifically in vRealize Automation environments.

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