For years, the SDDC Manager GUI  was the undisputed heart of VMware Cloud Foundation operations. If you needed to rotate a service account or update an admin credential, Security > Password Management was your destination. With the arrival of VCF 9 , that paradigm has shifted. As part of a broader move toward a "unified cloud console," password management has migrated into VCF Operations . This isn't just a UI facelift—it’s a move toward a centralized "Fleet Management" model

🚀 Introduction With VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 , VMware introduced a modernized approach to managing multiple vCenter Servers  — the vCenter Group . If you’ve been managing VCF environments prior to version 9, you’re probably familiar with Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM)  — the mechanism that allowed multiple vCenter Servers to share a common Single Sign-On (SSO) domain  for unified visibility and management. However, as environments scaled and lifecycle complexity increased