- VSphere releases less than 7.0u2 are deprecated as of v1.24. Please consider upgrading vSphere to 7.0u2 or above. vSphere CSI Driver requires minimum vSphere 7.0u2.

  General Support for vSphere 6.7 will end on October 15, 2022. vSphere 6.7 Update 3 is deprecated in Kubernetes v1.24.  Customers are recommended to upgrade vSphere (both ESXi and vCenter) to 7.0u2 or above.  vSphere CSI Driver 2.2.3 and higher supports CSI Migration.

- Unlocked the `CSIMigrationvSphere` feature gate.
  The change allow users to continue using the in-tree vSphere driver,pending a vSphere
  CSI driver release that has with GA support for Windows, XFS, and raw block access. ([#116342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116342), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]

* vSphere cloud provider: vSphere cloud provider code refactoring ([#49164](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49164), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

- The in-tree cloud provider for vSphere has been deprecated and removed. Users are advised to utilize the external cloud provider and CSI driver available at https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-vsphere. ([#122937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122937), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- VSphere releases less than 7.0u2 are not supported for in-tree vSphere volume  as of Kubernetes v1.25. Please consider upgrading vSphere (both ESXi and vCenter)  to 7.0u2 or above. ([#111255](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111255), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))

- Unlocked the `CSIMigrationvSphere` feature gate. The change allow users to continue using the in-tree vSphere driver,pending a vSphere CSI driver release that has with GA support for Windows, XFS, and raw block access. ([#116396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116396), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixed migration of in-tree vSphere volumes to the CSI driver. ([#122341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122341), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Storage]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate is unknown (x509.UnknownAuthorityError)
  - The requested name does not match the set of authorized names (x509.HostnameError)

- Adds support for vSphere volumes on Windows ([#80911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80911), [@gab-satchi](https://github.com/gab-satchi))

## API Changes