- 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))

- 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))

- 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]

### VMware

- SAML token delegation (required for Zones support in vSphere) is now supported ([#78876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78876), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))
- vSphere SAML token auth is now supported when using Zones ([#75515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75515), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))

### Windows

		poolReadQuorums[i] = data
		poolWriteQuorums[i] = data
		if data == b.StandardSCParity {
			poolWriteQuorums[i] = data + 1
		}
	}

	// Check if disks are healing on in-case of VMware vsphere deployments.
	if opts.Maintenance && opts.DeploymentType == vmware {
		if drivesHealing > 0 {
			healingLogIf(logger.SetReqInfo(ctx, reqInfo), fmt.Errorf("Total drives to be healed %d", drivesHealing))
		}
	}

- 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

- Fix IPv6 addresses lost issue in pure ipv6 vsphere environment ([#86001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86001), [@hubv](https://github.com/hubv)) [SIG Cloud Provider]