Major focus for SIG VMware for this release is the work on moving internal APIs that the vSphere provider depends upon to staging to guarantee API stability. This work is being done in conjunction with SIG Cloud Provider and includes the creation of a brand new vsphere-csi plugin to replace the current volume functionalities in-tree.

	//
	// Disables the Portworx in-tree driver.
	InTreePluginPortworxUnregister featuregate.Feature = "InTreePluginPortworxUnregister"

	// owner: @divyenpatel
	// alpha: v1.21
	//
	// Disables the vSphere in-tree driver.
	InTreePluginvSphereUnregister featuregate.Feature = "InTreePluginvSphereUnregister"

	// owner: @mimowo
	// kep: https://kep.k8s.io/3850
	// alpha: v1.28
	// beta: v1.29
	//

- 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]

### 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

- 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]

  // persistent volumes at the same time.
  //
  // +optional
  optional EphemeralVolumeSource ephemeral = 29;
}

// Represents a vSphere volume resource.
message VsphereVirtualDiskVolumeSource {
  // volumePath is the path that identifies vSphere volume vmdk
  optional string volumePath = 1;

  // fsType is filesystem type to mount.
  // Must be a filesystem type supported by the host operating system.

	// default is the same as the Pod
	// +optional
	SecretNamespace *string
}

// VsphereVirtualDiskVolumeSource represents a vSphere volume resource.
type VsphereVirtualDiskVolumeSource struct {
	// Path that identifies vSphere volume vmdk
	VolumePath string
	// Filesystem type to mount.
	// Must be a filesystem type supported by the host operating system.

	return map_VolumeSource
}

var map_VsphereVirtualDiskVolumeSource = map[string]string{
	"":                  "Represents a vSphere volume resource.",
	"volumePath":        "volumePath is the path that identifies vSphere volume vmdk",

        },
        "vsphereVolume": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.api.core.v1.VsphereVirtualDiskVolumeSource",
          "description": "VsphereVolume represents a vSphere volume attached and mounted on kubelets host machine"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "io.k8s.api.core.v1.VolumeDevice": {