About the vSphere Web Services SDK

The VMware vSphere^® Web Services SDK includes all the components necessary to work with the 
VMware vSphere API, including WSDL files, sample code, and libraries. The 
vSphere Web Services SDK facilitates development of client applications that target the VMware vSphere API. With the vSphere Web Services SDK, developers can create client applications to manage, monitor, and maintain VMware vSphere components, as deployed on VMware^® VMware vSphere^® ESX^®, ESXi™, and VMware^® vCenter™ Server systems.

This vSphere Web Services SDK Developer’s Setup Guide explains how to set up the development environment to create new applications with Java and the Microsoft .NET environment, using the C# programming language. This guide also includes information about running the sample applications included with the vSphere Web Services SDK.