# VMware vSphere Automation SDK .NET - README |
The vSphere Automation SDK for .NET enables programmatic access to vSphere. It includes .NET libraries for accessing features like Content Library, Tagging, Appliance Management and Virtual Machine Configuration and Operations. It contains samples for the features mentioned above as well as samples to demonstrate how to interoperate with vSphere Web Services APIs. For more information about the vSphere Web Services APIs and samples, please refer to vSphere Management SDK. This README contains the following topics: Intended Audience Prerequisites System Requirements What’s in the SDK Package? VMware Resources ## Intended Audience This SDK is intended for the following audiences: Developers who want to write new application(s) for vSphere 6.5. Developers migrating an existing vSphere application to use new features of vSphere 6.5. ## Prerequisites For exercising the samples included in this SDK, you need a vSphere 6.5 deployment. Refer to vSphere product documentation for more information and specific installation and deployment options. ## System Requirements vSphere Automation SDK .NET 6.5 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or newer. ## What’s in the SDK Package? The vSphere Automation SDK .NET contains the following components: .NET libraries and API reference documentation only for the new features WSDL for lookup service API (required for Service Registration and Discovery). Samples for new features and services which also demonstrate how to interoperate new APIs with vSphere Web Services APIs. The following table contains a brief description of the directory structure of the vSphere Automation SDK .NET (under the SDK root directory VMware-vSphere-Automation-SDK-.NET):
Directory | Contents | Documentation
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| End User License Agreement (EULA), License file, and this HTML README file. |
docs | API reference documentation and resource files such as images and CSS files. |
client | Client libraries, and samples. | Client SDK README
## VMware Resources Developer Center VMware Developer Community For released product information, including known issues, see the vSphere Automation SDK Documentation page. Be sure to read the Release Notes for the most recent information.
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