The May 9 - 11 infrastructure upgrade completed successfully. There is one outstanding issue and one usability improvement.

Outstanding Issue: Prior to the upgrade, login was required only once every 30 days as long as you didn't delete your VMware cookies. Following the upgrade, session timeout is 60 minutes, meaning you need to log in again after 60 minutes. We are working to restore the original functionality, but in the meantime it will be necessary to log in more frequently.

Usability Improvement: On your profile screen, e.g. http://communities.vmware.com/people/<your_username>, you can now update your VMware Store profile as well as your VMware Communities profile. Prior to the upgrade, you could only update your VMware Communities profile.

If you click "Edit Communities Profile" in the Actions box, you can edit the fields that show up in your VMware Communities profile, including your name, the email where watches are sent, and your signature.

If you click "Edit VMware profile / Change password" in the Actions box, you can edit your VMware Store profile. This is new, and should make it easier to maintain your VMware Store profile. Also new: you may now change the email address in your VMware Store profile.



One thing to note: The email address in your Communities profile and the email address in your VMware Store profiles can be changed independently of each other:

• + The email address in your Communities profile is where emails generated by VMware Communities watches (e.g. when you click "Receive email notifications" on a thread) are sent.
• + The email address in your VMware Store profile is your VMware Store login name. If you update this email address, you will need to use the updated email address the next time you log in.