https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Guest-SDK-Discussions/Please-delete-me/m-p/2905218#M565 <P>Please delete, wrong topic.</P><P>Thanks,<BR />Christian</P><P><STRIKE>Is there a long term (next 5 years) plan to deprecate the SOAP API (vSphere Web Services API) in future vCenter/ESXi versions?</STRIKE><BR /><STRIKE>So if I have a new project, do I rather go straight to the REST API or can I confidently build on the latest SOAP API?</STRIKE></P><P><STRIKE>In addition, in the medium term (next 2 years), will the oldest supported SOAP version 4.0 (declared in SOAPAction, listed in ...vimServiceVersions.xml) no longer be supported? The question arises whether an old project/code (which uses SOAP 4.0 calls) should be adapted to version 6.0 or it is still compatible with future vCenter/iESX versions.</STRIKE></P><P><STRIKE>The aim of the project/code is to read out all existing vSphere entities very deeply for the purpose of inventory.</STRIKE><BR /><STRIKE>I would be very grateful for a brief assessment from the community.</STRIKE></P><P><STRIKE>Thanks a lot</STRIKE><BR /><STRIKE>Christian</STRIKE></P> Tue, 10 May 2022 14:45:15 GMT ChrSche 2022-05-10T14:45:15Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Guest-SDK-Discussions/Please-delete-me/m-p/2905218#M565 <P>Please delete, wrong topic.</P><P>Thanks,<BR />Christian</P><P><STRIKE>Is there a long term (next 5 years) plan to deprecate the SOAP API (vSphere Web Services API) in future vCenter/ESXi versions?</STRIKE><BR /><STRIKE>So if I have a new project, do I rather go straight to the REST API or can I confidently build on the latest SOAP API?</STRIKE></P><P><STRIKE>In addition, in the medium term (next 2 years), will the oldest supported SOAP version 4.0 (declared in SOAPAction, listed in ...vimServiceVersions.xml) no longer be supported? The question arises whether an old project/code (which uses SOAP 4.0 calls) should be adapted to version 6.0 or it is still compatible with future vCenter/iESX versions.</STRIKE></P><P><STRIKE>The aim of the project/code is to read out all existing vSphere entities very deeply for the purpose of inventory.</STRIKE><BR /><STRIKE>I would be very grateful for a brief assessment from the community.</STRIKE></P><P><STRIKE>Thanks a lot</STRIKE><BR /><STRIKE>Christian</STRIKE></P> Tue, 10 May 2022 14:45:15 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Guest-SDK-Discussions/Please-delete-me/m-p/2905218#M565 ChrSche 2022-05-10T14:45:15Z