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Viewing and updating your My VMware profile (2007008)

Purpose

This article provides steps to view your My VMware profile and update profile information.

Details

Viewing your profile

To view your profile:

  1. Log in to My VMware.
  2. Click the arrow next to your name and select Profile:



    The Profile screen has four tabs:
    • Personal Information
    • Account Notifications
    • Subscriptions
    • VMware Programs 

Updating your profile

Personal Information

This tab allows you to update your login information (the email address associated with your profile), password information, general information, company information, computing environment, and support communication preferences.
 
To update personal information: 
  1. In the appropriate section of the Personal Information tab, click Edit.
  2. Update all appropriate fields.
  3. Click Save.
For more information about updating your profile, see:
Note: If you have forgotten your password, see Recovering a forgotten My VMware password (2013963)

Account Notifications  

To manage email notifications for license and account management alerts:
  1. Choose an account from the dropdown.
  2. Select:
    • Yes, I would like to receive all license and account management alerts via email notification for account, then select the appropriate alerts.

      Or

    • No, I do not want to receive any license and account management alerts via email notification for account

      Note: You will continue to receive other notifications such as order, license, and support contract confirmations.

  3. Click Save.

Subscriptions

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from general subscriptions (VMware events and newsletters):
  1. Click Edit.
  2. Select or deselect the appropriate subscription.
  3. Click Save.
To subscribe to or unsubscribe from product subscriptions (information about major releases, patches, maintenance releases, and other product information):
  1. Click Edit.
  2. Expand the appropriate heading.
  3. Select or deselect the appropriate subscription.
  4. Click Save.
To unsubscribe from all subscriptions:
  1. Select I do not wish to receive VMware email communications regarding events, newsletters, and product updates.
  2. Click Save.  

VMware Programs

This tab provides links to:
  • View your VMware Communities username and go to your Communities profile
  • Join the Volume Purchasing Program (VPP)

Additional Information

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Request a Product Feature

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