The first is that vCenter Server on Windows is no longer available and the second is External PSC is deprecated (see KB60229) and vCenter Server and PSC services are consolidated into a single VM. In VMware vCenter Server 7.0, two things keep in mind. External PSC could run as a separate VM and provided certain vSphere services such as Single Single-On (SSO) or directory services, licensing services, certificates assigning, and considered as a recommended architecture for multi-site or large-scale virtual infrastructure deployments. In previous versions of VMware vSphere, they supported embedded as well as an external Platform Services Controller (PSC). if you missed the previous post of this series, you can find it here as VMware vSphere 7: Identify the pre-requisites and components vCenter Server 7.0 Topology This post covers Objective 1.2 of VMware 2V0-21.20 Exam Preparation Guide where we’ll learn about the deprecation and new enhancements introduced in VMware vCenter Server 7.0. In this post, we’ll discuss the vCenter Server 7 topology.