As we all know by now VMware are steering end users away from the traditional vSphere client and towards the web client. Below is a list of features that the other doesn't support.

 

Traditional vSphere Client

– Resource maps

– Update Manager. Users are able to scan hosts and attach baselines in the web client but not remediate hosts.

– Users are still able to connect directly to individual ESXi hosts whereas the Web Client can only connect to directly to vCenter.

Web Client

– vSphere Replication 

– The ability to manage the vSphere environment from any computer with a supported browser 

– VDP (VMware Data Protection)

– VM Hardware 10. If you need to create or edit a VM with HW version 10 then you must use the web client

– Configure vFlash Read Cache

– Enhanced vMotion