In this video, I break down the 7 new features in Proxmox VE 9.2 that actually matter for home labs and production environments. While Proxmox 9.2 may not look revolutionary on the surface, I think it has some really “great stuff” on the inside and introduces major quality of life improvements including dynamic workload balancing, WireGuard support in SDN fabrics, better networking controls, custom CPU models in the GUI, easier HA maintenance workflows, UEFI 2023 Secure Boot certificate enrollment, and important under-the-hood upgrades. If you are running Proxmox, thinking about migrating from VMware, or building a home lab in 2026, these are the features you need to know.
Mini PC ALERT! Check this fantastic home server out: https://geni.us/HzwrN
Full blog post: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/05/proxmox-ve-9-2-is-here-7-new-features-that-actually-matter/
Problems with Live Migration due to CPU settings: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/05/vm-migration-in-proxmox-kept-breaking-until-i-fixed-this-cpu-setting/
🔔Subscribe for more Proxmox, home lab, Kubernetes, Docker, virtualization, and infrastructure content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/
★ Skool Community https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/about?ref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21
★ Substack URL: bleevht.substack.com
★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com
★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster
★ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/
★ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit
★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/VirtualizationHowto/100092747277326/
★ Discord: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3
★ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brandonleevht/
Chapters:
00:00 Proxmox VE 9.2 overview
01:11 Dynamic load balancing for clusters
03:18 WireGuard inside Proxmox SDN fabrics
03:50 Better BGP and EVPN filtering
05:20 Custom CPU models in the GUI
06:50 HA arm and disarm controls
07:42 UEFI 2023 Secure Boot certificate enrollment
09:15 Under-the-hood upgrades in Proxmox 9.2
09:55 Upgrade considerations and Ceph upgrade path
10:54 Final thoughts on Proxmox VE 9.2
