VMware Validated Designs is a comprehensive set of documentation for specific SDDC deployment architectures and scenarios. The designs are created and validated by VMware experts. The design provides standardized and streamlined architectures for various deployment scenario’s and use-cases. The designs are available as customer facing documentation, VMware Professional Services (PSO) delivery kits and certified partner architectures.
Useful links for your reference >>>
Official Announcement
http://www.vmware.com/software-defined-datacenter/validated-designs.html
VMware Validated Designs (Overview) – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRhbHCLf4qU&feature=youtu.be
Reference Architectures
Foundation Design
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-v2d-foundationRA.pdf
Automated Provisioning Design
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-v2d-singleregionRA.pdf
Deployment Walkthroughs
https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vmware-validated-designs/deployment-walkthroughs
Operations Walkthroughs
https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vmware-validated-designs/operations-walkthroughs
Join the community
Blog article by Mike Brown from Office of the CTO
https://blogs.vmware.com/cto/introducing-vmware-validated-designs/