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Author: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
In-Place Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022

In-Place Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2022

With the upcoming release of Windows Server 2022, many are going to be contemplating upgrading to the latest and greatest Microsoft Windows Server operating system. Some may have forgone the…

by Brandon LeeJune 14, 2021June 15, 2021
Best Practices to backup VMware vSphere Virtual Machines
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Best Practices to backup VMware vSphere Virtual Machines

While containers and containerized workloads are certainly gaining momentum with organizations redesigning business-critical applications for the future, the truth is, virtual machines are here to stay for the foreseeable future.…

by Brandon LeeJune 11, 2021January 17, 2024
Run Docker Containers from Visual Studio Code
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Run Docker Containers from Visual Studio Code

Containers are becoming more relevant to what everyone is doing these days in the enterprise. Businesses are developing microservice architectures for housing business-critical applications. As IT admins, virtualization admins, and…

by Brandon LeeJune 10, 2021January 10, 2024
How to use iPerf to test Internet Speed
Networking

How to use iPerf to test Internet Speed

It is important to check your Internet speed as you want to make sure you get what you pay for in terms of bandwidth. Residential connections are generally quite a…

by Brandon LeeJune 9, 2021September 12, 2023
VMware vCenter Server VCSA Remote Code Execution Exploited in the wild – VMSA-2021-0010 CVE-2021-21985
Security

VMware vCenter Server VCSA Remote Code Execution Exploited in the wild – VMSA-2021-0010 CVE-2021-21985

As a reminder to everyone and the danger of having unpatched systems, it is sobering to hear that the vCenter Server vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21985 is being actively exploited. I…

by Brandon LeeJune 7, 2021June 7, 2021
Automated Windows Server 2022 Packer Build
Windows Server 2022

Automated Windows Server 2022 Packer Build

As Windows Server 2022 Preview is now officially released, I wanted to get my automated build of the Preview release in the home lab and ready to go for testing…

by Brandon LeeJune 3, 2021November 22, 2023
Download and Install Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022

Download and Install Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022

The Windows ADK is the goto tool used to deploy and manage images in Windows clients and Server. As each new operating system is released, you need to have the…

by Brandon LeeJune 2, 2021June 2, 2021
Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free
Software Defined Storage

Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free

Recently StarWind release a totally free SAN and NAS appliance that allows quickly spinning up a storage appliance based on various types of storage, both physical and virtual. This new…

by Brandon LeeJune 1, 2021February 22, 2024
Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software
Windows 10

Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software

Have you found yourself spending lots of time trying to keep your software on a management workstation up-to-date? If you are like me, you probably use a myriad of tools,…

by Brandon LeeMay 28, 2021June 4, 2021
Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab
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Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab

When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation. Realistically, this may be all you need. Having a decent workstation…

by Brandon LeeMay 27, 2021April 26, 2024

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