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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.
Hyper-V Critical remote code execution vulnerability in May 2021 patch Tuesday
Hyper-V

Hyper-V Critical remote code execution vulnerability in May 2021 patch Tuesday

The past few months from a security perspective have been a roller coaster of zero-day vulnerabilities and critical patches that have been needed to patch serious issues found across a…

by Brandon LeeMay 13, 2021October 28, 2023
Windows Server DHCP VLAN Configuration:  Detailed Guide
Windows

Windows Server DHCP VLAN Configuration: Detailed Guide

Network segmentation is a great way to compartmentalize the various networks you need to run in your environment. This provides many benefits from both a management and security perspective. When…

by Brandon LeeMay 12, 2021October 26, 2023
Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Active Directory to Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022

Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Active Directory to Windows Server 2022

Windows Server Active Directory upgrades are a part of administering Windows Server Active Directory infrastructure on-premises.ย  Currently, businesses may have a mix of Windows Server infrastructure and many are running…

by Brandon LeeMay 11, 2021May 11, 2021
Packer Build Ubuntu 21.04 for VMware vSphere
Automation

Packer Build Ubuntu 21.04 for VMware vSphere

If you aren’t already using Hashicorp Packer for automating builds of the various operating systems you use in your environment, you are missing out. Packer is a great tool that…

by Brandon LeeMay 10, 2021April 26, 2024
StarWind HCI Evaluation Kit Released:  Config Walkthrough
Software Defined Storage

StarWind HCI Evaluation Kit Released: Config Walkthrough

It is not often that you can fully try out an entire solution from a vendor in your own lab environment with all the management tools to get the full…

by Brandon LeeMay 7, 2021May 7, 2021
Terraform vSphere tutorial: Linux Virtual Machine Clone
Automation

Terraform vSphere tutorial: Linux Virtual Machine Clone

Terraform is a great infrastructure as code (IaC) platform that allows easily spinning up and customizing infrastructure. The great thing is you can use it for many different environments, not…

by Brandon LeeMay 5, 2021January 12, 2024
New Windows Server 2022 Container Image Preview Install
Windows Server 2022

New Windows Server 2022 Container Image Preview Install

Just a few days ago, Microsoft released news of the new Windows Server 2022 base OS container image preview. It is built from Windows Server 2022 with the Desktop Experience.…

by Brandon LeeMay 4, 2021March 13, 2024
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) for ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Upgrade
vSphere 7

Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) for ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Upgrade

VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 contains many great enhancements that I have written about here. Since Update 2 was pulled initially due to an error with the upgrade, VMware has…

by Brandon LeeMay 3, 2021May 3, 2021
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Released for Download
vSphere 7

VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Released for Download

Well, we have been waiting for a few weeks now for the updated release of ESXi 7.0 Update 2 to drop since the first release of ESXi 7.0 Update 2…

by Brandon LeeApril 29, 2021March 28, 2024
Ubuntu Server CLI Cheat Sheet
Linux

Ubuntu Server CLI Cheat Sheet

One of the beautiful things about Linux is the power of the Linux CLI. This is what draws many to Linux to begin with. Granted, Windows has come a long…

by Brandon LeeApril 29, 2021April 29, 2021

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