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.

Cloud Software

Brandon LeeAugust 14, 2017
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Spinbackup G Suite Security and Backup Installation

In today’s world, most organizations are utilizing the public cloud for at least some aspect of their infrastructure. Cloud resources allow organizations to be more agile and move quickly without the limits of procuring and provisioning hardware, network, and other…
VMware

Brandon LeeAugust 11, 2017
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What is VMware Photon OS?

Today most vendors are putting a lot of emphasis on “cloud native” applications. Cloud native applications are geared toward containers and containerized applications. This makes possible running microservices inside containers with the ability to function in cloud computing environments and…
Azure

Brandon LeeAugust 10, 2017
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Configure Meraki to Azure Site to Site VPN

Lately, I have been playing around a lot with Azure as there is a lot of momentum, development, and enthusiasm around the platform. Since I run the Meraki MX security device at home, I wanted to play around with the…
VDI

Brandon LeeAugust 4, 2017
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Powerful remote PC and thin client management with Praim ThinMan

In our previous post looking at how to automate and repurpose old PCs into Thin Client VDI devices, we looked at both Praim ThinOX4PC and ThinMan. In that post, we took a high-level view of Praim ThinMan and its capabilities. …
home lab

Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2017
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VMUG Advantage adds vRealize Automation 7.3 Enterprise

VMUG continues to offer a mind shattering package of value for VMUG Advantage members. The EvalExperience that comes with the Advantage membership is the hands down best cost effective way to play around with the suite of VMware products in…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeAugust 2, 2017
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Vembu BDR Suite 3.8 Released with New Features

With many backup solutions available on the market today, many may struggle to find a solution that fits their environment or backup technology. Additionally, many backup solutions many only cover a certain backup technology or fit a certain infrastructure type. …
vSphere 6.5

Brandon LeeAugust 1, 2017
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Upgrading VMware ESXi to 6.5 update 1 with commandline

We have looked at upgrading ESXi hosts to 6.5 update 1 using the vSphere Update Manager. Today however, we want to look at upgrading VMware ESXi to 6.5 update 1 with commandline. This can prove very useful especially if you…
vSphere 6.5

Brandon LeeJuly 31, 2017
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Upgrade to VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 1 using VUM

With the release of vSphere 6.5 Update 1, we now have for many what is the release of 6.5 they were looking for as a valid upgrade candidate to their ESXi environments. Previously, we looked at upgrading our VCSA 6.5…
vSphere 6.5

Brandon LeeJuly 29, 2017
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Upgrading VMware vSphere VCSA Appliance to 6.5 Update 1

With the recent exciting news of the release of VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1, there are many great reasons now to upgrade from vSphere 6.0. The first step that you will want to take after validating your hardware compatibility and…
vSphere 6.5

Brandon LeeJuly 28, 2017
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VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Released

It is definitely a big news day today – VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Released! There is certainly a lot of good stuff contained in this release from vCenter Server, ESXi, vSAN, and VMware Tools as well as exciting new…