Fix Office 2016 won’t launch
I decided to finally take the plunge and update my Office installation to Office 2016 Professional Plus. I have been running Office 2010 Professional Plus on my admin VM and…
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.
How to enable thinprint VMware Workstation 12
Since VMware Workstation 12 has all but eliminated the problems I was having with the VMware workstation console interfacing with my VMs, I have since moved back to using the…
Monitor Account Lockouts Active Directory
One of the time wasters of a system administrator can be chasing down account lockouts and why they happen. Many administrators have felt the pain of parsing through logs, etc…
How to Upgrade to VMware Workstation 12 Pro
I use VMware workstation daily in my work environment for segmenting administrative traffic from Internet browsing, as well as to test new OS’es and other configuration lab work. I have…
Equallogic SAN basic initial iSCSI setup
Recently, I configured a couple of Dell Equallogic SANs for two different VMware environments and I wanted to pass along to you guys the steps required to stand up a…
Secure SSH with Public Key Authentication and Two Factor with Duo
If you want the ultimate in security for your SSH enabled Linux box that is sitting in the DMZ or in a 1-to-1 NAT scenario, you can basically have 3…
Powershell if equals and not null
A while back, I wrote a blog post about using Powershell to email notify you if your home IP address changes if you are dynamically assigned an IP from your…
Create a Windows SXS install share
If you find yourself spinning up many Windows Server VMs like I do, you may not want to sit and wait for your Windows Server 2012 R2 VM to download…
AppAssure vCenter Permissions for Exporting Virtual Standby VMs
In working recently with AppAssure in exporting VMs for Virtual Standby purposes, I found a lack of documentation in AppAssure or on the net surrounding permissions required in vCenter to…
Sophos XG UTM firewall virtual appliance install and configure
So the other day I received the announcement from Sophos they had released their “next generation” firewall appliance that would be providing the way forward for current 9.x users. Sophos…