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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.
pfSense pfBlockerNG vs Pihole Pros and Cons
Security

pfSense pfBlockerNG vs Pihole Pros and Cons

There is a wide range of excellent solutions for blocking ads, malware, tracking cookies, and other unwanted network traffic for home labs and home users. There are two open-source solutions…

by Brandon LeeApril 6, 2022December 1, 2023
vSAN File Share with vSAN File Service Configuration and Setup
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vSAN File Share with vSAN File Service Configuration and Setup

I am a huge fan of VMware vSAN. It is a rock-solid solution to run mission-critical workloads. I also use it to power my VMware home lab. However, one of…

by Brandon LeeApril 5, 2022April 17, 2024
Managed Workplace Automation with Praim ThinMan Server
VDI

Managed Workplace Automation with Praim ThinMan Server

There are many moving pieces and parts to the overall IT infrastructure layout maintained by most organizations. Business-critical infrastructure spans both on-premises resources and remote work infrastructure. As organizations have…

by Brandon LeeApril 4, 2022April 4, 2022
World Backup Day 2022 – Backup Best Practices
Backup Software

World Backup Day 2022 – Backup Best Practices

What a wild last couple of years on the world scene! While many things in the world have changed over the last couple of years, there is one thing that…

by Brandon LeeMarch 31, 2022January 24, 2023
New VMware Imager Fling to Automate Windows 10 Builds
VDI

New VMware Imager Fling to Automate Windows 10 Builds

Like most of you, I am a big fan of automation, especially when it comes to automating the building of operating system images for template creation. I saw a blurb…

by Brandon LeeMarch 30, 2022February 23, 2024
pfSense VLAN to VLAN Routing in VMware ESXi
Networking

pfSense VLAN to VLAN Routing in VMware ESXi

One of the basic and core functionalities that you will want to do with a physical or virtual firewall/router is route packets in your network or virtual environment. One of…

by Brandon LeeMarch 29, 2022March 7, 2024
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 VMware ESXi management
System Center

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 VMware ESXi management

Recently, Microsoft released the latest version of System Center, System Center 2022. With the new System Center release, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 (SCVMM) has been released with new…

by Brandon LeeMarch 28, 2022December 11, 2023
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.6 Beta Released New Features
Backup Software

NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.6 Beta Released New Features

NAKIVO is a backup vendor that is certainly continuing to add great new features and functionality to its flagship product – NAKIVO Backup & Replication. We have seen many new…

by Brandon LeeMarch 24, 2022March 24, 2022
How to run Windows Apps on Chrome OS with Cameyo Progressive Web Apps
VDI

How to run Windows Apps on Chrome OS with Cameyo Progressive Web Apps

Chromebooks and other devices running Chrome OS have become extremely popular as they offer an affordable option for schools, businesses, and other use cases. They provide a fully functional experience…

by Brandon LeeMarch 23, 2022January 5, 2024
Runecast 6.1 Released with New Features
Security

Runecast 6.1 Released with New Features

As today’s organizations are tasked with managing a wide range of IT systems that transcend beyond on-premises datacenter into cloud environments and everything in between. Hybrid cloud is the new…

by Brandon LeeMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022

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