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  • VMware-vCenter-Server-7-New-Features

    VMware vCenter Server 7 New Features

    The cornerstone of VMware vSphere infrastructure is the vCenter Server. It is the vSphere component that unlocks all the enterprise features of vSphere and allows all the great features that we know and love about the solution. VMware vSphere 7…

  • VMware-vSphere-7-Announced-New-Features-and-Benefits

    VMware vSphere 7 Announced New Features and Benefits

    It appears that the wait is over for the next evolution of VMware vSphere.  We have seen this product go from a simple hypervisor that wowed us with the first glimpse of vMotion, to an all-inclusive product that is holistic…

  • VMware-Horizon-Connection-Server-7.11-Installation-and-Configuration

    VMware Horizon Connection Server 7.11 Installation and Configuration

    With this potentially being the “year of VDI” with the Coronavirus making organizations think about how employees can access remotely, VMware Horizon View is a powerful solution for VDI access. The latest and greatest release is Horizon View 7.11. In…

  • VMware-Unified-Access-Gateway-UAG-3.8-Installation-and-Configuration

    VMware Unified Access Gateway UAG 3.8 Installation and Configuration

    Considering the security of your end user computing environment that is accessed via remote connections is extremely important. When building out how your clients are going to access a VMware Horizon environment, you want to enable secure access. VMware has…

  • Update-VMware-ESXi-Hosts-with-Ansible

    Update VMware ESXi Hosts with Ansible

    Ansible is a great tool to perform various automation tasks quickly and easily. I really enjoy using it in the home lab to automate various tasks. Have you ever wanted to update multiple standalone ESXi hosts in an automated way?…

  • vRealize-Automation-Easy-Installer-LCMVRAVACONFIG590003-Error

    vRealize Automation Easy Installer LCMVRAVACONFIG590003 Error

    In working with vRealize Easy Installer in the lab environment recently deploying vRealize Lifecycle Manager, vRealize Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation 8.0.1 I ran into an issue with the easy installer once it got to the point of installing vRealize…

  • Manage-ESXi-Hosts-Without-vCenter-using-VMware-Pallas

    Manage ESXi Hosts Without vCenter using VMware Pallas

    For many, there may exist a use case for being able to manage ESXi hosts without vCenter Server. This can certainly be the case with certain remote edge environment scenarios where vCenter connectivity from the ESXi hosts may not be…

  • VMware-Changing-License-Model-Toward-Per-Core

    VMware Changing CPU License Model Limits Cores Per Processor

    Today, there was big news on the licensing front from VMware with a change in future licensing for VMware vSphere. As most have been aware, no doubt if dealing with Microsoft licensing, you know the trend in the industry has…

  • VMware-OS-Optimization-Tool-New-Release-Download

    VMware OS Optimization Tool New Release Download

    Are you running a VDI environment? Have you wondered how you need to tweak your environment for use with VMware Horizon VDI? In case you haven’t heard, VMware has a VMware OS Optimization Tool that helps prepare and optimize Windows…

  • vRealize-Network-Insight-5.1-Download-Released-New-Features

    vRealize Network Insight 5.1 Download Released New Features

    VMware NSX is a great software-defined network solution and is arguably the top player in this space. It allows you to have really powerful networking capabilities in your environment. Now, with NSX-T, you are not limited to a strictly VMware…