Virtualization Howto

Azure Stack HCI vs. Windows Server Hyper-V Webinar

Virtualization host technologies for enterprises have changed significantly over the past decade, with virtualization vendors like VMware and Microsoft releasing…

How To Install Pi-Hole on Hyper-V with Debian

Hyper-V Web Client download for Free

Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions

Windows Subsystem for Linux Microsoft Store GA and now default WSL

Windows Server 2016 Install Remote Desktop Services

This year has been a year like none other with organizations scrambling to bolster their remote work infrastructure. It has…

Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening

Add iSCSI Shared Storage in Windows Server 2016

When to use Windows Server 2016 ReFS

Install and Configure Windows Server 2016 WSUS

Windows Server 2019 Core Install Active Directory

Windows Server Core has been around since Windows Server 2008. It has not been the most popular way however to…

Create a USB Drive for Windows Server 2019 Installation

Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019

LetsEncrypt Windows Server 2019 Configuration

VMware Windows Server 2019 Template Best Practices

Windows Server 2021 vs Windows Server 2019

***Update*** – The next version of Windows is Windows Server 2022 and not 2021. See below. Recently we took a…

Windows Server 2021 Preview Build Features

VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 Announced – New Features including OKTA

Not long now after the release of VMware vSphere 8 and great features like the VMware Cloud console, VMware has…

VMware Resource Pool vs Cluster Comparison

HCIBench – Speedtest for VMware vSAN storage

VMware Multi-cloud Briefing – VMware Aria Graph and Hub

VMware Workstation 17 Pro New features and Download Link

What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f

Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new…

New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts

VMware vSphere 7 Update 3c Released New Features

SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD

vSphere 7 Update 3 Released with new features

VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 Announced – New Features including OKTA

Not long now after the release of VMware vSphere 8 and great features like the VMware Cloud console, VMware has…

VMware Resource Pool vs Cluster Comparison

HCIBench – Speedtest for VMware vSAN storage

VMware Multi-cloud Briefing – VMware Aria Graph and Hub

VMware Workstation 17 Pro New features and Download Link

Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm

One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed…

Install ESXi-Arm Step by Step on Raspberry Pi 4

VMware vSphere ESXi on Raspberry Pi ARM Processors

Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon 8 2111

VMware Horizon 8 2111 is hot off the press from VMware and no doubt organizations are looking at a maintenance…

VMware Horizon 8 2111 Released New Features

VMware Horizon Client Error Couldn’t Connect to Server

VMware Horizon 2012 Released with New Features

VMware Horizon UAG OKTA RADIUS configuration

Choosing the Best VMware Automation Tools

Providing streamlined and consistent management across the virtual estate is extremely important when using enterprise virtualization servers to run virtual…

Apt Periodic Autoclean Interval with Unattended-Upgrades

Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere templates

Packer Build Ubuntu 22.04 for VMware vSphere

VMware Event Broker Appliance VEBA tutorial: How to create an email notification

Pialert Docker Setup – Detecting Rogue Devices connected to the network

If you are like me, you are constantly looking at new solutions for network security and better visibility to devices…

Commvault Metallic ThreatWise Early Threat Detection with Deception Technology

I created ESXi ransomware its scary easy and why you need proper security

Remote Desktop Multi-factor Authentication with ThinMan Smart Identity

RDP vs SSH – Which should you choose?

Hyper-V Virtual SAN synchronization with StarWind Virtual SAN

The StarWind Virtual SAN solution is one of the easiest ways to run software-defined virtual SAN in Hyper-V. It has…

Free Virtual Storage Appliance StarWind SAN & NAS new features

Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends in 2022

Upgrading outdated hardware with StarWind HCA appliance

Microsoft 365 security and backup with Hornetsecurity

To the topic of Microsoft 365 security, many businesses are leveraging the cloud’s power for the modern hybrid workforce. One…

Spin.ai cloud cybersecurity and ransomware protection new features

Install Windows Updates Remotely from the Cloud with Action1

Spinbackup Multi-Cloud SaaS Backup Adds Microsoft Azure

Office 2019 vs Office 365 Differences and Installation

Palo Alto PA 440 New Firewall Review

For the past few years now, I have been running the Palo Alto Networks PA 220 in the home lab…

Pialert Docker Setup – Detecting Rogue Devices connected to the network

Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN

pfSense VLAN to VLAN Routing in VMware ESXi

Segment your VMware Network with pfSense

Identity Based Firewall configuration with NSX-T and vSphere

For years now, organizations have based application access and access to resources and files on identity. Typically, this is based…

vSphere NSX-T installation and configuration

VMware NSX-T 3.2 Released New Features

Avi Load Balancer VMware Standalone Install

VMware Announces Modern Network Framework Updates