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Workstation
VMware Workstation 20H1 Tech Preview Download Released New Features
A new VMware workstation tech preview release has hit the “streets” with the announcement of the VMware Workstation 20H1 Tech Preview release now available for download. It has some very interesting capabilities that will no doubt interest those who want…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v9.1 GA Released Download New Features
Not too long ago, we covered the release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication 9.1 Beta, touting great new features to extend the functionality and capabilities covering virtual, physical, and cloud environments. NAKIVO brings forward new releases on a very aggressive…
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ActiveDirectory
Active Directory LDAP Channel Binding Patch Coming in March
Update – It appears that Microsoft will not be changing the defaults with the rollouts in March https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/01/microsoft-ldap-vsphere-channel-binding-signing-adv190023.html Have you heard about the change coming to the way connections will be made by default to Active Directory? Microsoft is has…
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Networking
Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC Gen2 Bridge VLAN Configuration
As I have written about recently, I have been working with a pair of Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC Gen2 bridge devices to connect my house with a shop for PTP connectivity from my main home data center out to what I…
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Security
Automate CurveBall Crypt32.dll Patching
With the recent developments with CurveBall Crypt32.dll, everyone is no doubt thinking about patching their Windows environments and doing this quickly. Even if you have WSUS in play, you may want to do something a little more proactive on your…
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Security
Download CurveBall Crypt32.dll Patch Tuesday Security Rollup
Update 1.16.2020 – New name coined “CurveBall” for the Crypt32.dll vulnerability. Update 1.15.2020 – It appears that only Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 are affected. However, there is another RDS bug that is equally bad that affects older Windows…
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Security
Crypt32.dll Vulnerability Affects Hyper-V and Windows Operating Systems
Update 1.15.2020 – It appears that only Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 are affected. Also, see my post here detailing the patch hyperlinks: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2020/01/download-crypt32-dll-patch-tuesday-security-rollup/ If you are running Windows Server Hyper-V to power your production virtual environments as well…
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Networking
Wireless Bridge for Disaster Recovery DR
One of the cool little home lab projects that I have been working on lately is testing a wireless bridge for DR purposes. Aside from being a cool “tinkering” project with some cool technology, it serves for me to test…
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Skyline
How to Install and Configure VMware Skyline
VMware Skyline is a proactive support solution from VMware that provides machine learning-enabled intelligence to troubleshooting and monitoring your vSphere environment. This includes NSX, Horizon, and other vSphere technologies. In the previous post we took a look at what is…
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Skyline
What is VMware Skyline? Is It Free?
We are getting more in the day and age of automated and intent-driven operations and infrastructure. Environments and technology are moving so fast that having a human being troubleshooting the environment, especially very dense virtual environments, is a virtually impossible…
