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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.
Deploy Windows Updates with PDQ Deploy
Automation

Deploy Windows Updates with PDQ Deploy

If you are like me, keeping your hosts updated can be one of the most cumbersome and tedious tasks that you have to carry out in your environment. However, as…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 24, 2020November 22, 2023
VMware Workstation 20H1 Tech Preview Download Released New Features
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 22, 2020January 1, 2024
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v9.1 GA Released Download New Features
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 21, 2020January 11, 2021
Active Directory LDAP Channel Binding Patch Coming in March
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 20, 2020February 10, 2020
Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC Gen2 Bridge VLAN Configuration
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 17, 2020January 2, 2024
Automate CurveBall Crypt32.dll Patching
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 16, 2020January 11, 2021
Download CurveBall Crypt32.dll Patch Tuesday Security Rollup
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 14, 2020March 20, 2024
Crypt32.dll Vulnerability Affects Hyper-V and Windows Operating Systems
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 14, 2020January 11, 2021
Wireless Bridge for Disaster Recovery DR
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 13, 2020December 7, 2023
How to Install and Configure VMware Skyline
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…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 9, 2020January 11, 2021

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