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.

Networking

Brandon LeeDecember 18, 2018
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Configure Windows 10 for 802.1X User Authentication

In enterprise networking, many are familiar with 802.1x authentication mechanisms that allow performing authentication at the port level on a supported switch. There are many cool things you can do with this port level authentication for physical devices that are…
Horizon View

Brandon LeeDecember 17, 2018
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VMware Horizon 7.7 released new features and compatibility

It doesn’t seem like that long ago that we had covered the release of VMware Horizon 7.6. However, new off the press is VMware Horizon 7.7 with many new updates to speak of and a compatibility with all the latest…
Windows Server 2019

Brandon LeeDecember 14, 2018
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Installing Configuring Troubleshooting Windows Server 2019 NPS as RADIUS

Over the last few days, I have been playing around with a few switches and configuring some 802.1X authentication between the switches and a Microsoft RADIUS server. I wanted to throw a quick block post out there to step through…
Cloud

Brandon LeeDecember 12, 2018
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Choosing the Best Team Drives Backup Solution

One of the driving forces that is helping to prompt migration to the cloud by masses of businesses, is the ability to more effectively collaborate between team members. Effective collaboration tools enable businesses and team members to be able to…
Windows Server 2019

Brandon LeeDecember 11, 2018
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Upgrading Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller DC to Windows Server 2019

It has certainly been an interesting ride for Microsoft with Windows Server 2019 and the release of their newest Windows Server operating system. Windows Server 2019 was marred with the same issues as Windows 10 1809 and was pulled. However,…
home lab

Brandon LeeDecember 10, 2018
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Create Samsung NVMe SSD RMA Return Request Online

As I had recorded in a previous blog post, I had a Samsung EVO 960 cache drive fail in my home lab VMware vSAN cluster. Since the drive was still well within warranty, I wanted to see if I could…
Security

Brandon LeeDecember 7, 2018
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Create Dynamic Firewall Rules Based on MineMeld Threat Feeds

Some time ago I posted an article covering the installation of MineMeld which is a community driven threat feed project that was released to the community by Palo Alto. The product is an extremely cool appliance that allows aggregated various…
VMware

Brandon LeeDecember 5, 2018
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Scan VMware Horizon for Issues or Errors using Runecast Analyzer Beta

Following a vendor’s best practices in any environment can be difficult. Simply trying to figure out what the best practices are can in itself be challenging. This often requires filtering through a mountain of documentation and other resources provided by…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeDecember 4, 2018
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NAKIVO Backup and Replication v8.1 Released GA with New Features

The end of the year has certainly turned out to be an active one for data protection providers. This is a space in the industry that is always full of excitement and energy. Finding new and improved ways to protect…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeDecember 3, 2018
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Vembu BDR Suite v4.0 Released GA Installation and New Features

Back in the early part of November of this year, I covered a pre-release version of Vembu BDR Suite v4.0, entitled, Backup and Protect Hyper-V Clusters with Vembu BDR Suite v4.0. The newest version of Vembu BDR Suite has powerful…