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.

Mobile

Brandon LeeApril 3, 2014
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Can’t copy and paste files from Samsung Galaxy S4 to computer

I ran across a pesky issue with my Samsung Galaxy S4 the other day where I wanted to copy a few pictures and a video from my phone’s internal memory over to my computer. For the most part in times…
Cloud

Brandon LeeMarch 19, 2014
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Has cloud computing matured?

I was asked the question just the other day about cloud computing and what my thoughts were on the whole concept. It made me realize the questions revolving around cloud computing for businesses are still there. Many businesses are still…
Wordpress

Brandon LeeMarch 18, 2014
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Troubleshoot apple touch icons nginx webserver

In working with Nginx webserver and a client who wanted to have customized apple touch icons display when an end user bookmarked their page or used the “send to desktop” button within Safari to show their customized icon, we discovered…
Wordpress

Brandon LeeMarch 17, 2014
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Mass set or remove WordPress post password

Recently, in a WordPress project I have been working on, I had the need to mass set or remove the post password as it was set on various posts that were contained in a WordPress site. The way this site…
Brandon LeeMarch 15, 2014
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Using Powergui to mass edit Active Directory Object Attributes

If you have a specific attribute that you want to modify on an active directory object, you can simply open up Active Directory Users and Computers, go to the properties of the object, and go to “Attribute Editor” of the…
Brandon LeeMarch 15, 2014
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Exchange 2010 SP1 address lists not displaying correctly

In working in a client’s environment with Exchange 2010 SP1 after a mostly successful migration from Exchange 2003, the client had issues with users who were showing up in particular address lists that they should not have been included in…
Wordpress

Brandon LeeFebruary 25, 2014
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MySQL trigger to update wordpress post_password in wp_posts

In working on a special project as of late, I ran into a situation where I needed to have the post password reset on posts upon an insert into a custom mysql table in the same database where wordpress was…
Wordpress

Brandon LeeFebruary 7, 2014
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How to send free text message alerts in wordpress

With many wordpress projects going on recently, I have had quite a few different requests to accomplish things as cheaply as possible (aka free) without having to involve 3rd party services. One client recently needed the ability to send text…
Networking

Brandon LeeFebruary 4, 2014
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Untangle 10 slow to apply network changes

I wanted to put this question out to you fellow admins out in the field who have experience with using both Untangle 9 and the new Untangle version 10. Do you find Untangle 10 slow to apply network changes? In…
Security

Brandon LeeJanuary 31, 2014
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How to find and block abusive BYOD devices on your network

With the ever growing popularity of smartphones and tablets and the availability and affordability of these devices, more and more people are bringing them to work. Especially in smaller to mid sized businesses, bandwidth is still a premium that most…