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.

Virtualization

Brandon LeeJuly 1, 2022
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XCP-NG in VMware nested virtualization

As many of you may already know from reading my previous blog posts, I really like playing around with hypervisors and different technologies. The nested virtualization capabilities in VMware vSphere provide a great way to do this without the need…
VDI

Brandon LeeJune 30, 2022
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Cameyo introduces native ChromeOS File System Integration

Cameyo is a solution and company that I have written about for a couple of years now. It is great to see how the solution has evolved and continued to innovate to meet the needs of organizations that have shifted…
VMware

Brandon LeeJune 28, 2022
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VMware vSphere+ and vSAN+ announced new features

Today, VMware is announcing major news with the release of VMware vSphere+ and vSAN+. These new enhanced versions of vSphere and vSAN will allow VMware customers to realize the full potential of their on-premises environments and have the best that…
home lab

Brandon LeeJune 27, 2022
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Cooling for Home Labs and tricks to reduce your heat

Especially since we are in the middle of the summer here in the U.S., running your home lab now with a few servers, network gear, storage, and other devices may be cranking up the heat in your home lab data…
Windows 11

Brandon LeeJune 24, 2022
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Windows 11 22H2 Download ISO and install

Many of you may have heard the rumblings lately about Windows 11 22H2 and the new features it will bring to Windows 11. The release is set to drop in October 2022 so just a few months away. However, you…
Security

Brandon LeeJune 23, 2022
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Teleport VPN alternative for secure remote access

There is a really great VPN alternative solution in case you have not heard about it called Teleport. Teleport is an open-source solution that provides a community version of its enterprise offering. I decided to try this out in the…
Security

Brandon LeeJune 21, 2022
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Smart App Control Windows 11 22H2 Ransomware protection

In case you have not seen the news yet, Windows 11 22H2 is set to be released later this year, most likely in October 2022. The new Windows 11 22H2 release will be the first significant update to Windows 11…
Automation

Brandon LeeJune 20, 2022
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Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere templates

One of the tasks I have been working on lately is getting my Packer vSphere build templates converted over from JSON to the new preferred HCL2 language as of Packer 1.7.2. This is the preferred language to write your Packer…
Networking

Brandon LeeJune 17, 2022
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Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN

I am constantly looking at connectivity to the home network, specifically for my home lab network as I do so much work, testing, PoCs, etc., there. With the time constraints I have, the easier a solution is to implement, manage,…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJune 16, 2022
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Install Harvester in VMware ESXi

I have been playing around with Harvester by Rancher which is a pretty cool project that combines Kubernetes with Virtual Machines. For those that want to play around with Harvester and may not have a physical workstation to play around…