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Powershell
PowerShell IP Geolocation based on State
I have been revisiting a few things in the lab environment, including monitoring and other alerting that I have had set for a while. I had an outside box that even with the other security measures in place, I wanted…
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Backup Software
Pros and cost of cloud vs onprem Microsoft 365 backup
Businesses today are migrating to cloud Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings in droves. Businesses require moving at a rapid pace and cloud infrastructure and solutions allow agility that is not possible using on-premises infrastructure. Cloud SaaS offerings are extremely popular. As businesses…
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VMware Monitoring
IPMI Monitoring Supermicro VMware Servers with PRTG
If you are like me, you may be a bit of a monitoring geek when it comes to your home lab and production environments. Proper monitoring can help to quickly identify issues in the environment that might not be noticed…
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Amazon AWS
Find AWS RDS Internal IP Address with PowerShell
Amazon AWS has a wide range of services that many organizations today are making use of. One of those is Amazon RDS. Amazon provides a customized external Amazon DNS name for connecting to RDS databases. What though if you need…
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Backup Software
Five Tips to Protect Backups from Ransomware
All too often we hear the breaking news of a major ransomware attack shutting down the services of a major company. Alarmingly, it is becoming even more commonplace. Protecting your business-critical data from disaster is generally the job of your…
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Backup Software
Microsoft Office 365 Retention policy vs Backup
Many organizations today have migrated their business-critical data to the Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft 365) cloud. This past year or so has prompted a tremendous shift in the way businesses allow employees who may now be working remotely to access…
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Windows 365
Connect to Windows 365 Cloud PC with RDP
Windows 365 Cloud PC is a new VDI offering from Microsoft that allows businesses to have a simple and seamless way to easily provision desktop PC for end-users that may be working remotely or even on-premises. Windows 365 Cloud PC…
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VMware
ESXi Install Disk not detecting HDD
Have you been in a situation where you are installing a brand new VMware ESXi host, and when you get to the point of the installer scanning for the available disks, and none are found? Just the other day, I…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.4 GA Released for Download
Not long ago, we covered the release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.4 Beta which contained great new features in the realm of cybersecurity for your backups. NAKIVO has now released v10.4 as GA which means the features are now…
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Horizon View
VMware Horizon Client Error Couldn’t Connect to Server
Many organizations are making use of VMware Horizon as the solution to enable a successful, effective, and efficient remote work environment. VMware Horizon is able to connect remote workers to VDI environments and even physical machines. With that being said,…
