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.

VMware Automation

Brandon LeeOctober 25, 2021
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VMware Self Service Provisioning Portal with vRealize Automation

Automation is the name of the game today with organizations needing to streamline operations and ensure the proper governance controls are in place across the board. Using vRealize Automation, VMware Identity Manager, and Active Directory, you can create a VMware…
vRealize Suite

Brandon LeeOctober 21, 2021
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Upgrade VMware Identity Manager with vRLCM

With the release of the vRealize Cloud Suite 2019 8.6 releases across the board, I have been getting my vRealize environment upgraded in the home lab. One of the key components of the vRealize Cloud Suite is VMware Identity Manager.…
Security

Brandon LeeOctober 20, 2021
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12 Ways to Protect your Organization from Ransomware

It sends a chill up the spine of any CIO, IT admin, or SecOps professional – ransomware. Ransomware is growing in terms of how often it is used to attack an organization, the sophistication, and the tactics used by modern…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeOctober 19, 2021
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Vembu Backup for Microsoft 365 Review

So many organizations are migrating their business-critical data to the cloud by way of cloud Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environments. Cloud SaaS has seen a tremendous uptick, especially since the onset of the global pandemic. Microsoft 365 is an extremely popular choice…
home lab

Brandon LeeOctober 18, 2021
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Add a TPM card to VMware vSAN Host

Security is an extremely important part of server technology these days. With the sophistication of malicious attacks, supply chain hacks, and other risks to business-critical data, security contains several layers of protection. Security not only must be applied to software…
Windows 11

Brandon LeeOctober 14, 2021
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Create Windows 11 ISO with No TPM Check

The last few days have been spent with a lot of Windows 11 time. Many have had issues with the TPM check since the release of Windows 11 GA. The Preview Builds did not check for a proper TPM. However,…
VMware Automation

Brandon LeeOctober 13, 2021
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Automated Windows 11 Installation with autounattend and Packer

With Windows 11 now out among the masses, you are probably looking at deploying your Windows 11 installation in an automated way. Automated installations allow Windows 11 to be installed automatically which allows installing the operating system consistently, and for…
Flings

Brandon LeeOctober 12, 2021
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Speed up Windows 11 with VMware OS Optimization Tool

The VMware OS Optimization Tool is a tool that Horizon and VDI administrators have known and loved for years now. It takes the heavy lifting out of optimizing the OS and can literally change hundreds of settings in a matter…
Tanzu Community Edition

Brandon LeeOctober 8, 2021
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Install Kubernetes in Windows using Tanzu Community Edition

One of the announcements that I was personally excited about coming from VMworld 2021 is the release of Tanzu Community Edition (TCE). You can read my blog post covering Tanzu Community Edition here. One of the great things you can…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeOctober 7, 2021
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NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.5 Beta Released New Features

NAKIVO Backup & Replication has been on an aggressive path of updates over the past year, despite the pandemic. It is great to see a company continuing to deliver great updates and remain productive, even with the disruptive events going…