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Simple Baked Mostaccioli–#vDM30in30
Sunday isn’t always the best day for writing a tech blog. So instead of trying to shoehorn a technical topic in on the weekend, I thought I would do Recipe Sundays where I share a recipe from my...
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Horizon View 6 Part 10–Building Your Desktop Golden Images #VDM30in30
A virtual desktop environment is nothing without virtual desktops. Poorly performing virtual desktops, or virtual desktops and pools that aren’t configured properly for the applications that are being...
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Election Day is Here #VDM30in30
Today is Tuesday, November 4th. If you’re in the United States and haven’t been avoiding television (which I wouldn’t blame you if you were), you know that today is the last day of the barely truthful...
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Home Lab Expansions #VDM30in30
Over the last two weeks, I’ve made some significant changes to my home lab. The changes were brought about by a steadily increasing electric bill that had been increasing significantly over the last...
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Who Are You, and What Have You Done to Microsoft? #VDM30in30
One of the cornerstones of Microsoft’s business has been Office. Office, along with Windows, has been so successful that its profits have been able to fund a number of less-than-profitable business...
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A Good Song to Unwind To Before heading Home #VDM30in30
One of my favorite pieces to listen to while coding or just needing to unwind a little is Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.1. It’s a very relaxing piece of music that highlights the warm sound of...
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Career Thoughts Pt. 1–You Can’t Let Go of Everything to Keep Up with Tech...
Back in September 2013, the IEEE Spectrum published an article with a very interesting statistic: technical professionals need at least 10 hours of training each week just to keep current with the...
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American Casserole #VDM30in30
It’s Sunday…and that means another recipe. This week’s recipe is one that my grandmother used to make all the time. It’s a very simple and delicious casserole that she called American Casserole. Like...
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Is It Time for Community Generated Magazines and EZines? #VDM30in30
One thing that the VMware Community has done well is putting together community-organized webinars by presenters who are passionate about the subjects that they are presenting on. The topics of these...
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Horizon View 6.0 Part 11–Creating A Desktop Pool #VDM30in30
Every system needs a way to group entities in order to organize them, delegate administration, and control security on them. Horizon View uses desktop pools to group desktops, apply Horizon View...
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Horizon view 6.0 Part 12–Installing and Configuring A Security Server #VDM30in30
Horizon View provides a secure method for granting users access to their desktops from anywhere with an Internet connection on any device without needing a VPN connection. Now that a desktop pool has...
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Enabling Windows Server 2008 R2 Desktops in Horizon 6 #VDM30in30
VMware introduced support for Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual desktops in Horizon View 5.3. This support wasn’t enabled out of the box. It required an administrator to edit the View LDAP database to...
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To Self-Publish…or Not To Self-Publish… #VDM30in30
At the Chicago VMUG User Conference two months ago, I happened to tweet something during Nick Marshall’s morning keynote that was inferred as volunteering to write a book. Oh yeah, here’s the tweet:...
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#VDM30in30–The halfway Point
Today is November 15th, and we’re halfway through the month. That also means we’re halfway through VDM30in30. So far, it’s been a great experience with some great content by the participants. Some of...
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Sunday Recipe–BBQ Chicken With Bacon #VDM30in30
This week’s VDM30in30 recipe combines everyone’s favorites – chicken, bacon, BBQ sauce, and cheese into a single delicious dish that can be prepared in the oven or on the grill. This recipe started...
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Using the Right Tool for the Job #VDM30in30
At the last Wisconsin VMware User Group meeting, there was a spirited, yet friendly, discussion between one of the leaders and a VMware SE whether people should use vCenter Orchestrator or PowerCLI....
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Horizon View 6.0 Application Publishing Part 1: Introduction #VDM30in30
One of the advantages that Citrix had over VMware in the EUC space was the ability to just publish specific applications to users with the MetaFrame/Presentation Server/XenApp line of products. This...
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Stories I’ve Never Wanted to Leave…#VDM30in30
Earlier this week, Gina Minks posted an article called “The 1st Story I Never Wanted to Leave.” John Price also posted about this today. I thought the concept was fascinating, and I wanted to share...
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Automating Small Environments–Practical Tips For SMBs #VDM30for30
There is a big push in the industry towards automation – and for good reason. IT departments are being tasked to do more with less, and automation enables them to do that. A lot of the focus on...
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Licensing Your Home Lab #VDM30in30
One of the benefits of having a home lab is that you have your own environment to build and test workloads without impacting any corporate systems. This is great for testing out techniques and ideas...
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