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VMware App Volumes 4.0 released: What's new?

Vladan Seget Fri, Mar 27 2020 virtualization, vmware 0

VMware released App Volumes 4 recently and improved this very popular virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) product. The application is faster and more intuitive. The lifecycle of each application has been simplified for the admins, so it's now easier to use.

Importing PST files to Office 365 with LAE Software PST Migrator

Brandon Lee Thu, Mar 26 2020 exchange, office 365 1

A successful migration of email items from a PST file to your Office 365 mailbox

It can be a challenge to import PST files to Office 365. With PST Migrator from LAE Software, the challenges with PST files can be mitigated. Let's take a look at the difficulties with PST files and how LAE's PST Migrator helps to solve them.

What's new in content libraries in vSphere 7

Mohammed Raffic Wed, Mar 25 2020 virtualization, vmware 0

There are many exciting features being released with vSphere 7, such as built-in support for Kubernetes, vSphere Lifecycle Manager to manage the infrastructure lifecycle, and many other improvements in VMware vMotion, DRS, and the vSphere content library. In this article, we will look at the new features available with...

AdRemSoftware WMI Tester: Testing WMI connectivity

Brandon Lee Tue, Mar 24 2020 networking, remote management 3

The WMI Tool provided a more powerful WMI query builder

Using WMI to manage and monitor Windows Server and desktop operating systems can be a great way to query information. In this review of AdRemSoftware's WMI Tester, we will look at the features and functionality of this free tool to test WMI connectivity.

Scan, download and install Windows Updates with PowerShell

Wolfgang Sommergut Mon, Mar 23 2020 deployment, patch management, powershell 9

Find, download, and install updates on a remote PC with the WindowsUpdateProvider functions

Since Windows 10 1709 and Server 2019, Microsoft has been shipping the Windows Update Provider PowerShell module with the OS. Its functions master the basic tasks of patch management. Admins can also use them to remotely initiate the download and installation of updates.

Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems

Vladan Seget Fri, Mar 20 2020 virtualization, vmware 2

Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems

In this post, we will discuss how to remove an orphaned vCenter Server linked mode from your vSphere console. When you connect via vSphere Client, you'll get a message saying, "Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems https://vCenterFQDN:443/sdk." In this post, I will explain how to...

VMware vSphere 7: New features

Brandon Lee Thu, Mar 19 2020 virtualization, vmware 0

VMware vSphere 7 includes Native Kubernetes integration

On March 10, 2020, VMware unveiled the next evolution of VMware vSphere: vSphere 7. VMware describes the new platform as the cornerstone of “app modernization,” allowing businesses to more rapidly develop and deploy modern applications. VMware vSphere 7 contains many great new features and capabilities that will allow businesses...

Iperius Backup for Windows Server, VM, and cloud

Paul Schnackenburg Wed, Mar 18 2020 backup, hyper‑v, virtualization, vmware 0

There are many backup tools on the market, some focused on physical server backup, some on virtual machine protection, and some on cloud workload backup. In this article, we'll look at one that covers all those workloads – Iperius Backup.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2 review

Brandon Lee Tue, Mar 17 2020 backup, office 365, virtualization 0

Creating a new backup for an Office 365 mailbox

NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2 was recently released, offering new Office 365 backup functionality. In this review of new features, we take a closer look at backing up Office 365 with NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2.

WinPE for Windows 10: Create an ISO or a USB stick

Wolfgang Sommergut Mon, Mar 16 2020 deployment, powershell 0

PowerShell can be added to Windows PE as a package

The Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a stripped-down operating system that is used to deploy Windows 10 or for the recovery environment. Microsoft does not make it available as an ISO download; rather, you have to create the bootable media yourself.

Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2019

Brandon Lee Fri, Mar 13 2020 deployment, windows server 6

Windows Server 2008 R2 successfully upgraded to Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 have reached the end of support from Microsoft as of January 14, 2020. Running an in-place upgrade on Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 will allow upgrading to newer versions of Windows Server. Let's see what the process looks like to run a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2...

Using Process Monitor (Procmon) remotely

Sami Laiho Thu, Mar 12 2020 processes, remote control, remote management 3

Process Tree (Ctrl+T) is great for seeing what was running and for filtering

When I need to troubleshoot a problem in Windows, the first things I ask my customer to provide are a Process Monitor trace and a network trace. Process Monitor is the second most downloaded tool from the Sysinternals toolkit. You can download it as part of the Sysinternals Suite....