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Whitepaper: What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5

November 29, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenVMware

VMware vSphere® 6.5 is the next-generation infrastructure for next-generation applications. It provides a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that accelerates the digital transformation to cloud computing and promotes success in the digital economy. vSphere 6.5 supports both existing and next-generation apps through its simplified customer experience for automation and management at scale; comprehensive built-in security for protecting data, infrastructure, […]

4 Ways to Mount a VMDK Image File in Windows

November 25, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft, VMware

If you have a VMDK file that hosts one or more VM partitions, here are 4 ways to get it mounted in Windows as a disk drive. Windows Explorer Supporting VMDK seems to be a feature built right into the Windows system. If you are using a system that runs Windows 7 or above, you may be able to map […]

The VMware vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption Whitepaper

November 23, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenVMware

VMware vSphere virtual machine encryption (VM encryption) is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.5 to enable the encryption of virtual machines. VM encryption provides security to VMDK data by encrypting I/Os from a virtual machine (which has the VM encryption feature enabled) before it gets stored in the VMDK. Concerning about the performance impact that might be? Check out the VM […]

PassCore: A Self-Service AD Password Change Utility

July 11, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

PassCore is a very simple 1-page web app written in C#, using ASP.NET MVC 4 and Directory Services. It allows users to change their Active Directory password on their own, provided the user is not disabled. PassCore does not require any configuration, as it obtains the principal context from the current domain. If you are looking for a free AD […]

Understanding IP Addressing in Microsoft Azure

April 16, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

There are three different kinds of IP address that can be assigned to virtual machines (VMs) in Microsoft Azure: Dynamic IP address (DIP) Virtual IP address (VIP) Instance-level public IP address (PIP) //via Petri

Free Virtualization Tool: RVTools

April 16, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, VirtualCenter 4.x, ESX Server 4.x, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance, ESX Server 5.0, VirtualCenter 5.1, ESX Server 5.1,VirtualCenter 5.5, ESX Server 5.5, VirtualCenter 6.0 and ESX Server 6.0. RVTools […]

Ubuntu Bash Shell on Windows 10

March 30, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

Ubuntu on Windows. This has nothing to do with virtualization – but is a great way to get access to all the great development tools that Linux has – directly from Windows. There is a lot of information out on the Internet right now on this – so I want to give out some pointers: We have a ~20 minute […]

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