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VCP6-CMA Study Guide Objective 1.3 – Configure and Administer vCloud Connector

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Another topic towards VCP6-CMA Exam – Objective 1.3 – Configure and Administer vCloud Connector. The exam – 2V0-631 – is 100 min long and has 85 questions. The passing score is 300. Check further updates and details on VMware Certification page. What is vCloud Connector? It is a component running within vCD infrastructure which transfers workloads […]

Upcoming 3CX Phone System v15 with NGIX instead of IIS

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3CX phone system v15 is in preparation (currently Beta) and there are quite major architectural changes and new features in preparation. The Upcoming 3CX Phone System v15 will have an NGIX web server (instead of IIS) and it will have a completely new management console. The list of changes is long as the company has been […]

Windows Server 2016 – How to configure data deduplication

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Windows Server 2016 will also have a new deduplication engine. In this post, we will have a look on how to setup data deduplication in Windows Server 2016 and also what’s changes compared to 2012 R2. While 2012R2 the recommended size of volumes suitable for deduplication were limited to 10 Tb, with the upcoming Windows […]

Veeam Agent for Linux – Image level backup for Linux [BETA]

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Veeam releasing another free product for IT administrators. This time, it is a product which will interests IT admins managing Linux systems as the new product’s name is Veeam Agent for Linux. (Beta). I previously reported on this as Veeam Endpoint for Linux but the name is Veeam Agent for Linux. The product has minimalistic […]

VMturbo Operations Manager Review [Sponsored]

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Readers of this blog know VMturbo quite well. It’s been several years that this startup company expanding very fast. VMturbo Operations Manager is regularly updated, packed with new features and having the possibility to be installed not only on VMware or Hyper-V but also on Citrix, Redhat, Openstack or Nutanix. You could check one of the latest […]

Horizon 7.0.1 Released

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There is a new release at VMware in the “VDI space”. After the successful release of Horizon 7 with Instant Clones, Blast Extreme, and other cool technologies, there is a 7.0.1 release which adds even more. Horizon 7.0.1 is released together with App Volumes 2.11 (now supporting Horizon 7.x) and also vROPS 6.3. App Volumes 2.11 […]

Top 10 Shortcuts for Windows Server 2016

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Some of the shortcuts works for Windows Server 2012 and probably 2008 as well (*.msc was around since 2003?), but as we’re heading towards the release of Windows Server 2016 I’m trying to kind of be ahead of time. The post is based on a latest TP5 release of Windows Server 2016. The shortcuts listed below […]

Nutanix Brings Interesting Offer for SMBs with Nutanix Xpress

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Nutanix hyper-converged solutions were quite an expensive solution so far, for small businesses. That’s why many SMBs and very small SMBs turned to other solutions (VSAN, Starwind or Stormagic) which allow 2-Nodes + witness configurations. Things are changing as Nutanix announced Xpress a few weeks back. Nutanix Brings Interesting Offer for SMBs with Nutanix Xpress, […]

How-to Import Windows 10 ADMX into Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain

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Windows 10 brought new options for managing endpoints. As the latest version of Windows Server is version 2012 R2 for now, we need a workaround the time new Windows Server 2016 will come up. The pack containing Windows 10 ADMX templates allows to control which features and functions are activated on Windows 10 computers. For […]