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PowerCLI 5.1.0 Release 2 has been released

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PowerCLI 5.1.0 Release 2 is out. This new release of PowerCLI 5.1.0 Release 2 brings new cmdlets for VMware Distributed Switches.  The latest release is available in two different versions: PowerCLI 5.10  PowerCLI 5.1.0 for Tenants As you probably guessed, the latter one is destined for vCloud Director 5.1.  There are 14 new cmdlets for […]

Free GUI utility called svfAlarms for Import and Export vCenter Alarms

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By chance I stumbled through this free GUI utility called svfAlarms, which enables you to import and export vCenter Alarms. The author does not provide his name on his blog (he probably does not care about glory… -:) … ). But the tool is useful for persons wanting to quickly import alarms created on other […]

Get Free VM images from Microsoft for testing

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Microsoft enables developpers to test different versions of Internet Explorer, in order to test website’s optimization, viewing in different versions of IE. In fact, when you go to this Microsoft’s site, you can download Full Free VM images for different virtualization platforms. VMware Player (or Workstation), Virtual Box, Virtual PC, Hyper-V 2008 or Hyper-V 2012. […]

Nakivo Backup & Replication – Free NFR license for vExperts, VCPs etc…

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Few weeks back I reported about Nakivo, which is New company providing low cost backup solutions for VMware. You can read about Nakivo in my detailed article here – Nakivo Backup and Replication for VMware vSphere – New Virtualization Backup Company. What’s interesting with Nakivo is that the cost of their backup is particularly interesting for VMware […]

PowerShell Audit and Patch Installation – Free GUI Utility

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Thist free utility called PoshPAIG (PowerShell Audit Installation GUI) is developed and maintained by Boe Prox at learn-powershell.net. The tool allows you to Audit installed patches, Install patches remotely. The possibility to export the results to CSV files is also included. This very interesting feature for doing PowerShell Audit and Patch Installation on windows server systems, […]

vCenter Support Assistant 5.1 – free plugin for vCenter

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vCenter support assistant 5.1 is available as a free download from VMware website. Not only you can use this product to create and fill support requests, but also to generate and collect logs with direct upload capability. vCenter support assistant 5.1 is available is virtual appliance, which gets deployed from OVF file. This product is […]

Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V 3.0 Technical Hands on Guide

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I was nicely surprised by the content of this free E-book from Veeam which is a real step-by-step guide. The document is called Understanding Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 and it’s a detailed, illustrated guide for Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V 3.0. For those of you who wants to see step-by-step which allows you to learn about Hyper-V […]

Under the Hood: Updates and Improvements in Active Directory Tools for Windows Server 2012

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New free E-book called Under the Hood: Updates and Improvements in Active Directory Tools for Windows Server 2012 by Global Knowledge. Get your copy. The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 released recently brought completely new UI with new management console. You might want to see some quick guide and learn some tweaks to quickly manage Server […]