Goliath Technologies are offering extensive new monitoring solution for enterprise Google ChromeOS environments. Nearly 20 million new ChromeOS devices were shipped globally in 2022 according to IDC figures, with the large US education sector being by far the prime market for the platform. That’s a lot of endpoints to …

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Using PowerShell and PowerCLI to manage vSphere Replication. A first glance at the new module included in PowerCLI 13.1. A long-requested feature for vSphere Replication has been the ability to manage it from code, using VMware’s PowerShell Module “PowerCLI”. Management of the (paid-for) Site Recovery Manager (SRM) …

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VMware has released the Aria Cloud Management suite as a successor to vRealize and CloudHealth. Whilst this is more than just a rebranding, many existing products now have new names. Here’s a quick conversion table to get you started. Old Name New Name vRealize Operations VMware Aria Operations vRealize True Visibility …

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If you’re based near London then there’s a couple of exciting VMware events coming up this month. VMware Technology Forum First up, on 18th April 2023, is the VMware Technology Forum. This has a packed, all-day, agenda with three sessions in the morning and then a choice of technical breakouts, hands-on-labs, and …

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My experience with the Security Blue Team Level 1 certification course and exam. I recently took the Security Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1) cybersecurity course and passed the exam. I’ve collected my thoughts here in case they are useful to anyone considering the course, or about to sit the exam. As with my other posts …

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How to scale up an Azure App Service Plan from B1 to B2 to B3 using PowerShell. Imagine we have an App Service Plan in Azure on the B1 SKU, created with the following PowerShell: 1New-AzResourceGroup -Name "MyResourceGroup" -Location 'UK West' 2New-AzAppServicePlan -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" ` 3 -Name …

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On Tuesday evening I returned to Southampton for the Microsoft Cloud South Coast User Group. The event kicked off at 7pm, with three sessions and a curry on the agenda. Dox42 - Let’s (Power) Automate all your D365 & M365 Documents Johannes Linder (@jo_linder), Lead Technical Evangelist at dox42, was first up. He talked …

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A quick video that shows how to find which Azure VM is using a particular IP Address using the Azure Portal. .

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Progress Kemp LoadMaster is a load-balancer and application delivery controller available for use both on-premises and in public cloud environments. First, a little history in case the name seems familiar; in September 2021 Progress acquired Kemp, adding Application Experience Management to their portfolio through the …

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The VMware vExpert award recipients for 2023 have been announced and I’m pleased to say that I am on the list for the eighth consecutive year. The vExpert award is VMware’s “global evangelism and advocacy program” and is awarded for one year. I’ve been a vExpert since 2016 and would thoroughly recommend anyone actively …

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