With VMware Cloud on AWS there are only two instance types, including i3.metal and i3en.metal and very recently, VMware has announced a new bare-metal instance type - the i4i.metal instance for VMware Cloud on AWS and this new instance has an optimal balance of compute, [...]
Read on: Overview of vSphere : Part 1 In this second part of the VMware for Beginners Series, we will check the hardware requirements for installing vSphere and the licenses. Important note: Before we start, please bear in mind that this blog post is to [...]
As we learned in the last post, Microsoft Hyper-V is a robust virtualization platform that provides an enterprise-ready hypervisor to run business-critical workloads. However, we are starting with the basics of the solution and building our way up as we learn more about Hyper-V and [...]
As you very well know, the IT infrastructure of the last few years have been very influenced by migrations to the cloud with the big names pushing for it like VMware with their multi-cloud strategy. In many instances, it may make sense from a financial [...]
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) provides Web Single-Sign-On(SSO) capabilities to authenticate a user to multiple Web applications using a single user account. It uses a claims-based access control authorization model to maintain application security and implement federated identity. A federation server on one side authenticates [...]
In case you stumbled on the title but have no idea what it means. Let's start with the fact that DAS, NAS, and SAN are abbreviations for different storage technologies. DAS - Direct Attached Storage NAS - Network Attached Storage SAN - Storage Area Network [...]
Be More Efficient with PowerCLI functions Running a VMware environment is all about automation and how much you can reduce the overhead of RUN operations and daily maintenance tasks to get more quality time working on evolution projects, architecture and BUILD among other things. As [...]
Companies are increasingly using Cloud services to support their business processes. But which types of Cloud services are there, and what is the difference? Which kind of Cloud service is most suitable for you? Do you want to be unburdened or completely in control? Do [...]
What is this VMware for Beginners Series? First, this initial blog post explains what VMware vSphere Hypervisor is. The next is a series of blog posts that are about the basics of vSphere: How to install vSphere/ESXi ESXi Local Virtual Networks and Local ESXi Storage [...]
Regardless of the specific domain a company works in or its size, IT security always was one of the key components when it comes to running workloads for internal and external customers. Virtualization is a particularly critical area to protect in that aspect as it [...]
