Certification

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2018

Using a Managed Service Account in Windows

Recently, I had a question about using a managed service account for Veeam’s Backup for Office 365, so I thought I would write about …
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2016

VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.2 Configure Identity Sources for Single Sign-On

Now that a Platform Services Controller installed, and vCenter Server installed; it’s time to configure single sign-on sources for our …
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VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.2 Deploy vCenter Server

Now that the Platform Services Controller (PSC) is installed, it’s time to install the vCenter server. For the lab, we will be …
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VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.2 Deploy and Configure a Platform Services Controller

Objective 1.2 deals with the managing infrastructure. In this blog, I will cover the installation of a Platform Services Controller on a …
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VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.1 Perform Advanced ESXi Host Configuration – Part 3

To finish off objective 1.1, we have three things to cover: Edit system swap / scratch configuration Configure ESXi to use a central syslog …
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VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.1 Perform Advanced ESXi Host Configuration – Part 2

In part 1 , we covered using Auto Deploy to install ESXi onto our physical hosts. In part 2, we will cover unattended installations. …
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VCAP-DCV Deploy - Objective 1.1 Perform Advanced ESXi Host Configuration - Part 1

To kick off the series on the blueprint for the VCAP-DCV exam, I thought I would start at the beginning. I will split objective 1.1 into 3 …
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VCAP-DCV Deploy - Study Guide Series

Since I hold a VCAP-DCD for 5.5, and want to upgrade to the VCIX-DCV 6, I have to study and take the VCAP-DCV Deploy test. Thankfully, …
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2015

VMworld 2015 - VCDX Unwrapped #SDDC5027

I attended the session VCDX Unwrapped at VMworld in San Francisco this year. This was a panel discussion type session, which are always laid …
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2013

vExpert 2013 awarded

Last night, John Troyer (@jtroyer ) announced the new list of vExperts for 2013 here . I am ecstatic and humbled to be selected to be a …
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Training Resources - TrainSignal

*Disclaimer: While TrainSignal is sponsoring my blog, the views expressed in this post are my own. Recently, TrainSignal revamped their …
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2012

Passed VCP510 Exam

This morning I took the VCP510 exam and passed! This was a little tougher than the VCP4 exam. 85 questions, and it took me an hour. Lots of …
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2011

Creating a Nested ESXi 5 Environment

**UPDATED for ESXi 5.1 HERE** Since vSphere 5 was released earlier this year, it is now time to get ready to pass the VCP exam. I am a VCP …
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MCITP: Server Administrator

Today I took 70-646, Windows Server 2008: Server Administrator and PASSED! I am now an Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Server …
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MCTS: Windows Server 2008 AD Configuration

Today I passed Microsoft test 70-640: Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring. This test covers quite a large spectrum of information, …
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