Spring is here and with that comes the annual Seattle VMUG User Conference! The event this year is on Monday May 13th and will be held at Hyatt Regency hotel in Bellevue. Last year we had over 350 attendees and are aiming to expand on that number this year. Make sure to register HERE! Below [...]
About Jason
Jason works for a VMware partner in the PacNW as a Senior Solutions Engineer.He has obtained several VMware certifcations inlcuding VCP, VCAP-DCA, and VCAP-DCD. For his contributions to the VMware community he was awarded VMware vExpert status for 2012.Author Archive | Jason
Get Your NFR License
One of the great joys in studying and taking an exam for me is that feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction I get when all the hard work and effort pays off with a successful pass. Over the last few years there has been an added benefit to becoming certified in various technologies. Many companies now [...]
Feeling Lucky? Win a Trip to VMworld 2013 from Veeam
Today I was having lunch with a few ex-coworkers and the conversation around IT budgeting came up. As it always seems to happen we discussed how usually the first thing to get trimmed from budgets are training dollars for the IT staff. These training dollars usually include the ability to attend tech conferences as well. [...]
Setting Up Google Authenticator for WordPress Blogs
Recently I was looking for a solution to add additional security/protection for my blog. With like anything else, if I don’t know the best place to start I take to the interwebs to do some research on the best tools/way to secure a WordPress blog. Found several great articles that pointed to a great plugin, [...]
50% Off on VMware VCP Exams, 20% Off on Study Materials
TweetLate last week VMware Education Services sent out a tweet (follow them on Twitter HERE) that VMware is running a promotion for 50% off all VMware Certified Professional Exams (VCP-Cloud, VCP5-DV, VCP5-DT, and IaaS). On top of that they are also offering 20% of study materials from the “VMware Certification Marketplace” Both of these are [...]
VCP5-DT Objective 2.11–Configure the Environment for Kiosk Mode
Objective 2.11 – Configure the Environment for Kiosk Mode For this objective I used the following resources VMware View Administration documentation VMware KB Article 1028287 – Configuring kiosk mode in VMware View Manager 4.5 Knowledge Utilize vdmadmin (e.g, enable/disable Kiosk Mode, assign client to desktop, etc.) Identify client device’s identification mechanism (MAC, custom name, etc) [...]
VCP5-DT Objective 2.10–Configure the Environment for Local Mode
Objective 2.10 – Configure the Environment for Local Mode For this objective I used the following resources: VMware View Administration documentation VMware View Installation documentation Knowledge Publish Linked Clone Replica to Transfer Server Repository Refer to section “Configure/Identify Transfer Server Repository” in Objective 2.5 Configure View Transfer Servers Configure Local Mode Policies View/Modify Global Settings [...]
VMware VCAP Studying with Trainsignal
Last week I received an email from someone who recently passed their VMware VCP 5 exam (congratulations again Justin!) leveraging the study guide that myself and Josh Coen have put together (located HERE). Justin also let me know that his next goal was to begin prepping for and passing the VMware VCAP-DCA 5 exam and [...]
Book Review–VMware View 5: Building A Successful Virtual Desktop
In the last few of months I have began working with VMware View both in my home lab and for my day job working for a VMware partner. In the past my core focus around VMware had to do more with virtualized sever workloads and my experience with VDI/EUC has been around using Citrix’s XenDesktop [...]
Drum Role Please, Top Virtualization Blogs 2013 Results
Early this week Eric Siebert from vSphere-Land.com announced the list of the top virtualization blogs for 2013 during a vChat episode co-hosted with Simon Seagrave, David Davis, and John Troyer (video below). I am excited to announce that with your support I came in at number 62 on the list! I would like to thank [...]
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