Understanding Snapshots – NetApp ONTAP vs. VMware, Hyper-V, and Cloud Disk Snapshots
The term snapshot is widely used across storage systems, hypervisors, and cloud platforms, but the underlying technology can be fundamentally…
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) – What Is the Difference?
The terms Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) are often used closely together, which can give the…
Passwordless Authentication in Linux – Part 3 – Certificate-Based and FIDO2 Authentication
After exploring certificate-based authentication and Passkeys on FIDO2 for Windows in Part 1 and Part 2, this third part takes…
Passwordless Authentication in Windows – Logon and RDP without Passwords – Part 2 – FIDO2 Passkeys and Microsoft Entra Kerberos
In Part 1, we implemented passwordless authentication using certificate-based smart-card logon, storing the user’s authentication certificate and private key securely…
Passwordless Authentication in Windows – Logon and RDP without Passwords – Part 1- Certificate-Based Authentication
Passwords have been the traditional method for authenticating users to Windows systems for decades. However, passwords also introduce several security…
VMware vSphere Networking Best Practices
This post outlines VMware’s recommended best practices for configuring network redundancy and NIC teaming in vSphere environments. It explains the…
How Multicast Traffic Works in VMware vSphere – Testing VSS (Basic Multicast Filtering) vs VDS (IGMP/MLD Snooping) with Video Streaming – Part 2
In Part 1, we built the multicast lab environment and explored multicast communication within a single VLAN, including IGMP, IGMP…
How Multicast Traffic Works in VMware vSphere – Testing VSS (Basic Multicast Filtering) vs VDS (IGMP/MLD Snooping) with Video Streaming – Part 1
Multicast traffic is commonly used for IPTV, video surveillance systems, financial market data feeds, software deployment solutions, and other applications…
How to Migrate from vSphere Standard Switch (VSS) to vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) – and Back Again
The vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) provides centralized network management across multiple ESXi hosts and offers advanced features such as Network…
Windows Secure Boot Certificates Expire in June and October 2026 – Readiness Checks, Troubleshooting, and VMware vSphere Fixes
Microsoft has announced that the original Secure Boot certificates introduced with Windows and UEFI Secure Boot in 2011 are approaching…
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