Author: Philip McKraken

#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Thomas Brown (@thombrown)

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Thomas Brown joins the professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag to wrap up the VCAP-DTD mini-series, reviewing sections 5 and 6 of the the VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design blueprint. Video You can find Thomas on Twitter @thombrown and his blog at http://www.thomas-brown.com/. You can request a copy of the blueprint in the VMware MyLearn portal. Sign
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Brian Suhr (@bsuhr)

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Brian Suhr joins the professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag to review sections 1 and 2 of the the VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design blueprint. Recording Slides https://app.box.com/s/uyjvmp20rm6srv5mzngb You can find Brian on Twitter @bsuhr and his blog athttp://www.virtualizetips.com/ andhttp://www.datacenterzombie.com/. You can request a copy of the blueprint in the VMware MyLearn portal. Sign up for the live
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Adam Eckerle (@eck79)

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In the first of 3 shows dedicated to the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design, Adam Eckerle reviews design considerations for pods and blocks, support infrastructure such as Active Directory, DNS and DHCP and also ThinApp. Video Slides You can find Adam on Twitter @eck79 and his blog at http://ecktech.me/ and request a copy of
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Upcoming VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design Series

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Starting on March 26th, we will have 3 shows to help you prepare for your VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD).  The series will be broken into 3 sections to cover the various parts of the VCAP-DTD Blueprint. You can get up to speed on the blueprints and format of the exam thanks
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Automate ALL the Things Advanced vCO with Joerg Lew (@joerglew)

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On the latest #vBrownBag Automate ALL the Things session, Joerg Lew gives a deep dive demo on some advanced features of VMware vCenter Orchestrator. Video You can find Joerg on Twitter @joerglew and his blog at http://www.vcoportal.de/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Automate All the Things PowerCLI Futures with Alan Renouf (@alanrenouf)

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Alan Renouf from VMware demos new features of PowerCLI including a live demo for the Automate All The Things Series. Video You can find Alan on Twitter @alanrenouf and his blog at http://www.virtu-al.net/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such as the Automate All
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Using #vCO to manage Active Directory and Exchange with Sean Massey (@seanpmassey)

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VMware’s vCenter Orchestrator is usually thought of as a tool for automating VMware environments. But when vCO is combined with PowerShell, it can be used to automate and manage Microsoft applications as well. In this installment of Automate All the Things Sean Massey (@seanpmassey) will talk about how to automate Active Directory and Exchange using
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Home Lab builds with Mark Gabryjelski (@markgabbs)

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Mark Gabryjelski dropped in on the #vBrownBag to give some tips and tricks on building a home lab capable of running nested ESXi servers. You can find additional videos from Mark about this build at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLQ3sn5-bIVgJ69HsGPm9-58E4hzjxtq2&app=desktop Video You can sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Virtualizing Latency Sensitive Apps in vSphere with Anthony Elizondo (@complex)

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Anthony Elizondo discusses the features available in vSphere that allow you to virtualize latency sensitive applications and services such a VOIP.  You can find Anthony on Twitter @complex Video You can sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such as the Automate All The Things
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#vBrownbag Follow-Up Conquering Storage Performance w Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) and Jonathan Klick (@jonathanklick)

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Stand back! Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) and Jonathan Klick (@jonathanklick) join the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to try science! Vishal and Jonathan talk about the science behind storage performance, providing an understanding of how IOPS and throughput can effect latency, then wrap up with a review of how server side caching vendors such as Infinio, PernixData, Proximal Data
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User Review – Pearson IT Certification’s VMware vSphere 5 Jump Start Training via Rob Nelson (@rnelson0)

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This post is by Rob Nelson, one of the winners from our end of year prize giveaway which Pearson Pearson sponsored.  Pearson had no input into the contents of the post.  You can find Rob on Twitter @rnelson0 or his blog rnelson0.com.   Thanks to the vBrownBag December 2013 giveaway, I received a free copy of
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Automate All The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – Hardcore vCAC with Jon Harris (@ThevCACguy)

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Jon Harris, @thevcacguyon Twitter joins the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to present the next session in the Automate All The Things series on vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) where he covered IT Business Management suite  standard and the vCAC 6 Advanced Services Designer. Video You can sign up for the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and check out our Automate
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#vBrownBag VMware VCAP Administration Bootcamp with John Arrasjid (@vcdx001) and Mostafa Khalil (@MostafaVMW)

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John Arrasjid and Mostafa Khalil from VMware join the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to present the VMware Certified Advanced Professional Administration Bootcamp. The bootcamp covers considerations, challenges and blueprints for all 3 VCAP Administration exams (VCAP-DCA, VCAP-CIA, VCAP-DTA). You can find John on Twitter @vcdx001 and Mostafa at @MostafaVMW. Video Sign up for the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag at
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Upcoming #vBrownBag VMware VCAP Administration Boot Camp 1/29 with @vcdx001 & more

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Join John Arrasjid, Mostafa Khalil, Linus Bourque, Jon Hall and Mark Brunstad on Wednesday January 29th at 8:30PM EST / 7:30PM CST for a VMware VCAP Administration boot camp.  The bootcamp will cover considerations, challenges and blueprints for all 3 VCAP Administration exams (Data Center, Cloud, Desktop). If you are not already registered, go to https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/
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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Install & Config with Mike Preston (@mwpreston)

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Mike Preston joins us to review the installation and configuration of the vCenter Orchestrator appliance, how to integrate it with the vSphere Web Client and also reviews PowerShell integration and workflow execution. Video Referenced Materials You can find the Kerberos configs referenced during the show at: 5.1 – http://blog.mwpreston.net/2013/04/19/my-first-vcenter-orchestrator-workflow-part-4-a-look-at-the-powershell-plug-in/ 5.5 – http://blog.mwpreston.net/2013/12/12/kerberos-authentication-for-the-powershell-plugin-in-vco-5-5/ You can find Mike on
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#vBrownBag 2013 End of Year Give-Away Winners Announced!

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This post is by Jonathan Frappier At the end of December, the #vBrownBag crew, along with some awesome sponsors announced our annual end of year give-away.  Our sponsors included the EMC Elect, Infinio, Pearson, Proximal Data, Simplivity, Pluralsight, Veeam and Zerto as well as members of our own crew Cody Bunch, Damian Karlson and Nick Marshall.
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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Getting Started with Joerg Lew (@joerglew)

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VMware’s Joeg Lew (@joerglew) presents an overview of the features and functionality of vCO 5.5 and a live demo of the install, configuration and the drag and drop workflow builder.  A very special and big thank you to Joerg who was doing this presentation at 3AM local time! Video #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things –
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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCAC 6.0 Config with Jon Harris (@ThevCACGuy)

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In part 2 of the vCAC 6.0 coverage, Jon Harris dives into use cases and features to allow you to setup your own private cloud such as work flows, templates, and new features like the remote console to access VMs directly from the vCAC web UI. #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things – vCAC 6.0 Getting
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The Super Awesome Freetasic #vBrownBag 2013 End of Year Give Away Spectacular!

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As 2013 winds down it’s time again, in partnership with our super awesome contest sponsors and #vBrownBag crew members to say thank you to our listeners with an awesome (litterally awesome) give away filled with tech and learning awesomeness…see thats a lot of awesome! So without further adieu, the awesome prizes include (in alphabetical order
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#vBrownBag #C2OS Follow-up: What’s new in OpenStack Havana with Eric Wright (@discoposse)

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The “What’s New in Havana?” session is a high-level review of some of the changes that came with the November 2013 release of OpenStack. Presented by Eric Wright (@Discoposse) with help from Cody Bunch and Kenneth Hui, the session covers the core projects and is appropriate for those familiar with, or just getting started with
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