Joe Onisick (@joeonisick) presents “Sales Skills for Technical Types” Joe is a self described polarizing technologist and consummate bullshit artist 🙂 That being said, this presentation is no bs! In it he talks about why everyone in tech is also really in sales. This talk is repleat with tips and tricks on how to level
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Christophe Limpalair (@christophelimp) presents “Getting Started in Cybersecurity” Christophe has worked on several online training platforms including Linux Academy. Recently he founded Cybr.com, a learning platform for cybersecurity. Here he talks about his recommendations for learning about and getting into the various different fields within the realm of cybersecurity. Resources: https://cybr.com https://cybr.com/blog/ https://www.beautiful.ai/player/-MUUEEAeaLVT55LRYDbH https://hackthebox.eu
Hiroko Nishimura (@hirokonishimura) presents “Ms.Hiro to AWS Hero: From Special Education Teacher to AWS Hero” Hiroko came from a non-technical background and wanted to get into AWS. Here she talks about her tips and recommendations for learning IT jargon when you are starting from zero technical background. Resources: https://hiroko.io https://hirokonishimura.com https://awsnewbies.com/ https://introtoaws.com/
David Ball (@davidjasonball) presents “Amazon AppStream: Netflix for Virtual Desktops” Learn about the AWS AppStream service and get hands on experience with a live demo. Resources: http://virtualbonzo.com/ https://https://aws.amazon.com/appstream2/
Jeramiah Dooley (@jdooley_clt) presents “Admin to Advocacy: How’d you do that?” Jeramiah gives us an intro into developer and cloud advocacy roles. What it is and what you need to know if you want to get into the field. Resources: http://jeramiah.net/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Ayodele Odubela (@DataSciBae) presents “How to Start Doing Data Science” Ayodele gives us an intro into data science. What it is and what you need to know if you want to get into the field. Code for 25% off her new book: VBROWNBAG Resources: https://ayodeleodubela.com https://bit.ly/DS4A_AYO https://www2.slideshare.net/AyodeleROdubela/how-to-start-doing-data-science-240762610
Dan Pallone (@danpallone) presents “Kubernetes in Amazon: Why you should use EKS” Get the what, when, where, why, and who of AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) with Dan Pallone. Resources: https://aws.amazon.com/eks/ https://www.eksworkshop.com/
Greg Bates (@pensrule82) shows us how to supercharge our reporting skills and going past manual Excel reports with an introduction to PowerBI, and how he leverages different data sources such as a custom excel inventory sheet, vRops reports and WSUS patching database data to create reports that help him in his job as an IT
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It seems that the community is still hard for vendors to include in their conferences & particularly the online replacement for their conferences. The community is my sole reason for going to almost every VMworld event since 2011, so I want to spend time with my community friends at VMworld 2020. With that in mind,
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Matt Crape (@MattThatITGuy) gave us a good introduction to Kubernetes by guiding us through building a simple K8s lab using K3s and Linux VMs. He explained basic concepts, used some of the recommended exercises and listed some of the resources that can be used to continue learning. All his code is available in GitHub: https://github.com/mattthatitguy
Sean Hicks (@SeanHicks77) presents “VMware Anywhere – VMware on X” What kind of cool stuff can you do when you combine VMware and your favorite public cloud? Resources: https://vmc.vmware.com/ https://www.wwt.com/atc
Our plans for TechTalks at VMworld 2020 are getting clearer. There will be a small number of TechTalks in the official VMware event, repeated in each of the three time zones. We will have quite a few more TechTalks than the VMworld team can accommodate, so we will also have a pre-VMworld event. On Monday
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Frances Wong @frances_wong on twitter shows the study guide she did for the VCP -NV based on NSX-T 2.4. She goes deep into her preparation, resources, material and even taking the test remotely. If you used her guide, let her know! Resources: https://virtually2cents.com/nsx-t-2-4-study-guide-support/ https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification/vcp-nv-nsxt-2019-exam.html
Build Day Live has been bringing you live-streamed, hands-on, learning about various vendor’s products for the last three years. But this is 2020, so everything must change. Travel restrictions, particularly for me, mean that we do not expect to be doing Build Day Live events for quite a while. Our new format is more of
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Bob Plankers (https://twitter.com/plankers) continues our vSphere7 series with a look at new security features and guidance in vSphere 7. Resources: https://twitter.com/vSphereSecurity https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories.html https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/services/introduction-to-security-and-compliance/ https://github.com/vmware/dod-compliance-and-automation
Mike Foley (https://twitter.com/mikefoley) continues our vSphere 7 series with a look at vCenter 7 with Kubernetes. Mike walks through some of the architecture and workflows of administering Kubernetes on vSphere 7. Resources: Mike Foley’s Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/author/mike_foley Micheal West’s Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/author/michaelwest vSphere 7 Hands-on Labs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/06/announcing-the-vsphere-7-hands-on-labs.html
sNigel Hickey (https://twitter.com/vCenterNerd) kicks off our vSphere 7 series with a look at vCenter 7 server. Nigel will highlight both improvements to existing features as well as some new goodies! ?Resources:?vSphere 7 blog – http://vmw.re/vsphere7 vSphere Upgrade Center – https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center.html
Paul Mancuso (https://twitter.com/pmancuso) dives into the how and why of design decisions when deploying VMware NSX over Cisco ACI and other data center fabrics.
Modern times require modern solutions, so vBrownBag has joined a 15-year-old platform. You can now find vBrownBag on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/vBrownBag/. Our subreddit is a place to talk about vBrownBag episodes and talk with community members. A little like the blogger tables at VMworld, but without the conference noise. We plan to link all new
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Heath Johnson (@heathbarj) presents on an amazing, quick way to spin up your VCF home lab! Resources: For obtaining VLC: http://tiny.cc/getVLC Joining the VLC Support : http://tiny.cc/getVLCSlack