VMware Fling – Horizon Toolbox 2.0
At the beginning of this month a new version of the fling Horizon Toolbox 2.0 was made available. I missed it then but still wanted to share it with you all. It has almost been a year ago since the last update which I wrote…
VMware releases vRealize Code Stream Management Pack for IT DevOps (Houdini)
Today ‘project Houdini’ has freed itself from the shackles with VMware’s release of the vRealize Code Stream Management Pack for IT DevOps 1.0.0. DevOps for infrastructure VMware vRealize Code Stream Management Pack for IT DevOps helps IT teams to apply the same DevOps best practices…
App Volumes 2.10 released
On november 24th VMware released App Volumes 2.10 wich includes support for Windows 10. Besides the added support for Windows 10 there are about 12 issues resolved and several new features are added: IPv6 and VMware vMotion Support – Greater network compatibility in enterprise environments with IPv6…
VMware Samples Exchange goes into beta
When searching for scripts that relate to VMware (PowerCLI, Perl VILib, etc), you usually end up on a blog or a forum post somewhere, probably pointing towards GitHub for an example script. VMware themselves didn’t have a proper place for example scripts, like most vendors…
ThinApp 5.2 released with Windows 10 support
November 19th VMware released ThinApp 5.2. One of the most important changes is that it now supports Windows 10. These blocking issues are resolved in ThinApp 5.2 Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 crashes at launch on 32-bit Windows 10 machines. Runtime error is displayed at the launch…
VMware Fling – Horizon Service Installer for NSX
Services and Service Groups for Horizon View does not ship with NSX 6.2 today. Administrators must manually add the Horizon-related services (source, destination, protocol, port information) into NSX. This is a time consuming process and lends itself to errors. Since last week you don’t have…
vRealize Automation 7 – LifeCycle Extensibility
The new vRealize Automation 7 LifeCycle Extensibility is probably one of the most impressive and powerful new features. LifeCycle Extensibility is an Event Broker Service which enables providers to register and manage events, producers and consumers. You can now use the out-of-the box extensibility, by plugging new functionality without the…
VMware Identity manager and the 3 reasons why companies should use it
During VMworld 2015 one of the sessions I followed was about the VMware Identity manager (vIDM) and the 3 reasons why companies should use it. There might be even more then those three reasons, but in this article I will stick to those described in the…
vCloud NFV Kick-starts Telco Providers
During VMworld Europe 2015, VMware announced a new program under their vCloud naming, called vCloud NFV (Network Function Virtualization). What is vCloud NFV? vCloud NFV is essentially a bundle with the best of VMware targeted to telecom/service providers (or any NFV company) to kickstart them…
VMworld TV Daily wrap-up Wednesday
As always Jeremy van Doorn and Eric Sloof did a wrap-up of all the action at VMworld with the VMworld TV Daily wrap-up. If you’re unable to join VMworld, or want to know what you missed this is a good way to catch up and make…
VMware Announces Plan To Acquire Boxer
Today VMware announced the plan to acquire Boxer a solution which allows you to provide your business critical applications like e-mail the look and feel of the applications we are used to with our personal devices. This while still remaining in control of your data and applying your business…
VMworld TV Daily wrap-up Tuesday
As always Jeremy van Doorn and Eric Sloof did a wrap-up of all the action at VMworld. If you’re unable to join VMworld, or want to know what you missed this is a good way to catch up and make your planning for tomorrow. VMworld…
vRealize Automation 7 – New Architecture & Installation
Today VMware announced the long awaited new version of their cloud management product vRealize Automation 7 (vRA7). This new release, previously known under codename Bellatrix, is a major overhaul and includes many new features and enhancements. vRealize Automation 7 Architecture First of all, vRealize Automation…
vRealize Automation 7 – Improved Authentication
Today VMware announced the long awaited new version of their cloud management product vRealize Automation 7 (vRA7). This new release, previously known under codename Bellatrix, is a major overhaul and includes many new features and enhancements. Authentication Another huge improvement in vRealize Automation 7 is…
vRealize Automation 7 – Converged Blueprints
Today VMware announced the long awaited new version of their cloud management product vRealize Automation 7 (vRA7). This new release, previously known under codename Bellatrix, is a major overhaul and includes many new features and enhancements. Converged blueprints A long awaited new feature is the…