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GPU Partitioning in Windows Server 2025

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Windows Server 2025 is the upcoming long-term servicing channel (LTSC) release of Microsoft’s server operating system. It introduces several enhancements to Hyper-V and storage functions, which benefit the operation of virtual machines. One of the most notable features is GPU partitioning, which allows the sharing of graphics processors among multiple VMs. This improves resource utilization, […]

How to use Chocolatey to install PowerCLI module and connect to your vCenter Server

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In the past, I have published some really useful blog posts for ESXi CLI commands. You were absolutely delighted to find some of those in the past, and going. Those posts are the pillars that I’m building on. So today’s post try to add some more ESXi, vCenter CLI commands to the list of the […]

SMB over QUIC in Windows Server 2025 – What’s this?

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Windows Server 2025 is the next version of Microsoft’s server operating system, expected to be released in the second half of 2024. From “Windows Server Preview Build 26010”, Windows Server Standard and Datacenter will integrate a new feature: SMB over QUIC. Until now, SMB over QUIC was only available on Azure virtual machines running Windows […]

5 Easy Steps to be more resilient with Two Hosts only – StarWind VSAN

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In small environments usually with an “All-in-one” server or with Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) locations, the question of resiliency often comes. What if my server loses a hard drive (SSD drive) or a whole RAID card? What if my CPU burns or what if my Power Supply Unit (PSU) dies? Anything can happen. Even […]

Windows Server 2025 Azure Arc Taskbar Icon

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Windows Server 2025 (currently called vNEXT by Microsoft) latest eval build 26010.1000 (Windows Server vNext LTSC Preview – Build 26010 English) has a new icon in the taskbar. After installing it as a VM in my lab, I noticed a new taskbar icon Azure Arc. This post will detail a bit more about it. If you’re wondering […]

How to Make Veeam Backup and Replication 12.1 More Secure

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Veeam Backup and Replication is a powerful solution for data protection and disaster recovery. It allows you to backup, replicate, and restore your virtual, physical, and cloud workloads with ease and efficiency. However, like any other software, it also requires proper security measures to prevent unauthorized access, data loss, or corruption. In this blog post, […]

Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.11 Beta release adding more features and improvements

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Nakivo Backup and Replication is a powerful and reliable solution for protecting your virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments. With Nakivo Backup and Replication, you can perform backup, replication, recovery, and disaster recovery for VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Amazon EC2, Microsoft 365, Oracle Database, and file shares. Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.11 is the latest […]

Why You Should Use Runecast Platform for Agentless OS Scanning of Your VMware vSphere VMs

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Runecast Platform is a security and operations platform for VMware, cloud, and containerized infrastructures. It helps you to identify, manage, and remediate vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in your environment, as well as to ensure compliance with various standards and best practices. One of the features of Runecast Platform is the ability to perform agent-less scanning of vSphere […]

End of one Era – no more VMware perpetual licenses

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This was quite expected even if I did not expect this to happen that fast. VMware by Broadcom has announced a Simplification of VMware licensing. There will be two primary offers only (VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation). Both are available as subscriptions only. Perpetual licenses are no longer available for purchase. This was […]

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