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Author: Niels Engelen

Working as a Principal Analyst in Product Management for Veeam Software with an interest in anything virtual and cloud with a strong focus on AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365. He is also a VMware Certified Professional, a Veeam Certified Architect and gained the VMware vExpert award (2012-2022).
Upgrade Path from VCDX4 to VCDX5

Upgrade Path from VCDX4 to VCDX5

Mark Brunstad announced the upgrade path from VCDX4 to VCDX5 yesterday on the communities. Quote: Following the release of the VCAP5-DCD Beta exam results, the VMware Certification Team is pleased to announce the upgrade path from VCDX4 to VCDX5. Current VCDX4 holders in good standing will be able to upgrade their certification to VCDX5 by successfully passing the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5- Datacenter Design (VDCD510) exam. The VCAP5-DCD exam release date will be announced in May. Release of the…

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Zimbra 7.2 released

Zimbra 7.2 released

Today VMware also made an announcement regarding the new release on Zimbra, bringing the current version onto 7.2. It was already released last week with some significant improvements. To begin with, emails are now protected with S/MIME encryption and signing, both of which are now native to the Zimbra Web Client and work with Outlook using the Zimbra Connector for Outlook. Which is to say, messages can be read only by the intended recipient, with the sender’s identity assured. Previously,…

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Project Octopus Beta Now Available

Project Octopus Beta Now Available

Last September, VMware provided a glimpse into the future. It demonstrated a new technology, called Project Octopus, that promised to be the first viable Enterprise cloud file sharing application. The way people manage and share information within the Enterprise is changing, and Project Octopus is at the forefront of meeting these new needs. Today VMware announces that the beta is open to all and it will last through VMworld. Keep in mind that due to limited support resources, priority will…

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Free Training: Learn vCenter Operations Manager v5 in just 2.5 hours!

Free Training: Learn vCenter Operations Manager v5 in just 2.5 hours!

VMware just announced a FREE online training course called “VMware vCenter Operations Manager Fundamentals [V5.X]“. This course is a self-paced course which lasts 2.5 hours and it’s available through myLearn training. This e-learning course covers how to install and configure vCenter Operations Manager as well as how to use its many robust features. Objectives After completing this course, you should be able to: Diagram the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 vApp Architecture. Describe the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 vApp resource requirements…

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Fling update: vBenchmark 1.0.2 released

Fling update: vBenchmark 1.0.2 released

VMware released a small update for their vBenchmark fling, now bringing the version number to 1.0.2. What’s new? Fixed bugs that prevented some customers from deploying vBenchmark appliance with vCloud Director and vCenter Server 4.0 Fixed a bug that caused network settings not to persist after the reboot You can change the network configuration of the VM via the web interface, please point your browser to https://ip.address:5480 Updated VMware Tools vBenchmark was first released on 25/02/2012. More information about this…

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