Enhancing Cisco Webex performance for VDI on IGEL and Horizon

The IGEL App Portal holds a a wealth of applications that are curated and governed by IGEL centrally, for instance the Cisco Webex VDI plugin, or software like Omnissa’s Horizon Client.

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Securing Cisco network device access with HashiCorp Boundary

I have several Cisco network devices in my homelab. In this post will showcase a first-glance/first-take on how to access such via Boundary, a PAM solution from HashiCorp.

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Ideas and feature requests

Most big tech companies have digital suggestions boxes for their employees, partners, customers, indeed anyone. This post will enumerate some tips and the various ways of sending ideas, enhancements o...

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State of post-quantum cryptography in 2026

Post-quantum Cryptography (PQC) refers to new cryptographic technology and algorithms that intends to be resistant to and thwart whatever dastardly attacks future computers and adversaries might be ca...

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Managing dangling IGEL UMS web certificates

This post will demonstrate how to remove dangling certificates straight from the IGEL UMS’ database - embedded or otherwise.

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VMUG Advantage Home Lab Licensing refresher exam

A year after passing one’s first VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation (VCP-VCF) certification exam valid for VMUG Advantage licensing, a refresher exam must be taken in order to ret...

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Making an iSCSI target persistent with PowerShell

One of the iSCSI targets in my homelab began to not automatically reconnect after reboots, for unknown reason(s). This quick-tip post shows how to remedy it.

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Conference Season 2026

It’s conference season soon, and 2026 is promising to be the Powershell- and EUC year of the decade! This post is about events I’m either attending or that’s looking exceedingly worthwhile.

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Encrypted DNS on Windows Server

I learnt about the looming support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) during last year’s Windows Server pre-day at Microsoft Ignite, which was bustling with exciting, security-oriented news. I’ll demonstrate ho...

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Troubleshooting untrusted Horizon certificates on IGEL OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Even with a signed certificate from my lab’s Certificate Authority, Horizon Client showed an untrusted, insecure Horizon connection on IGEL OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The same certificate was di...

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Immutable digital workspaces with Red Hat Image Mode, IGEL and Omnissa Horizon

Red Hat Image Mode was announced last year at Summit 2025 in Boston and is something I’ve been wanting to unpack in a blog. In this article I’ll demonstrate a truly immutable workstation that can be a...

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Updating Azure Local to version 2601 using PowerShell

My two Azure Local clusters on version 2510 - one local identity-based and the other using rack aware clustering - needed to be upgraded, and I figured it was sensible to do so before 2602 rolls aroun...

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Certification goals and suggestions for 2026

Certifications represent the natural culminations of having worked with a technology conscientiously. Read on to see my 2026 goals, and suggestions to develop a multi-functional skillset that behooves...

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Favorite automation talks from Cisco Live 2025 Amsterdam

Cisco Live was held in three different cities throughout 2025 - in Amsterdam, San Diego and Australia. Here are my favorite automation/IaC presentations from the Amsterdam rendition, as I haven’t gone...

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Building infrastructure and deploying workloads on Azure Local with Azure Verified Modules for Terraform

There’s a multiplicity of methods for building infrastructure and deploying VM workloads on Azure Local - through the Azure CLI, the Azure Portal, PowerShell, ARM, Bicep, Terraform or PowerShell. This...

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Golden Images with the latest NVIDIA vGPU Guest Driver using Packer and PowerShell

NVIDIA releases new versions of its vGPU software stack regularly, with drivers for both the supporting virtualization stacks (host), as well as Linux and Windows guest. In this post I’ll show ways of...

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Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals

With a Red Hat developer subscription (for individuals) it’s possible to get Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) licensing valid for up to 16 systems for a home lab at no cost!

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Retrospective

Microsoft’s flagship event Ignite 2025 in San Francisco was abuzz with announcements and connection. I’ve written a retrospective of my event experience!

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Standing up virtual Azure Local rack aware clustering

In this post I’m setting up a two-node Azure Local rack aware deployment, a deployment mode which is now in public preview in the 2510 release!

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Deploying Azure Local using local identity with Azure Key Vault

Azure Local in an AD-less form, called local identity with Azure Key Vault, is in public preview as of release 2510. This post demonstrates a simple lab with this configuration.

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Sessions and Expectations

I’m going to Microsoft Ignite 2025 November 17 – 21 in San Francisco! It’s Microsoft’s largest event of the year, and it’ll be my first time since Orlando in 2018 - this time as an MVP and session sup...

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Omnissa ONE EMEA 2025 Amsterdam Recap

I attended Omnissa ONE EMEA 2025 in Amsterdam in early October - a celebration of its first year as a standalone company! It was one of the three editions of the conference, this year held in Las Vega...

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HashiConf 2025 Travelogue - Je ne sais quoi

This is my travelogue from and look back at HashiConf 2025 San Francisco, HashiCorp’s global conference, that happened 24-26 September.

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VMware Explore 2025 Las Vegas Retrospective - A Private Cloud Renaissance

VMware Explore 2025 was held August 25 – 28 in Las Vegas, USA, at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas and was chock-full of private cloud goodness. This will be my retrospective on the conference, and medit...

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Scanning for Windows-related secret sprawl with HashiCorp HCP Vault Radar

HashiCorp’s HCP Vault Radar went gold a couple months ago. In this post I’ll show one can add custom expressions to catch Windows-related secret sprawl in the form of BitLocker recovery keys and Windo...

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PSConfEU 2025 Recap

PowerShell Conference Europe (PSConfEU) 2025 was organized June 23-26 in Malmö this year, on the southern tip of Sweden! This is the second time I attend - last time being PSConfEU 2024 in Antwerp.

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HashiDays 2025 in London Recap

HashiDays 2025 in London was special - lots of news as well as my first HashiCorp event after becoming an inaugural HashiCorp Ambassador this year! IBM’s acquisition is also completed, and as such Has...

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Downloading NVIDIA vGPU software with PowerShell

Having the latest compatible software for one’s NVIDIA vGPU investment should be a priority. New features are added all the time, or there may be security enhancements. In this post I’ll demonstrate a...

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Nested Lab Deployment

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 can be installed on nested ESX nodes like in previous versions. In this post I’ll go over some tips and tricks for a minimal virtual greenfield lab installation. This will no...

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