Microsoft Entra ID Governance Access Package Workflow

An Access Package is a feature of Entitlement Management within Microsoft Entra ID Governance. With an Access Package, users gain self-service access to groups, applications, or SharePoint sites. You ...

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Configure Microsoft Entra ID Governance Entitlement Management Access Packages

Microsoft Entra ID Governance has many cool features, one of them is Entitlement Management. Within Entitlement Management is the Access Packages feature. Access Packages allow you to configure user s...

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Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access What If

An underrated feature of Entra ID Conditional Access is the What If tool. The Conditional Access What If tool can help you troubleshoot or design Conditional Access policies. Typically, when building ...

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Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) has an awesome feature called Conditional Access that can add an extra layer of security to your Microsoft 365 tenant. The power of Conditional Access really shi...

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Configure VCF Installer Online Depot

Once you have deployed the VCF Installer, you need to configure a depot connection to access the binaries needed to deploy VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) or VVF (VMware vSphere Foundation). In this pos...

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Deploy VCF Installer

When you want to deploy VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) or VVF (VMware vSphere Foundation), you typically use the VCF installer. Even though the VCF installer has VCF in its name, it can be used to depl...

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I'm Going to VMware Explore 2026

I’m super excited that I can attend VMware Explore in Las Vegas this year. The last time I attended VMware Explore was in 2024, and I learned so much. I’m eager to learn even more this year and build ...

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Passing VCP-VCF Architect Exam

I recently passed the VCP-VCF Architect exam, specifically the 2V0-13.25 version, and I want to share my experience with the VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Architect exam. In ...

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Deploy Horizon Edge Gateway on VMware vSphere

If you have an Omnissa Horizon subscription, you should deploy the Horizon Edge gateway appliance to license your Omnissa Horizon setup. The Horizon Edge Gateway for vSphere is a VM that you deploy on...

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Add Administrators to Omnissa Horizon

In this post, I will show you step by step how to grant additional users or groups access to the Omnissa Horizon admin console. The Process In my example, I will search for the AD security group named...

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Schedule VMware Exam

In this post, I will show you step by step how to schedule a VMware exam. The Process The entire process is split into a few stages. Testing Portal Login If you want, you can skip those clicks and go ...

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Deploy Claude Desktop on Non-Persistent VDI

In this post, I will show you step by step how to deploy Claude Desktop on Non-Persistent VDI. The Process The entire setup is split into a few stages. Install Claude Desktop To deploy Claude Desktop ...

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I Went to BSides Calgary 2026

I recently attended BSides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which took place from May 25th to May 26th. This was the 10th year of the BSides conference in Calgary, and it was also my second time attending...

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Install Omnissa DEM Application Profiler

The Omnissa DEM (Dynamic Environment Manager) application profiler is a tool you can use to determine what you need to capture to make sure the user’s application settings and data are saved and roam ...

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I Went to VMUG Connect Minneapolis 2026

I recently attended VMUG Connect in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from April 7th to 9th. This is the second round of VMUG Connect conferences. After the success of the first VMUG Connect in St. Louis, ...

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VMware vSphere CPU topology effects on VDI performance: NUMA vNUMA and CPU scheduling | GO-EUC

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Microsoft Entra ID External MFA

Microsoft recently announced that External Authentication Methods has been renamed to External MFA and is Generally Available. Microsoft also announced that Custom Controls is being deprecated, with i...

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Palo Alto Change Master Key with HA (Active/Passive)

When a Palo Alto Networks firewall is configured with a unique master key, you need to change the master key before it expires, as when the master key expires, the firewall will reboot into maintenanc...

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Deploy Sophos Firewall on VMware vCenter

A virtual SFOS (Sophos Firewall Operating System) can run on many hypervisors, including VMware. In this post, I will show you step by step how to deploy a virtual SFOS on VMware vCenter. The Process ...

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Sophos Firewall Initial Setup

Before you can start using a Sophos firewall, you must complete the initial setup. In this post, I will show you step by step, how to complete the initial setup of a virtual SFOS (Sophos Firewall Oper...

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Sophos Firewall Interface Mapping on vSphere

When you deploy a Sophos firewall on VMware vSphere, you start with 3 network interfaces PortA for LAN, PortB for WAN, and PortC is unassigned. In VMware vCenter, PortA is Network adapter 1, PortB is ...

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Sophos Firewall Remove GuestAP Interface

By default, Sophos firewalls have a wireless network interface called GuestAP. Normally, this isn’t much of an issue, but if you don’t plan to use Sophos Wireless, it doesn’t make sense to keep the Gu...

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Palo Alto Configure Master Key with HA (Active/Passive)

When you enter a private key or a password on a Palo Alto Networks firewall, it is encrypted with a master key. Out of the box, all Palo Alto firewalls use the same default master key, which used to b...

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