FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, welcome to the latest VMware TAM newsletter. This week I would like to introduce to you a new blog from our friends at VMware on VMware. From this week we will feature posts and other information courtesy of the VoV team. To kick this off, we have the latest report - "Increasing Business Agility Through Digital Transformation VMware IT Performance Annual Report 2019" as well as the correspondingCIO article. We are sure you will find this information to be very valuable and of course are here to answer any of your questions. The VoV regular blog is also presented below as part of the VMware News section so please take a look.
We also feature 2 upcoming Webinars from the TAM program on "Operationalizing Hyperconverged Infrastructure" as well as Support on "Skyline Day 2", so be sure to check those out.
Don't forget to check the latest KB articles, keep your TAM's, SAM's and account teams in the loop with what you are doing so they are able to better support you in your transformation journey.
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TAM CUSTOMER WEBINAR
March 2020 – Operationalizing Hyperconverged Infrastructure. Ensuring long-term customer success with vSAN-powered HCI Solutions
Date: Thursday, March 12th
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
What are the approaches we can take to support HCI based solutions (Native vSAN, VxRail & VCF) while ensuring platform stability and safeguarding data?
In this session, Paul McSharry will discuss theory, processes, & gotchas to help prepare for production HCI
Guest speaker:
Paul McSharry – vSAN Customer Success Architect
Registration Link:
https://vmware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uhcz7bHGT_CORoO34hJBsQ
SUPPORT@VMWARE
Skyline "Day 2" Webcast Feb 27, 2020
Now that you have installed Skyline proactive support technology, what's next? Join an informative webcast on Feb 27, 2020 at 7am PST where we'll be featuring "Day 2" content to answer the question, "I've installed Skyline -- now what?"
During this live webcast, The Skyline team will educate you on how to obtain maximize value from Skyline proactive support so you can increase reliability, security and productivity of your environments. Using Skyline helps you prevent issues so you don't have to call VMware Tech Support. You will learn how best to leverage Skyline features as well as best practices and tips and tricks for getting the most out of Skyline.
Register:https://vmwarelearningzone.vmware.com/oltpublish/site/openlearn.do?dispatch=previewLesson&id=411b5d07-4cbc-11ea-9f48-0cc47adeb5f8&playlistId=8c8c15e5-4970-11ea-9f48-0cc47adeb5f8
NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
Open Source Blog
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Swapnil Byartiya from TFIR.io, a news and analysis outlet that targets CXOs and decision-makers in the realm of “The Fou...
Network Virtualization Blog
- Network Field Day #NFD22
NSX: Networking and Security Join us for #NFD22. The agenda is locked down and our in-house VMware experts are ready to... - New ESG Study on Hybrid Cloud Adoption and Security
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If you’ve wanted to learn about VMware NSX, a L2-L7 networking and security virtualization platform entirely in software... - Get Up To Speed on NSX Cloud with 5 Easy Resources
Over the last few years, as public and hybrid cloud adoption proliferated, organizations began looking for seamless and ...
vSphere Blog
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vSphere Tags were introduced in version 5.1 as a way to organize inventory objects such as VMs, Hosts, Datastores, etc.,... - Update to Guidance on VMware vSphere & Microsoft AD LDAP (ADV190023)
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Intel Corporation has released security advisory INTEL-SA-00329, in which they disclose new CPU vulnerabilities present ... - Creating and Using Content Library
Content Library has evolved quite a bit since its inception in vSphere 6.0. Some of that evolution has brought new ways ...
Cloud management Blog
- vROps 8.0 Troubleshooting Workbench and Blue Medora
Written by Brock Peterson, Blue Medora – Principal Solution Architect In vROps 6.5 HTML5, Based User Interface was... - ‘Cloud Is’ – Part Three – Control
Gimme, gimme never gets… except if you’re a developer. Being a CIO is tough. It’s a high pressure job with a complex pr... - ‘Cloud Is’ – Part Two – Trust
Everyone in operations has received the call. An app owner phones the ops team and says the same thing, again. “My app s... - ‘Cloud Is’ – Part One – an Operating Model
Happens every time. There’s a planning meeting with twelve people in the room. We’re all there to discuss the new cloud ... - Wanted – Your Troubleshooting Workbench Success Stories
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Cloud Native Blog
- Introducing Watch-Proxy: A Beacon to Gather Kubernetes Info for IT Systems
Contributions from Rachel Leekin, Senior Kubernetes Architect, VMware Today, most enterprises’ IT solutions contain vari... - Enhancing Kubernetes Security with OPA
The security ecosystem for Kubernetes can be confusing. A Sysdig article from July 2019 outlined 33 security tools for K... - Learn How to Bootstrap Kubernetes Clusters on KubeAcademy
We’re excited to announce the launch of a new KubeAcademy course—Cluster Operations. The Cluster Operations course is de... - Rethinking Security from Scratch: The Case for Shifting Container Security from the Edge to the Core
Here’s a simple possibility that is often overlooked but can have serious consequences: Building the smallest possible c... - Discover, Visualize, Optimize: How vRealize Network Insight Helps You Manage Kubernetes Clusters
Contributors Alka Gupta, Director, Strategic Technical Alliance Pravin Goyal, Product Line Manager Eric Railine, Technic...
EUC Blog
- Deploying the Knox Service Plugin (KSP) as an Internally-Managed Application
The Knox Service Plugin (KSP) allows enterprise customers to use Knox Platform for Enterprise (KPE) features as soon as ... - The Workspace ONE Forums are now live on VMTN!
Back in December, we announced that the Workspace ONE forums were moving from their previous home at www.support.workspa... - Workspace ONE and Okta SCIM Integration Now Available
Starting today, joint Okta and Workspace ONE customers will be able to download the Workspace ONE app from the Okta Inte... - Workspace ONE Assist Expands Support for Desktops with macOS View and Control Capabilities
Prioritizing the digital employee experience is critical to attracting and retaining skilled employees, fostering innova... - VMware Workspace ONE UEM: Customize the Enrollment Process on Apple Platforms
With macOS Catalina, Apple has introduced some powerful tools IT admins can use to improve the employee experience. This...
Cloud Foundation Blog
- Deep dive into VMware Cloud Foundation – Part 2 Nested Lab deployment
In my last blog post, I gave a very high-level overview of deploying a nested VCF lab using the VLC. If you haven’... - Deep dive into VMware Cloud Foundation – Part 1 Building a Nested Lab
If you’re like me, you like to dive deep into technology to learn how things work in the safety of a lab environme... - VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail Blog Series – part 6: NSX-T and L3 Stretch Cluster updates
Author: Amitrajit Chatterjee, Field Solutions Architect In the previous blog, we discussed how to deploy NSX-T with VMw... - Application Virtual Networks – Enabling Stronger Mobility and Flexibility with VMware Cloud Foundation
By: Nick Marshall One of the new features in the 3.9.1 release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is use of Application Vi... - Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9.1
By: Lavanya Shastri On January 14th 2020, VMware achieved general availability of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 3.9.1, i...
VMware on VMware Blog
- VMware Information Security. Why the Path to Passwordless is the Way Forward
By Craig Savage, Security Solutions Strategist—VMware Security and Resiliency Sometimes you can’t see the ... - How Automating the Security Stack Has Reaped Unexpected Benefits, Including Reducing Human Error
By Craig Savage, Security Solutions Strategist—VMware Security & Resiliency Automation has proven vita... - Integrating and Sustaining Resilience in Our DNA—The Story of the VMware Global Resiliency Program
By Prasad Saranjame, Head of Physical Security & Resiliency (PS&R), and Cheryl LaTouche, Senior Manager, ... - VMware IT Uses Digital Transformation Strategies to Become More Agile
At VMware, we are undergoing a digital transformation that touches on nearly every aspect of our workplace. But what doe... - Intrinsic Security. How VMware IT (Cost Effectively) Reimagined What It Means to Be Safe—And Is Making Everything Even More Secure
By Craig Savage, Security Solutions Strategist—VMware Security & Resiliency Software-as-a-Service (Saa...
EXTERNAL NEWS FROM 3RD PARTY BLOGGERS
Virtually Ghetto
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ESX Virtualization
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Cormac Hogan
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Scott's Weblog
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NTPRO.NL
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Virten.net
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vEducate.co.uk
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The vRA evaluation license in my homelab had failed, and trying to log in, I was hitting a 402 error. When replacing th... - vRealize LifeCycle Manager – New License – Exception while loading DLF
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vSwitchZero
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vNinja
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My audio setup is a old NAD 326 BEE stereo amplifier with a couple of Dali Blue 5005 speakers. I also have a turntable c... - My Hugo and Visual Studio Workflow
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Some times there is a need to use custom DNS servers for some domains, in my case specifically for access to the new lab... - macOS: Using and creating Multi-Output Sound Devices
I recently got a pair of new displays for the office, a couple of lovely Dell U2719DC’s. These offer USB-C connect... - macOS: Catalina Chrome Self-signed Certificate Issues
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VMExplorer
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In this video I’ll be covering the first installation steps I take to prepare the case and power supply for the bu... - Home Lab Gen V Build: Part 3 – Motherboard Overview
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KB Articles
- New KB articles published for the week ending 9th February,2020
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