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Book Review: VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration - 2nd Edition

In this post I review Power CLI 2nd Edition which is A “must have” book for anyone who is working with VMware products and wants to add value and save time.
Written by Christopher Lewis on April 7, 2016 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on April 7, 2016 .
Part 4 - Enabling the new Certificate Templates

This is Part 4 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services.
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 25, 2016 .
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Certificate Authority
Certificates
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Written by Christopher Lewis on March 25, 2016 .
Part 3B - Creating the Microsoft CA Template for Subordinate CA certificates in vSphere 6.0

This is Part 3B of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services, covering the creation of a Subordinate CA certificate for use with the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA).
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .
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Certificates
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Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .
VMware vRealize Automation 6.x Deployment Sequence

In this post, I share a visio diagram of the deployment sequence for VMare vRealize Automation 6.2.x
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .
Part 3A - Creating the Microsoft CA Template for SSL certificates in vSphere 6.0

This is Part 3A of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services.
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .
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Certificate Authority
Certificates
Microsoft
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .
Part 2 - Configuring an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority

This is Part 2 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services.
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 22, 2016 .
Active Directory
Certificate Authority
Certificates
Microsoft
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 22, 2016 .
Part 1 - Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services

This is Part 1 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.0 to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services. In this post we will install the Certificate Authority.
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 22, 2016 .
Active Directory
Certificate Authority
Certificates
Microsoft
Written by Christopher Lewis on March 22, 2016 .
Group Policy Objects

In this post we’ll make some Group Policy Object (GPO) notes for studying the MS70-417 exam
Written by Christopher Lewis on February 16, 2016 .
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Group Policy Objects
Written by Christopher Lewis on February 16, 2016 .
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