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Use Windows 11 Credential Manager for PowerCLI credentials

Posted on August 31, 2022

This article demonstrates how to leverage the built-in Credential Manager in Windows 11 for storing your credentials in PowerShell / PowerCLI scripts. The story behind this article is that I wanted to…

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The basics of vcd-cli

Posted on November 6, 2019

In this blog I will intruduce you into the basics of vcd-cli and multitude of possibilities this tool offers. vcd-cli is a command line interface for vCloud director and is being maintained…

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Deploy a vApp using PowerCLI

Posted on October 11, 2019

In this blog I will show you how to deploy a vApp using PowerCLI. One of the cool things about vCloud is that you can create vApp templates. An example of a…

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vCloud PowerCLI/PowerShell basics

Posted on September 8, 2019

In this blog I will introduce you to some of the basic functionality of using PowerCLI with vCloud. Installing PowerCLI The most recent version of VMware PowerCLI is available in the PowerShell…

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vCloud automation tools

Posted on August 21, 2019

In this blog I will take you on a small tour around some of the vCloud automation tools out there. Possibly these tools and or languages are already in use in your…

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VMware Cloud Provider Blog

Confidential Computing, Part 2: The Technical Bits
by John Manferdelli on December 6, 2022 at 9:10 am
Part 1 of this series on Confidential Computing introduced the basic concepts and benefits of this emerging architecture for cloud computing. In this segment, we’ll dive deeper into the inner workings of this architecture and take a peek at some of the implementation challenges. Confidential Computing aims to significantly change how data security in cloud computing … Continued The post Confidential Computing, Part 2: The Technical Bits appeared first on VMware Cloud Provider Blog.
Advanced Recovery Settings and More Operational Improvements in VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5
by Nikolay Patrikov on December 5, 2022 at 9:29 am
Along with the already announced enhancements to vSphere DR and Migration and the set of Provider-oriented features, VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 also brings some more operational improvements. Advanced Recovery Settings One of the most exciting new features is the new recovery settings menu that offers a complete set of replication customizations based on the VMware Cloud Director Guest … Continued The post Advanced Recovery Settings and More Operational Improvements in VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 appeared first on VMware Cloud Provider Blog.
Confidential Computing, Part 1: Tackling the Challenge of Multi-cloud, Distributed Security at Scale
by John Manferdelli on December 1, 2022 at 12:26 pm
In this three-part series, readers will learn all about Confidential Computing, an emerging standard for providing secure distributed security at scale. Though Confidential Computing environments provide obvious benefits, adoption and implementation barriers loom large. With the introduction of the open source Certifier Framework project by VMware, barriers to implementation diminish, putting the reality and benefits … Continued The post Confidential Computing, Part 1: Tackling the Challenge of Multi-cloud, Distributed Security at Scale appeared first on VMware Cloud Provider Blog.
New Features in VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 to Facilitate Cloud Provider Operations
by Nikolay Patrikov on November 30, 2022 at 1:50 pm
Simplicity and usability are key for a product to be successful. With every next release, we strive to deliver consistently new features that improve the overall experience for Cloud Providers and their tenants. VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 is no exception to that – we have plenty of new features focused on helping Cloud Providers deliver … Continued The post New Features in VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 to Facilitate Cloud Provider Operations appeared first on VMware Cloud Provider Blog.
Drive More Migration to Cloud with Our Updated 4.5 Migration Enhancements
by Nikolay Patrikov on November 28, 2022 at 3:31 pm
After enabling the dedicated VMware vSphere Clouds as a replication destination with the previous release, now we are pleased to present the major improvements that we did in VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5. The new features cover several aspects – deployment, operability, and scalability. New Pairing When vSphere DR and Migration was first introduced in … Continued The post Drive More Migration to Cloud with Our Updated 4.5 Migration Enhancements appeared first on VMware Cloud Provider Blog.