Internal error when encrypting VM in VMWare Workstation
In a previous post I explained a few ways how to run Windows 11 inside VMware Workstation Pro read here. But recently I received an error when deploying a new VM stating: There was an …
Installing Windows 11 in VMware Workstation 16 (PRO)
Recently I’ve been playing around with VMware Workstation 16 and found that installing Windows 11 is a bit more complex then next, next, finish mostly because of the TPM requirement that the OS has. So …
Run a Pi-hole securely in Azure
In my home network I wanted to install some extra security by implementing a Pi-hole (more info can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-hole). There a several options to do this but I wanted to try using …
Receive alerts from your VMware environment in Microsoft Teams
Problem When you have your own (VMware) Lab you don’t always have time to look at the state of the lab and if ‘all lights are in the green’ so to say. So how cool …
Upgrading ESX hosts via ssh the lazy way :-)
My VMware homelab, as does any environment, needs updates from time to time. And because I use Intel NUC’s that don’t have a keyboard/mouse and monitor attached to them upgrading via USB stick is not …
Running Windows 11 Arm inside VMware Fusion on Apple Silicon (m1)
In the past I’ve been using VMware Fusion for running a small lab on my laptop for testing etc. This always worked like a charm. Recently I switched over from a Windows laptop (x86) to …
Azure AD Connect: An internal problem has occurred during installation
Background Recently I was asked to help with a Office 365 deployment that had an issue that they couldn’t get Azure AD Connect to work. They couldn’t get Azure AD Connect installed in their environment. …
Identity of the remote computer cannot be verified when using RDP
Problem As most IT-pro’s encounter multiple times per day/week when you use Remote Desktop connection (mstsc.exe) to connect to a remote server/workstation via RDP you get this annoying popup: You can tick the don’t ask …
VMware: Add a trusted (private) certificate to vCenter
There are probably more how to guides on how to add a certificate to a vCenter, but here’s my go, again as a reminder to myself for the next time I try to rebuild my …
VMware: Keep using Adobe Flash to manage your vCenters
Since 31 december 2020 Flash is end of life and since 12 januari 2021 it is blocked in browsers and automatically removed via windows update. To see the official Adobe newsitem read this item: Adobe …