Category Archives: General

Google I/O on May 14, 2024

Posted on 2024-03-17 by guenni

Google plans to hold its developer conference Google I/O on May 14, 2024, as announced here. The agenda is still largely empty, but there will be over 100 sessions. Neowin.net writes here that Google I/O 2024 will largely be an … Continue reading →

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Microsoft BUILD on May 21 – 23, 2024

Posted on 2024-02-15 by guenni

Microsoft plans to hold this year's BUILD developer conference from May 21-23, 2024 in Seattle at the Seattle Convention Center. The company announced this yesterday. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Bing and Edge are probably not covered by the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Posted on 2024-01-24 by guenni

[German]Ad-hoc I don't know whether this is good news or bad news. According to recent reports, the EU Commission will not classify Microsoft's search engine Bing and the Edge browser as products or services subject to the EU's Digital Markets … Continue reading →

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Order/license chaos for VMware products after Broadcom takeover (Jan. 2024)

Posted on 2024-01-13 by guenni

[English]These are currently difficult times for customers and resellers of VMware products who want to reorder, extend licenses or simply activate product licenses. After the Broadcom takeover, absolute chaos reigns. Dealers have been terminated, orders via OEMs are sometimes impossible, … Continue reading →

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VMware OEM portal offline, customers cannot activate VMware licenses

Posted on 2024-01-12 by guenni

[German]Is Broadcom starting the "shakeout" of VMware customers? After Broadcom terminated all VMware partners as of February 4, 2024, the OEM portal is now down. However, the VMware OEM portal is required to activate VMware licenses purchased through OEMs. A … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas 2023

Posted on 2023-12-25 by guenni

I wish all blog readers a Merry Christmas 2023. While browsing the web this week, I came across Santa Claus, who now seems to be traveling on a rocket sled, as you can see in the image on the left. … Continue reading →

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Broadcom plans to sell VMware end-user computing and carbon black businesses

Posted on 2023-12-10 by guenni

[German]A few weeks ago, it was announced that Broadcom had completed the acquisition of VMware. Now Broadcom is moving to sell all of VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black (endpoint security solution) businesses. Advertising

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40 years of Turbo Pascal

Posted on 2023-12-03 by guenni

[German]I recently recognized that the Turbo Pascal development environment was introduced by Borland 40 years ago. But it completely passed me by. I myself only came into contact with Turbo Pascal around 1987/1988. Today, a brief look back for the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft decommission the Technet Wiki, will be read-only from Dec. 5, 2023

Posted on 2023-11-30 by guenni

[German]A quick note for people who may have published content in the Microsoft Technet Wiki or would still like to access it. I have just noticed that Microsoft will probably remove or delete (decommission) this content in the future. This … Continue reading →

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BlueSky Invite codes available for my readers

Posted on 2023-11-29 by guenni

I'm at BlueSky (@etguenni.bsky.social) and I have some spare invite codes for BlueSky (the X/Twitter alternative at bsky.app, see also this post) to give away for free to my blog readers. Just leave a comment with a valid email address … Continue reading →

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