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- GSP on Windows 11 24H2 with Outlook and Exchange: AD user accounts are suddenly blocked
- GSP on Windows 11 24H2 with Outlook and Exchange: AD user accounts are suddenly blocked
- Rabin on Microsoft Outlook 365 or other MS 365 apps are dropping suddenly errors
- Rhea98 on Windows 11 24H2: Explorer bug opens menu "upwards" – Workaround
- Ella Marshall on Windows 11: Virtualbox collides with Hyper-V?
Category Archives: Virtualization
Critical vulnerabilities in VMware products (March 5, 2024)
[German]A short addendum from last week. I recently reported on updates to VMware products. VMware has now classified certain vulnerabilities in its virtualization products as critical in a security advisory. It should therefore be patched quickly, if not already done. … Continue reading
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Bye, bye VMware ESXi: Field report on the migration to Proxmox
[German]Are you tired of being bullied by VMware with regard to virtualization solutions or is the discontinuation of VMware ESXi already foreseeable? Many users are flirting with Proxmox as an alternative. A blog reader took a look at it and … Continue reading
VMware product portfolio: Licensing internals; and Lenovo has been out since Feb. 27, 2024
[German]Broadcom has bought VMware and cleaned up the product portfolio and changed the licensing of various products. I have documents with internal licensing guidelines that show the effects of these changes. It has also become known that, after Dell, Lenovo … Continue reading
Private equity firm KKR buys VMware end customer business for 4 billion dollars
[German]Another short news from the Broadcom VMware cosmos that reached me at the end of February 2024. According to an announcement, the private equity company KKR will take over the end customer business including the VMware product portfolio. The purchase … Continue reading
VMware Warning: Uninstall Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP)
[German]Virtualisation vendor VMware has just issued a security warning. It concerns the Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP), which should be uninstalled as a matter of urgency. Critical vulnerabilities have been found in the Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP). We do not know … Continue reading
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Tagged Security, Virtualization, VMware
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x) End of General Availability
[German]The shakeout of VMware products continues. It was already expected, but on February 12, 2024, VMware by Broadcom announced that the free ESXi Free hypervisor in versions 7.x and 8.x would no longer be available. This is the logical consequence … Continue reading
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Azure Virtual Desktop is generally available (February 1, 2024)
[German]A small addendum to a topic that has been on my list for a few days. Microsoft has made Azure Virtual Desktop generally available (GA) on the Azure Stack HCI platform. Here is some information on this topic. Advertising
Microsoft survey on virtualization: Migration from VMware
With Broadcom's change of plans regarding the licensing of VMware virtualization products (see Broadcom ends perpetual licenses for VMware products – End of the free ESXi server?), many users are thinking about switching to other products. Microsoft is also thinking … Continue reading
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VirtualBox 7.0.14 and 6.1.50 released
[German]On January 16, 2023, the developers of VirtualBox released both version 7.0.14 and the update to version 6.1.50. Both versions are maintenance updates for bug fixes, as you can read on the Virtualbox page. Here is a brief overview of … Continue reading
After discontinuation: VMware Player, Workstation and Fusion seems to remain
[German]After VMware discontinued many of its products with purchase licenses on sale as of 15 January 2024 and switched to subscription solutions, the question was what the future holds for desktop virtualization. Here I can give a small all-clear for … Continue reading