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- StanG on VMware/Broadcom: Rumor, Linux licenses free for a short time
- Abneco on Microsoft Outlook Signatures in cloud storage without umlauts
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- yt on VMware vCenter: Update tokens required as of April 23, 2025
- StanG on Home automation: G-HOMA discontinues app support, wall sockets/cameras useless?
Tag Archives: Virtualization
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
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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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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
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
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
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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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
Broadcom ends perpetual licenses for VMware products – End of the free ESXi server?
[German]That was it for VMware products that were available via purchase of perpetual licenses. As of January 15, 2024, Broadcom has announced that a whole range of VMware products will no longer be available for purchase with perpetual licenses. I … Continue reading
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Contracts for all VMware partners terminated by Broadcom for 2024
[German]An unpleasant surprise for existing VMware partners, who received notice of termination from Broadcom on December 22, 2023, effective February 4, 2024. This came just a few days after Broadcom switched its license models to subscription solutions. The VMware partners … Continue reading
Windows Server 2022: Nov. 2023 update KB5032198 fixes VMware ESXi bug caused by KB5031364
[German]October 2023 update for Windows Server 2022 (KB5031364) causes an issue in connection with VMware ESXi. Windows Server 2022 installed in virtual machines (VMs) running on VMware ESXi hosts can't start no longer and ended in a blue screen. Microsoft … Continue reading
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Tagged issues, Update, Virtualization, Windows Server 2022
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