Tag Archives: Virtualization

VMware: Product and security updates (Nov. 2020)

[German]VMware has just released updates to close a critical vulnerability in its ESXi virtualization platform. VMware Workstation and Player have also been upgraded for Windows 10 version 20H2. Here is a summary of the two topics. Advertising

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VMware confirms freezes on ESXi 6.5 Update 3 and 6.7 Update 3

[German]Quick note for HPE server users who are running VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 3 and ESXi 6.7 Update 3 with a custom image. There it comes to 'hangs', VMware has now confirmed this. Advertising

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VirtualBox 6.1.16 freigegeben

[English]Small addendum: Oracles developers have already released Virtualbox version 6.1.16 on October 16, 2020. It is a maintenance update which should fix bugs of earlier versions. Advertising

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Virtualization: New Office versions as performance killers

[German]What about the performance of new versions of Microsoft Office? Every new version has a bigger foot print and feels more sluggish. I have just seen an interesting evaluation of VMware for Office in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments that … Continue reading

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Parallels Standard no longer supports Windows 10 Betas

[German]Bad news for Mac users who use Parallels virtualization software in macOS to test Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Parallels Standard no longer supports Windows 10 Insider Previews in the Beta Channel because the manufacturer has secretly removed a required … Continue reading

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft learning: Get started with Docker and Containers

A small tip for people who want to work with dockers and the containers used there and who need to get into the material. Chris Noring from Microsoft has published the article Get started with Docker and Containers in the … Continue reading

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Sandboxie Build 0.3/5.42 released

[German]A few days ago David Xantos brought his Sandboxie-Fork to build 0.3/5.42. David informed me about this fact and some changes by mail. Thus security gaps in the original sandbox mechanism are fixed by the update.. Advertising

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Windows 10: Nested Virtualization support for AMD

[German]Another small note for people who work with Hyper-V under Windows 10 Microsoft has begun adding support for nested virtualization on AMD systems in Windows 10. Advertising

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Update for VMware OS Optimization Tool (VMware Horizon)

[German]Already on June 2, 2020 there has been an update of the VMware OS Optimization Tool for VMware Horizon 7 and VMware Horizon Cloud. There is a new option called Update to enable Windows Update on an image again. Advertising

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Virtualbox 6.1.8, 6.0.22 and 5.2.42 released

[German]Oracle's developers have already released Virtualbox version 6.1.8 (as well as 6.0.22 and 5.2.42) on 15 May 2020. These are maintenance updates, which should fix bugs of earlier versions. Advertising

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