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Privacy & Google Search Alternatives

When it comes to privacy, using Google search is not the best of ideas. When you use their search engine, Google is recording your IP address, search terms, user agent, and often a unique identifier, which is stored in cookies. Here are a few Google search alternatives   DuckDuckGo is a US-based search engine that was […]

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vSphere Integrated Containers

vSphere Integrated Containers provides critical enterprise container infrastructure to help IT Operating teams run both traditional and containerized applications providing a number of benefits: security isolation management speed agility I am looking forward to getting my hands on this and expanding my knowledge on how vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) works in the real world. vSphere Integrated Containers includes the […]

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How to: Disable the Windows Store

  One of the features of Windows 10, is the Windows Store.  The Windows Store is a digital distribution platform for Microsoft Windows. It started as an app store for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 as the primary means of distributing Universal Windows Platform apps. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Store_(digital) As system configurators and administrators, this may […]

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Configure preferred geo data location in Office 365

  GDPR had me thinking about Multi-Geo in Office 365 By default, Office 365 resources for your users are located in the same geo as your Azure AD tenant. So, if your tenant is located in North America, then the users’ Exchange mailboxes, OneDrive is also located in North America. For a multinational organization, this […]

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VMware Guest Customization Specification, Configure Domain Joining

I recently worked to correct an outstanding support issue of VMware Guest Customization Specification not joining guests to Active Directory Domains. I thought I’d share my setup so it might help others facing similar issues. Log into the vSphere console, navigate to the Home page section From the Home page click the Customization Specification Manager […]

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How to delay the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update

As we edge ever nearer to the release of the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, we must pause and think about what could possibly break in the process.  That said, it’s a good practice to allow yourself time to test these things before deploying out to your company. Here are steps you can take locally […]