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Removing a Orphaned Virtual Machine from vRealize Automation

**** ATTENTION !!! **** **** Please be sure to BACKUP any related databases   The following steps provide information on removing virtual machines from VMWare vRealize Automation (vRA). These steps are to be used when the following conditions exist: A virtual machine that is being managed without being deleted from the endpoint. You want to […]

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McGruff the Crime Dog Celebrates His 38th Birthday on July 1, 2018

The symbol of the National Crime Prevention Council celebrates another year delivering crime prevention and safety information nationwide. So remember to take a bite out of Crime   Celebrate McGruff’s and the National Crime Prevention Council’s efforts to “Take A Bite Out Of Crime” by joining us on your favorite social media site. Back in 1980, a […]

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Microsoft Developer Network’s (MSDN) Licensing

The Microsoft Developer Network, better known as MSDN, now called Visual Studio Subscriptions, is one of Microsoft’s most misunderstood products.  The Visual Studio Subscription (formerly MSDN) is one of the largest community platforms for developers working on Microsoft technologies. What You Get in Your Visual Studio Subscription With an MSDN subscription, you get all the software […]

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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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Patch Tuesday, June 2018 | Pushing 11 Critical Security Updates

Are you ready for the latest in security patch updates?  I’m not, but it’s that time again. Ref: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=windows+security+update+2018   Microsoft today released security patch updates for more than 50 vulnerabilities, affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, MS Office, MS Office Exchange Server, ChakraCore, and Adobe Flash Player—11 of which are rated critical and 39 as […]

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Microsoft is reportedly acquiring #GitHub

#Microsoft is reportedly acquiring #GitHub – and we are now expecting the announcement sometime this week. New reports out of Redmond this weekend have Microsoft set to purchase the popular coding site GitHub. Bloomberg is citing “people familiar with the matter,” stating that the deal could be announced as early as tomorrow. The new story […]