VCF 9 was announced in 2024 and became GA on 17th June 2025. Since then, the VMUG Advantage team has collaborated with Broadcom to offer complimentary VCF9 licenses to their members who pass the VCF Architect VCP exam.Most of us do not have large home labs, and as a result, deploying VCF 9 for training...

In the fast-paced world of virtualization, staying ahead of security threats is key. Recent discoveries in VMware products have highlighted some serious issues that could put your infrastructure at risk. These vulnerabilities, known as CVE-2025-41236 through CVE-2025-41239, affect popular tools like ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. This guide dives deep into...

VMware vSphere 9.0 brings robust features for virtualization. Yet achieving top performance requires smart tweaks across hardware, hypervisor settings, and virtual machine configurations. Drawing from official guidance, this post highlights ten key practices to optimize your environment. These tips help you maximize throughput, reduce latency, and ensure smooth operations. What...

Last year, VMware / Broadcom made VMware Workstation Pro free for all, including commercial and personal use. However, it’s always been a bit difficult to find the download links to install it. First, you don’t need any VMware or Broadcom subscriptions or licenses; however, you do require a Broadcom account. If you...

It's been a while since GFI released a new version of its user-friendly mail server, Kerio Connect. Today, we're sharing the latest version of this product with you. Not many changes have been made since the last version we shared with you, and these changes are as follows. Log Warnings...

Microsoft has been releasing its new version of Windows 11, Windows 11 25H2, for a few days now. As usual, we will receive the installation discs of this operating system from Microsoft and share them with you without any interference and under the original name. Like previous versions, two discs...

When customers deploy their services in a Cloud Datacenter powered by VMware Cloud Director , they often want to use their own virtual firewall appliance, rather than using the Edge and Distributed firewall built into the NSX infrastructure. Many administrators prefer to use their well-known firewalls such as CheckPoint, Fortinet or pfSense...

OpenText Fortify Static Code Analyzer software identifies the root cause of security vulnerabilities in your source code, prioritizes the most serious issues, and provides detailed guidance on how to fix them. Plus, centralized software security management helps developers resolve issues in less time. Supports 1,657 vulnerability categories in over 33 different...

Introduction Microsoft has officially started rolling out the Windows 11 version 25H2 update — also known as the 2025 Update — and it’s packed with subtle yet powerful changes designed to improve performance, security, and productivity.If you’ve been waiting for a smoother, AI-enhanced, and more efficient version of Windows 11,...

Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is the backbone of identity and access management in Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem. One of its most powerful features is Groups Management, which simplifies access control, resource assignment, and user lifecycle management. In this blog, we’ll walk through: How to assign group creation in Azure...