Conference Season 2026 It’s conference season soon, and 2026 is promising to be the Powershell- and EUC year of the decade! This post is about events I’m either attending or that’s looking exceedingly worthwhile.

I wrote about some of the events to be excited for in 2026!

#EUCWorld #GitHubUniverse #HashiConf #IBMTechxchange #MSBuild #MSIgnite #MVPBuzz #MVPSummit #NowandNext26 #NVIDIAGTC #OmnissaONE #PSConfEU #PSHSummit26 #RHSummit #VMUGConnect #VMwareExplore

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Encrypted DNS on Windows Server I learnt about the looming support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) during last year’s Windows Server pre-day at Microsoft Ignite, which was bustling with exciting, security-oriented news. I’ll demonstrate ho...

New blog on how to deploy encrypted DNS in the form of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) on Windows Server, a feature now in public preview!

#MVPBuzz #WindowsServer

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Troubleshooting untrusted Horizon certificates on IGEL OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Even with a signed certificate from my lab’s Certificate Authority, Horizon Client showed an untrusted, insecure Horizon connection on IGEL OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The same certificate was di...

Wrote about troubleshooting untrusted Horizon certificates on IGEL OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

#Omnissa #OmnissaHorizon #IGEL #RedHat #RedHatAccelerators

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Immutable digital workspaces with Red Hat Image Mode, IGEL and Omnissa Horizon Red Hat Image Mode was announced last year at Summit 2025 in Boston and is something I’ve been wanting to unpack in a blog. In this article I’ll demonstrate a truly immutable workstation that can be a...

New blog about immutable end-user-computing using Red Hat Image Mode for VDI together with #Omnissa Horizon and #IGEL!

#RedHat #RedHatAccelerators #OmnissaTechInsider
@omnissacommunity.bsky.social

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Updating Azure Local to version 2601 using PowerShell My two Azure Local clusters on version 2510 - one local identity-based and the other using rack aware clustering - needed to be upgraded, and I figured it was sensible to do so before 2602 rolls aroun...

Check out my new blog post on updating to Azure Local 2601 using #PowerShell!

Rack aware clustering is GA, and there's a cool feature called VM Connect for accessing the console of VMs that have no network connectivity!

#AzureArcJumpstart #AzureLocal

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Certification goals and suggestions for 2026 Certifications represent the natural culminations of having worked with a technology conscientiously. Read on to see my 2026 goals, and suggestions to develop a multi-functional skillset that behooves...

Looking to take up-skill with certifications in 2026? See my blog for suggested exams, tips and tricks!

#GitHub #HashiCorp #Illumio #LinuxFoundation #Microsoft #NVIDIA #Omnissa #RedHat #VMware

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Favorite automation talks from Cisco Live 2025 Amsterdam Cisco Live was held in three different cities throughout 2025 - in Amsterdam, San Diego and Australia. Here are my favorite automation/IaC presentations from the Amsterdam rendition, as I haven’t gone...

I was able to complete a long overdue blog post before the new year about my favorite automation-related presentations from Cisco Live 2025 Amsterdam!

#Ansible #Automation #Cisco #CiscoChampion #HashiCorp #HashiCorpAmbassador #RedHat #Terraform

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Building infrastructure and deploying workloads on Azure Local with Azure Verified Modules for Terraform There’s a multiplicity of methods for building infrastructure and deploying VM workloads on Azure Local - through the Azure CLI, the Azure Portal, PowerShell, ARM, Bicep, Terraform or PowerShell. This...

Final blog post of 2025 - building infrastructure and deploying workloads on Azure Local with Azure Verified Modules for #Terraform!

Happy new year! 🎉

#AzureArc #AzureLocal #HashiCorp #HashiCorpAmbassador #MVPBuzz

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Golden Images with the latest NVIDIA vGPU Guest Driver using Packer and PowerShell NVIDIA releases new versions of its vGPU software stack regularly, with drivers for both the supporting virtualization stacks (host), as well as Linux and Windows guest. In this post I’ll show ways of...

New blog post about keeping golden images - be they Linux- or Windows-based - up-to-date with the latest #NVIDIA #vGPU Guest Drivers, using CI/CD, #Packer and #PowerShell!

#GitHub #HashiCorp #Linux #MVPBuzz #RedHat

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Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals With a Red Hat developer subscription (for individuals) it’s possible to get Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) licensing valid for up to 16 systems for a home lab at no cost!

New blog discussing the Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals 🐧

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#RedHat #RHEL #Linux

Microsoft Ignite 2025 Retrospective Microsoft’s flagship event Ignite 2025 in San Francisco was abuzz with announcements and connection. I’ve written a retrospective of my event experience!

Microsoft Ignite 2025 San Francisco Retrospective

#AzureAdaptiveCloud #MSIgnite #MVPBuzz #PowerShell

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Standing up virtual Azure Local rack aware clustering In this post I’m setting up a two-node Azure Local rack aware deployment, a deployment mode which is now in public preview in the 2510 release!

Planning on testing out Azure Local rack aware clustering (public preview)? Check out my latest blog where I implement a nested lab using this cluster option!

#AzureLocal #Microsoft #MVPBuzz #PowerShell

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Deploying Azure Local using local identity with Azure Key Vault Azure Local in an AD-less form, called local identity with Azure Key Vault, is in public preview as of release 2510. This post demonstrates a simple lab with this configuration.

Read my new blog on standing up Azure Local using local identity with Azure Key Vault (public preview) instead of joining an Active Directory domain! 🔒

#AzureLocal #Microsoft #MVPBuzz #PowerShell

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He’s back. 👔

The man who started it all — @jsnover.com, Inventor of #PowerShell, will open #PSConfEU 2026 in #Wiesbaden with the keynote you don’t want to miss.

🎟️ Tickets now available → psconf.eu
#Automation #IT #Germany #Europe

Microsoft Ignite 2025 Sessions and Expectations I’m going to Microsoft Ignite 2025 November 17 – 21 in San Francisco! It’s Microsoft’s largest event of the year, and it’ll be my first time since Orlando in 2018 - this time as an MVP and session sup...

Microsoft Ignite 2025 Sessions and Expectations

#Microsoft #MSIgnite #MVPBuzz

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Omnissa ONE EMEA 2025 Amsterdam Recap I attended Omnissa ONE EMEA 2025 in Amsterdam in early October - a celebration of its first year as a standalone company! It was one of the three editions of the conference, this year held in Las Vega...

#Omnissa ONE EMEA 2025 Amsterdam Recap

#OmnissaONE #OmnissaTechInsider @omnissacommunity.bsky.social

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HashiConf 2025 Travelogue - Je ne sais quoi This is my travelogue from and look back at HashiConf 2025 San Francisco, HashiCorp’s global conference, that happened 24-26 September.

#HashiConf 2025 San Francisco Travelogue - Je ne sais quoi

#HashiCorp #HashiCorpAmbassador

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VMware Explore 2025 Las Vegas Retrospective - A Private Cloud Renaissance VMware Explore 2025 was held August 25 – 28 in Las Vegas, USA, at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas and was chock-full of private cloud goodness. This will be my retrospective on the conference, and medit...

#VMwareExplore 2025 Las Vegas retrospective and travelogue

#vExpert #VMware #VMwareCloudFoundation

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Scanning for Windows-related secret sprawl with HashiCorp HCP Vault Radar HashiCorp’s HCP Vault Radar went gold a couple months ago. In this post I’ll show one can add custom expressions to catch Windows-related secret sprawl in the form of BitLocker recovery keys and Windo...

New blog post about scanning for Windows-related secret sprawl with #HashiCorp HCP Vault Radar, in this case BitLocker recovery passwords and Windows LAPS passwords.

#HashiCorpAmbassador #MVPBuzz

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PSConfEU 2025 Recap PowerShell Conference Europe (PSConfEU) 2025 was organized June 23-26 in Malmö this year, on the southern tip of Sweden! This is the second time I attend - last time being PSConfEU 2024 in Antwerp.

#PowerShell Conference Europe (#PSConfEU) 2025 was held a few months in Malmö, Sweden. Here's my belated recap of the event!

Already looking forward to PSConfEU 2026 in Wiesbaden, Germany!

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HashiDays 2025 in London Recap HashiDays 2025 in London was special - lots of news as well as my first HashiCorp event after becoming an inaugural HashiCorp Ambassador this year! IBM’s acquisition is also completed, and as such Has...

New blog post about HashiDays 2025 in London!

#HashiCorp #HashiCorpAmbassador #HashiDays

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Downloading NVIDIA vGPU software with PowerShell Having the latest compatible software for one’s NVIDIA vGPU investment should be a priority. New features are added all the time, or there may be security enhancements. In this post I’ll demonstrate a...

New #PowerShell module available for downloading #NVIDIA #vGPU software!

✨ GitHub: github.com/erikgraa/PSN...
▶️ Installation: Install-Module -Name PSNVIDIA.NLS

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Nested Lab Deployment VMware Cloud Foundation 9 can be installed on nested ESX nodes like in previous versions. In this post I’ll go over some tips and tricks for a minimal virtual greenfield lab installation. This will no...

In my latest blog post there are some tips and tricks for deploying #VMwareCloudFoundation version 9 in a nested lab!

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VMware Explore 2025 Las Vegas Session Recommendations VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas August 25 – 28 is approaching fast! The content catalog opened up June 17th and there are a little over 200 sessions to look at right now. By July 15th when the Schedu...

#VMwareExplore 2025 Las Vegas Session Recommendations from the Content Catalog

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Updating to Azure Local version 2505 with PowerShell Azure Local releases arrive monthly, and include security updates as well as new advents and improvements. In this post I’m updating Azure Local from version 2503 via 2504 to 2504 with PowerShell, in ...

See my new blog post on updating Azure Local to 2505 via 2503 with the use of PowerShell!

#AzureArcJumpstart #AzureLocal #PowerShell

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Azure Arc Jumpstart Extensive. Automated. Open-Source. Community Driven.

Updated my Azure Arc Jumpstart Drop for Azure Local Releases!

It now includes which releases are for greenfield deployments, and which have solution update bundles, along with their details!

#AzureLocal #AzureArcJumpstart #PowerShell

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Azure Arc Jumpstart Extensive. Automated. Open-Source. Community Driven.

My Azure Arc Jumpstart Drop for Azure Local outbound firewall endpoints now includes details for OEM hardware vendors' requirements!

#AzureLocal #AzureArcJumpstart #PowerShell

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A transformation of the Cisco certification portfolio My first-ever certification was the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) back in early 2012, while I was writing my bachelor’s thesis in my graduating year.

Cisco is in the process of simplifying and transforming its certification portfolio - read my new blog on some of the forthcoming changes!

#Cisco #CiscoChampion @ciscochampion.bsky.social

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A transformation of the Cisco certification portfolio My first-ever certification was the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) back in early 2012, while I was writing my bachelor’s thesis in my graduating year.

Cisco is in the process of simplifying and transforming its certification portfolio - read my new blog on some of the forthcoming changes!

#Cisco #CiscoChampion

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Generate NVIDIA DLS client configuration tokens using PowerShell I’ve been testing out the NVIDIA A2 card I bought for vGPU and VDI purposes in my home lab with NVIDIA trial vGPU evaluation licenses. With the latest generation license system from NVIDIA there is a ...

I've been experimenting with #NVIDIA #vGPU technology in my #Omnissa #Horizon #VDI lab using an NVIDIA A2 card and made a #PowerShell module to interact with the licensing API to generate the tokens that clients need!

📦PowerShell gallery: PSNVIDIA.DLS

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