Make the Most of VMworld 2021

Before my first VMworld experience in 2017, I was completely overwhelmed with how to spend my time at the conference.  With so many activities happening, how do you decide?  Despite this being a virtual event yet again, I want to provide a framework for attendees to make the most out of this year’s conference.  Regardless…

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The Hidden Gems of a Virtual VMworld

I see an empty conference center where VMworld once sat. If you’ve never attended VMworld in person, it’s a completely overwhelming experience for the first time attendee.  Now that it’s virtual and free to attend, it’s more accessible to us all.  But it can still be overwhelming.  I wanted to take a few minutes to…

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If vSAN Powered The Matrix, Extended Edition

The presentation featured in this post is from the October 2018 Dallas VMUG UserCon and is the extended edition of an idea born from a vBrownBag presentation at VMworld 2017.  After giving that presentation in 2017, I quickly realized there was enough content to make it a full session.  As I allude to in the…

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The Power of Finding Your Community

I remember attending the VMUG UserCon in Dallas / Fort Worth for the first time back in 2013 and hearing Damian Karlson speak about vBrownBag.  At the time I had never heard of vBrownBag, but one thing that really hit me was his mention of community.  When he said “the community” he meant the virtualization…

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