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VMware’s Knowledge Base site is a powerful search engine for finding information, but the way you choose to use it is important. A general search is one thing, but what if you could keep track of changes to knowledge base articles and get notified when new ones are created based on a specific product area…
Several months ago I started building a guide to using VMware documentation that was first a single blog post, launched into a blog series, and then morphed into a presentation at the Boston VMUG UserCon in September 2019. I realized while preparing that there was a better way to organize the content and a number…
In my last post, we explored Building Custom Search Engines for VMware content in Google Chrome. If we can be VMware documentation search ninjas in Chrome, I thought it would be fun to explore the same idea using Firefox. Maybe the process will be similar. We’re about to learn the answer. I’ll start by mentioning…
In my previous post in the VMware documentation series, I explored the VMware knowledge base site and some of the unexpected functionalities it brings if you pay close attention. I would encourage going back to read that post before continuing here as I believe it will give you a better foundation for what we’re about…
I didn’t realize when I wrote this blog on navigating VMware documentation that it would turn into a series, but it happened. You can find part 2 of the series on customizing VMware documentation here. In this installment (part 3), we will look at an adjacent area. It’s something that was mentioned in one of…
In my last post, I gave advice on using VMware documentation like a pro. But in this post, let’s take that one step further to expert level. There’s something amazing about the VMware documentation site that people may not have explored. From the VMware Docs home page, there’s an option to build custom docs. Let’s click…
When a software company has a large number of products, it can be difficult to find exactly what you need. So how do you navigate the sea of KBs, blogs, documentation, and other helpful items when it comes to VMware stuff? At first, it seems overwhelming. But if you know where to look, the answers…