Chris Bradshaw is an IT professional with 25+ years of experience in infrastructure, specializing in Azure cloud and VMware vSphere on-premises. He shares practical IT tips, event insights, and real-world solutions from the infrastructure and cloud space.
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A VMworld 2018 talk encouraging IT Ops and sysadmins to start coding with PowerShell/PowerCLI, explaining core concepts for beginners.
A brief overview and 360-degree tour of the VMvillage at VMworld Europe 2018, highlighting key areas like VMTN, VMware {code}, and Hands On Labs.
A first-hand account of the opening day at VMworld Europe 2018 in Barcelona, covering registration, venue layout, and community events.
Step-by-step guide to expanding disk storage on a HyTrust KeyControl virtual appliance in a vSphere environment.
Analysis of how major IT vendors like Microsoft, Dell, and Amazon are shifting from horizontal to vertically integrated 'full stack' models.
Tips for getting into full sessions at VMworld Europe, including wait queues, session duplication, and using the schedule builder.
A Higher Education IT professional reflects on 18 years of dramatic technological change in the industry, from hardware to infrastructure.
A preview of a VMworld session on why IT operations professionals should learn coding basics, using PowerShell/PowerCLI examples.
A PowerShell guide to remotely retrieve the Windows installation date of computers using WMI and a custom function.
Tips for using the VMworld Europe Schedule Builder to book sessions and plan your conference attendance in Barcelona.
A VMworld 2018 session summary covering new vSAN 6.7U1 features, future HCI directions, and customer adoption stories.
Summary of a VMworld 2018 session detailing the evolution and future roadmap of the vSphere HTML5 client, including new features and deprecation plans.
An overview of VMware's expanding NSX product portfolio, including NSX DataCenter, NSX-T, NSX SD-WAN, and NSX Hybrid Connect.
Troubleshooting guide for resolving email alert failures in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 due to a sendmail configuration issue.
A PowerCLI script to identify VMs being replicated to a specific datastore, aiding in reconfiguration when decommissioning storage.
Announcement for VMworld 2018 registration opening with early-bird discounts for the Las Vegas and Barcelona tech conferences.
Explains how to resolve vSAN licensing alarms when expanding clusters by splitting and merging license keys in MyVMware.
VMware vSphere 6.5 Content Library creation fails if the target datastore name contains a space, requiring renaming.
Announcement and tips for submitting session proposals to VMworld 2018, emphasizing accurate session titles and descriptions.
Compares VMware vSAN 6.6 Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise editions, explaining their features, licensing, and use cases for software-defined storage.
