Deploy Sophos Firewall on VMware vCenter A virtual SFOS (Sophos Firewall Operating System) can run on many hypervisors, including VMware. In this post, I will show you step by step how to deploy a virtual SFOS on VMware vCenter. The Process ...

🆕 Here's how to deploy a Sophos firewall on VMware vCenter

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Sophos Firewall Interface Mapping on vSphere When you deploy a Sophos firewall on VMware vSphere, you start with 3 network interfaces PortA for LAN, PortB for WAN, and PortC is unassigned. In VMware vCenter, PortA is Network adapter 1, PortB is ...

🗺️ When you setup a Sophos VM firewall on vSphere and add new interfaces the mappings go out the window.

Here's how to figure out the mappings.

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VMUG Advantage Home Lab Licensing refresher exam A year after passing one’s first VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation (VCP-VCF) certification exam valid for VMUG Advantage licensing, a refresher exam must be taken in order to ret...

Here's a guide for refreshing VMUG Advantage home lab licensing benefits for the second (or third) year!

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Release v2.0.0-beta1 · AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere WarningThis is a pre-release beta intended for testing and feedback only. Do not use in production. Please report issues at https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere/issues v2.0...

[Pre-release] AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere v2.0.0-beta1 is now available for testing! Install with -AllowPrerelease github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltRep... #VMware #vSphere #AsBuiltReport #vExpert

Broadcom 2025 VMware Cloud Service Provider Partner Awards: Accelerating Customer Time to Value - Broadcom News and Stories Broadcom announces the 2025 VMware Cloud Service Provider Partner Awards, recognizing global VCSP partners for accelerating customer time to value with VMware Cloud Foundation. Award winners demonstra...

11:11 Systems: <strike>Potential</strike> Actual Award Winners: news.broadcom.com/partners/bro... #vExpert

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A little sneak peek at something new and improved!

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4 years in a row as a #VMware #vExpert member! 🎉

Grateful for this amazing community — the knowledge, the people, the growth. Special thanks to Corey for making it all happen! 💪

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Honored to be recognized a 6th straight year as a VMware #vExpert. Many thanks to Corey Romero for all the energy and effort in keeping the program alive!
 
Congrats to all the returning and new vExperts. Keep on sharing knowledge with the #vCommunity!
 
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What a lovely email to wake up to. 9 consecutive years! Being a part of the #vexpert program has helped shape my career, and I’m still humbled.
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Excited and honored to announce that I made it into the VMware by Broadcom vExpert program for 2026!

Congrats to everyone that made it into the vExpert program! 🎉

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A big congratulations to our ITQ colleagues who achieved VMware vExpert status 👏

A recognition of expertise, community involvement and continuous knowledge sharing. We are proud to have such passionate professionals within ITQ.

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Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage was issued by Broadcom to Martin Meinhardt. Certification validates a candidate’s ability to design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot advanced storage capabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments. This certification is intended...

Next achievement unlocked:
Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage
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ESX Regenerate Self-Signed Certificate During the installation of VMware ESX, you’re never prompted to set a hostname or domain name. As a result, ESX defaults to the hostname localhost and the domain localdomain. Due to this when ESXi gen...

Here's how you regenerate the ESX self-signed certificate and extra info about rhttpproxy the Envoy reverse proxy ESX uses.

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vExpert Application Portal

Tomorrow the application to become a #VMware #vExpert closes.
As they say.. "It's not too late", but don't dilly dally for too long.

You can apply at: vexpert.vmware.com/apply

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Revealing Data, Reviving the Idea of Virtual Mobile Devices The concept of a virtual mobile device isn't new. Now may be the time to revive that idea. Phones with multiple, or seemingly multiple personalities could be beneficial and quell concerns about data privacy. #EUC #ARM #vExpert #OmnissaTechInsider

The concept of a virtual mobile device isn't new. Now may be the time to revive that idea. Phones with multiple, or seemingly multiple personalities could be beneficial and quell concerns about data privacy. #EUC #vExpert #OmnissaTechInsider

Coming Soon - My plans for 2026 I’ve done a few retrospectives over the years, but I haven’t often written about my plans for the coming year. It’s time that I changed my approach. Besides, one of my plans is already in the oven and...

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An overdue update to the Packer Provisioner for Salt It’s been some time since I first released the Packer Provisioner for Salt. I have recently released an update with a roadmap item completed. Think of it as an end of year gift!

New: An overdue update to the Packer Provisioner for Salt mpoore.io/posts/2025/a...

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phpIPAM integration for VMware VCF Automation 8.x I couldn’t find a current integration for phpIPAM in VCF Automation 8.x, so I wrote my own! I’m sharing it now as an end of year gift.

New: phpIPAM integration for VMware VCF Automation 8.x mpoore.io/posts/2025/p...

#VMware #vExpert #Homelab #phpIPAM #VCF #Automation

VMware Home Lab Tokens VMware by Broadcom has now enabled home labs to generate tokens and license VCF 9. Before the change, when you passed a VCP VCF exam, you were eligible for vSphere 8 and VCF 5.2 license keys, but you ...

Here is how to generate a Broadcom token for your VMware home lab

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Looking for something to do tomorrow? We've got you covered! Tomorrow, we will be doing vJenever in Oostende. Meet us at 6 PM at the Mijnplein in Oostende for some great conversations and some hearty drinks!

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Setting up VCF SSO Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time getting our company lab set up and configured with all the bells and whistles that VCF 9 brings to the table. The new SSO experience was something I was really...

I've been playing around with getting #VCF SSO set up in the lab. Some things weren't super clear so I decided to write up the steps required to get it setup. Read all about it! 👇 #vExpert #VCF #VCF9 #broadcomknight

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Calling all vExpert applicants!

Have you applied or are you thinking about applying for vExpert? On december 18th, January 8th and January 22nd we will be running the vExpert Candidates Open Office Hours again.

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Deploy Omnissa UAG on VMware vCenter Deploying the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway) on VMware vCenter can be a daunting task if you’ve never done it before. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to deploy the Omnissa Horizon...

Here's how to deploy the Omnissa UAG on VMware vCenter

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New blog: Custom AMD EPYC Home Lab Build of Materials (BOM). www.ivobeerens.nl/blog/2025/11... #VMware #vExpert #VCF #VFF #AzureLocal

VCF Automation DNS precheck fails When I first installed VCF in the lab, I decided to skip Automation for now so that I could read up on it a bit. Today, I was trying to install it through VCF Operations in the lifecycle tab, but the ...

Was trying to deploy #VCF Automation in the lab but kept running into a DNS precheck error. This article details how I resolved it!

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VMware vCenter OVA Certificate Trust Typically, importing an OVA or OVF file is straightforward. However, after VMware vCenter version 7.0 Update 2, a new message began appearing when importing an OVA or OVF file. The message would say t...

🆕 Here's how to trust an OVA certificate in VMware vCenter.

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Got quite a bit done on the train into London today. Lots of code fixing and research. My side project is almost finished. #vExpert

vExpert 2026: The No-Excuses Playbook — 3 Posts, 1 Tool, 1 Talk by The Tech World Thinking about applying for VMware vExpert 2026—even if you’re “late to the party”? In this episode, Peter & Sarah break down exactly what #vExpert is (recognition, not a cert), why it accelerates you...

Thinking about applying for VMware vExpert 2026—even if you’re “late to the party”? In this episode, Peter & Sarah break down exactly what #vExpert is, why it accelerates your career @vexpert.bsky.social @vcommunity.io @vcommunityguy.bsky.social #VMware

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vExpert 2026: The No-Excuses Playbook — 3 Posts, 1 Tool, 1 Talk by The Tech World Thinking about applying for VMware vExpert 2026—even if you’re “late to the party”? In this episode, Peter & Sarah break down exactly what #vExpert is (recognition, not a cert), why it accelerates you...

#vExpert #vmware #tech #technology

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