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Sean Hicks (@SeanHicks77) presents "VMware Anywhere - VMware on X" What kind of cool stuff can you do when you combine VMware and your favorite public cloud? Resources: https://vmc.vmware.com/ https://www.wwt.com/atc

Frances Wong @frances_wong on twitter shows the study guide she did for the VCP -NV based on NSX-T 2.4. She goes deep into her preparation, resources, material and even taking the test remotely. If you used her guide, let her know! Resources: https://virtually2cents.com/nsx-t-2-4-study-guide-support/ https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification/vcp-nv-nsxt-2019-exam.html

Bob Plankers (https://twitter.com/plankers) continues our vSphere7 series with a look at new security features and guidance in vSphere 7. Resources: https://twitter.com/vSphereSecurity https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories.html https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/services/introduction-to-security-and-compliance/ https://github.com/vmware/dod-compliance-and-automation

Mike Foley (https://twitter.com/mikefoley) continues our vSphere 7 series with a look at vCenter 7 with Kubernetes. Mike walks through some of the architecture and workflows of administering Kubernetes on vSphere 7. Resources: Mike Foley’s Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/author/mike_foley Micheal West's Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/author/michaelwest vSphere 7 Hands-on Labs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/06/announcing-the-vsphere-7-hands-on-labs.html

sNigel Hickey (https://twitter.com/vCenterNerd) kicks off our vSphere 7 series with a look at vCenter 7 server. Nigel will highlight both improvements to existing features as well as some new goodies! Resources: vSphere 7 blog - http://vmw.re/vsphere7 vSphere Upgrade Center - https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center.html

Paul Mancuso (https://twitter.com/pmancuso) dives into the how and why of design decisions when deploying VMware NSX over Cisco ACI and other data center fabrics.

Heath Johnson (@heathbarj) presents on an amazing, quick way to spin up your VCF homelab! Resources: For obtaining VLC: http://tiny.cc/getVLC Joining the VLC Support : http://tiny.cc/getVLCSlack

Matt Just @H1_TEK_matt gives an excellent update on What's new with vRealize Network Insight, both for on-premises and cloud hosted versions. He spends the majority of the episode showing the platform's capabilities in a live demo, which is always appreciated. You can read more about Network Insight in the official VMware blog https://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/tag/vrealize-network-insight/ and you can follow Matt on Twitter for even more insight.

Kevin Tebear (https://twitter.com/ktebear) continues our series on VMware Cloud Foundation with a deeper look at the architecture and some details on new features in version 4.0 Resources: vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-poster vmware.com/go/vcfhol vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-community vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-faq

VMware, HCX In this vBrownbag EMEA session, Bilal and Chris will give us an overall view about HCX and it will finish with a live demonstration of a migration.

Britton Johnson (https://twitter.com/vcixnv) continues our series on VMware NSX-T with a quick look at NSX Cloud before diving into the multiple use cases for VMware HCX Resources: https://cloud.vmware.com/vmware-hcx https://labs.hol.vmware.com HOL-2081-01-HBD-VMware HCX - Getting Started with Cross-Cloud Mobility https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=VMware+HCX https://cloud.vmware.com/community/hybrid-cloud-extension/ https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-HCX/index.html

VMware Heath Johnson (https://twitter.com/heathbarj) gives us an introduction to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), shows a few demos, and gives us a sneak peek of the newest version of VCF 4.0 Resources: vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-poster vmware.com/go/vcfhol vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-community vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-faq

Britton Johnson (https://twitter.com/vcixnv) continues our series on NSX-T Data Center with a look at Security and Distributed Firewall. Britton dives deeper into the security features of the platform and shows us how security rules are evaluated. We also got a peek at vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) #NSX #VMware #Education Resources: https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=nsxt https://labs.hol.vmware.com/ HOL-2026-91-NET - VMware NSX-T Distributed Firewall Lightning Lab

A new crop of VMware vExpert PROs were awarded and we had some of them participate in a roundtable talking about what the program is about and how it helps others who aspire to get the vExpert award. Here's the announcement and their twitter accounts: https://blogs.vmware.com/vexpert/2020/04/07/vexpert-2020-sub-program-awards/ https://twitter.com/vtimd https://twitter.com/MattThatITGuy https://twitter.com/gsxesx https://twitter.com/jhoughes https://twitter.com/arielsanchezmor Blog posts with tips for getting awarded vExpert https://www.42u.ca/2019/06/09/four-things-to-do-when-applying-for-vexpert/ http://www.vbrain.info/2019/07/17/vexpert-application-tips-and-tricks/ https://hcidiver.com/datacenter/i-need-vexpert-advice-tips-i-was-rejected-again-for-vexpert-should-i-just-give-up/ http://www.itgaiden.com/being-a-vexpert/ http://blogs.arielsanchezmora.com/post/vexpert-2019---my-tips-to-help-your-approval-odds/

Britton Johnson (https://twitter.com/vcixnv) continues our series on NSX-T Data Center with a look at Routing and Switching. Britton gives us a deeper dive into the logical constructs within NSX-T as well as some topology examples and guidance on design. #NSX #VMware #Education Resources: https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-37591 https://labs.hol.vmware.com/ HOL-2026-01-NET - VMware NSX-T: Getting Started - Module 3 Logical Routing https://www.livefire.solutions/ - Training for VMware partners

Michael, William and PK join us to discuss how VEBA enables event based automation for vSphere. Every VI Admin knows that little toolbar in vCenter Server showing the Tasks and Events happening in their environment. This is commonly used to track progress of an operation and can also be used for auditing purposes. However, did you know you can do so much more with these events? Imagine if you can trigger specific actions based on a particular event, e.g. "VM powered on" or "Host in Maintenance". And we are not talking about sending an email using the default vCenter Actions here. What if you could do something more interesting by leveraging these events, like sync'ing with Git repos, scanning a VM for vulnerabilities, automatically allocating a DNS entry from your IPAM system or send a Slack update using a scalable event-driven workflow, with minimal code required, in any language you like? Resources: vmwarecode.slack.com #vcenter-event-broker-appliance [email protected] - email feedback and ideas github.com/vmware-samples/vcenter-event-broker-appliance

VMware, VMware Network Virtualization Britton Johnson (https://twitter.com/vcixnv) begins our series on NSX-T with a look at the overall platform and its capabilities as well as resources for exam preparation and general learning. Resources: https://nsx.techzone.vmware.com/ https://www.dpdk.org

Nick Scuola (nscuola) give us a great rundown of tips and habits that technical engineers can utilize to enable themselves to skill up and truly drive their careers Resources: https://spookysolutions.com/2019/10/11/tips-habits-grit-what-successful-engineers-do-to-advance-their-careers/ https://spookysolutions.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/nick-scuola-tips-habits-grit-what-successful-engineers-do-to-advance-their-careers.pptx https://spookysolutions.com/2015/03/17/how-to-be-an-awesome-it-professional/

Jason McMinn (@vm_jmcminn) will lead a discussion around Azure & AWS, where we'll cover some basics, pitfalls and the things we didn't know that we didn't know about Azure & AWS.

VMware, Security Benedikt Frenzel (@BenediktFrenzel) joins us to discuss how the Lookup Service works and how to fix Trust Anchor mismatches. Resources:

Michael Herman (@MikeHerman) continues our Python For DevOps series how to use Python, Docker, and AWS Fargate to run a Flask microservice! It's a lot of knowledge in 46 minutes to hang on tight! Resources: https://gitlab.com/testdriven/flask-tdd-docker/tree/aws-fargate https://testdriven.io/courses/tdd-flask/ https://testdriven.io/ https://realpython.com/ https://mherman.org/ https://github.com/mjhea0

Eric Matthes (@ehmatthes), author of the best seller Python Crash Course, continues our Python For DevOps series, shares baby pics of himself, and does a live coding exercise using the requests module and threading! Resources: https://ehmatthes.github.io/pcc_2e https://ehmatthes.github.io https://nostarch.com/pythoncrashcourse2e

Tom Burge (@vcixninja) continues our Python For DevOps series with a look at vRA Cloud, VMware CodeStream, & Flask Resources: https://github.com/tomburge/dice-data-collector https://github.com/tomburge/ https://tomburge.org/

Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy), host of the Talk Python To Me Podcast (@TalkPython) continues our Python For DevOps series with a presentation on how to use the async and await keywords to increase performance! Resources: https://github.com/mikeckennedy/async-await-jetbrains-webcast https://github.com/mikeckennedy/wakeup https://training.talkpython.fm/ https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Paul Everitt (@paulweveritt) continues our Python For DevOps series with a fantastic presentation on how to debug your code using a visual interface, and he uses a video game to demonstrate! Resources: https://github.com/pauleveritt/visual_debugging

Katie Kodes (@KatieKodes) continues our Python For DevOps series with an amazing discussion on methods for using Python and the Pandas Library to more easily get to the data you need! Resources: https://katiekodes.com/vbb19 https://repl.it https://codebunk.com/ https://katiekodes.com/setup-python-windows-anaconda https://jvns.ca/blog/good-questions

Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy) continues our Python For DevOps series and discusses the differences in the Python & PowerShell languages, focused towards those using PowerShell Resources: https://www.kmruddy.com https://github.com/kmruddy

Ali Spittel (@ASpittel) continues our Python For DevOps series and discusses how to get practical with your code Resources: https://www.alispit.tel/ https://dev.to/aspittel https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/every-time-you-build-a-to-do-list-app-a-puppy-dies-505b54637a5d/

Sean Tibor & Kelly Schuster-Paredes (@smtibor @kellyPared) continue our Python For DevOps series and discuss methods for learning more effectively, increasing retention, and stuffing more info into your head! Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19hVYKQKMAOv6wN5lgu6tVh3G3xJndgd2mMqqxIRtzcs/edit https://realpython.com/ https://codechalleng.es/ https://codecombat.com/ https://www.fast.ai/ https://nostarch.com/pythoncrashcourse2e https://nostarch.com/automatestuff https://www.youtube.com/user/sentdex https://pybit.es/special-100days.html https://www.udemy.com/the-modern-python3-bootcamp/

Chrissy Wainwright (@cdw9) continues our Python For DevOps series and shows us how to use the built in debugger to step through our code! Resources: https://www.slideshare.net/cdw9/debugging-with-pdb https://pymotw.com/3/pdb/ https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2014/in-depth-pdb.html

Keith Thompson continues our Python for DevOps series and shows us one of his upcoming projects that he's written as an instructor for LinuxAcademy.com Resources: linuxacademy.com coderjourney.com *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their carreers by educating. Most frequent activity is producing the vBrownBag podcast. vBrownBag also attends global conferences to produce TechTalks and theater sessions. *About vBrownBag Podcasts* The vBrownBag crew host podcasts where community members present on topics that will help others in the community. Some podcast series are aimed at helping people achieve certifications. Other podcasts help community members learn an entirely new subject area. We also cover areas like storage or automation. The podcast has been running weekly since 2010. *vBrownBag TechTalks* The vBrownBag crew love IT conferences, the only place where we actually see each other, the awesome people who are our presenters and the community members who follow the podcast. The conferences are also a great place to generate some more community learning content. More about vBrownBag: https://vbrownbag.com/brownbags/what-is-vbrownbag/

Chris Arceneaux (@chris_arceneaux) continues our Python For DevOps series and discusses how to use the CI/CD platforms Travis CI & Gitlab Resources: https://www.arsano.ninja/ https://github.com/carceneaux/travis-ci-python-demo https://github.com/carceneaux/gitlab-ci-python-demo *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their carreers by educating. Most frequent activity is producing the vBrownBag podcast. vBrownBag also attends global conferences to produce TechTalks and theater sessions. *About vBrownBag Podcasts* The vBrownBag crew host podcasts where community members present on topics that will help others in the community. Some podcast series are aimed at helping people achieve certifications. Other podcasts help community members learn an entirely new subject area. We also cover areas like storage or automation. The podcast has been running weekly since 2010. *vBrownBag TechTalks* The vBrownBag crew love IT conferences, the only place where we actually see each other, the awesome people who are our presenters and the community members who follow the podcast. The conferences are also a great place to generate some more community learning content. More about vBrownBag: https://vbrownbag.com/brownbags/what-is-vbrownbag/

Gabe Maentz, fellow long time vCommunity and member and co-founder of vBrisket gives us a "speed-dating" introduction of all the more famous HashiCorp tools: Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, Vault and Consul. He ties it all in really nicely in his demos by using the https://nifi.apache.org/ OSS application and an AWS backend. He regularly blogs at http://www.maentz.net/ and you can follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/gmaentz

As a conclusion to our 2019 Azure series, Phoummala Schmitt discusses how Microsoft takes the pain out of Azure governance using policies and blueprints. Reach Phoummala at twitter.com/ExchangeGoddess or by email at ExchangeGoddess @ microsoft.com All Azure Governance documentation can be found at http://aka.ms/cloudgovernance

All links from the show are available at https://www.theurlist.com/rsfrnha Join us to look at how one of the fundamental tasks every admin has to handle works in Azure. Weâ??ll cover the basics about how and when to scale, options for VMs and App Services, show the new Azure Front Door load balancing service, and see how Azure data center layout impacts resiliency. Weâ??ll also look behind the curtain and share some of the automation that was used to stand up all of the demos themselves, just to show how many different ways there are to operationalize the work that needs to be done.

Thomas Maurer returns to the Azure series to discuss Windows Server 2019 and its hybrid cloud functionality. The Microsoft TechCommunity blog is at ITOpsTalk.com Thomas is on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ThomasMaurer Thomas's website is www.thomasmaurer.ch Join this session for the best of Windows Server 2019, about the new innovation and improvements of Windows Server and Windows Admin Center. Learn how Microsoft enhances the SDDC feature like Hyper-V, Storage and Networking and get the most out of the new Azure Hybrid Cloud Integration and Container features. Youâ??ll get an overview about the new, exciting improvements that are in Windows Server and how theyâ??ll improve your day-to-day job.

Phoummala Schmidt joins vBrownbag to discuss options for End of Life for Windows Server 2008 and SQL 2008 Reach out to Phommala Schmidt on twitter at https;//www.twitter.com/ExchangeGoddess Visit the End of Support resource center: www.microsoft.com/2008-eos

Thomas Maurer joins vBrownbag to discuss Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI. To learn more check out the following links aka.ms/tm-azs aka.ms/tm-azs-hci aka.ms/azops-azs

Kunal Batra (@kunal732) continues our Python for DevOps series and we learn how to create Lambda functions, troubleshoot AWS Rekognition, and find out if Chris Williams is really Chris Williams!

John Dias joins vBrownbag to discuss compliance and remediation with vRealize Operations and vRealize Orchestrator

Cody De Arkland joins us to discuss building Caspyr, a friendly python sdk to control VMware Cloud Automation Services.

Randall Hunt (@jrhunt) continues our Python for DevOps series and we learn how to troubleshoot, import Boto3, and use AWS Rekognition!

Alex Linck (@alex_linck) continues our Python For DevOps series with an excellent introduction to unit testing and why you should be doing during *before* you write your production code!

Reilly Chase continues our series on PythonForDevOps! resources: https://github.com/reillychase https://www.twitch.tv/reillychase https://shipstreams.com https://pynet.twb-tech.com/blog/automation/netmiko.html http://www.paramiko.org/

Chris Plankey talks about using CI/CD & Boto3 on AWS to bring your Python to the next level in this continuation of the Python for DevOps series! Resources: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/using-branches https://docs.pylint.org/en/1.9/tutorial.html https://bitbucket.org/plankey/python-code-standards/src/master/ https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/index.html https://bitbucket.org/plankey/boto3-lambda/src/master/ https://bitbucket.org/plankey/boto3-serverless-aurora-clusters/src/master/

@calvinhp brings the knowledge in this fantastic continuation of the Python for DevOps series! Resources: https://github.com/calvinhp/2019_AWS_Boto3_vBrownBag

Gina Bueno (@ginrubu) continues the vBrownBag #PythonForDevOps series with simple automation processes that she uses in her day-to-day! Gina's code example repo: https://github.com/ginathegenius/vbrownbag-demo Resource recommendations: https://www.codecademy.com/ https://codingbat.com/python https://learnpythonthehardway.org/

Lucy Wyman and Alex Dreyer join us to introduce Puppet Bolt. Lucy is on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/LucyCWyman The bolt project is available at https://github.com/puppetlabs/bolt The demo from this vBrownbag presentation is available at https://github.com/puppetlabs/brownbag-demo/ Official documentation is available at https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/bolt.html The Bolt Slack Channel is #Bolt on https://puppetcommunity.slack.com A Hands on Lab for Tasks is available at https://github.com/puppetlabs/tasks-hands-on-lab#puppet-tasks-hands-on-lab A Puppet Bolt learning VM is available at https://learn.puppet.com/course/puppet-orchestration-bolt-and-tasks To join the TestPilots program email testpilots AT puppet dot com

In this edition of vBrownBag we hosted vExpert Charles Adams https://twitter.com/whitehattechs who has made his career as a backup engineer. He has lessons learned from managing several large backup solutions in multi-site companies and he has delivered his talks in 3 Usercons in the US in 2018. We had the opportunity to host him and record his talk for the internetz. Enjoy and send any questions to him via Twitter or on his blog http://www.whitehattechs.com/

Chris Williams kicks off the Python 4 DevOps series discussing the basics Resources: Automate the Boring Stuff by Al Sweigart https://www.twitter.com/AlSweigart Modern Python 3 Bootcamp (Colt Steele) - Udemy Python for Everybody - py4e.com https://www.twitter.com/drchuck Python Crash Course (Eric Matthes) https://www.twitter.com/ehmatthes https://www.codecombat.com docs.python.org/3/tutorial wiki.python.org/main/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers Talk Python to Me podcast https://www.twitter.com/mkennedy pythontutor.com