Last week Windows Server 2025 became Generally Available (GA). To create a Windows Server 2025 image I use HashiCorp Packer. What is Packer? Packer is free and open-source software. It’s developed and maintained by HashiCorp. You can download it for free and use it without any licensing fees. …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Microsoft Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC, and infrastructure), VMware by Broadcom, Omnissa, GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps, and other partners. This series will have must-read articles, each offering a …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Microsoft Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC, and infrastructure), VMware by Broadcom, Omnissa, GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps, and other partners. This series will have must-read articles, each offering a …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Microsoft Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC, and infrastructure), VMware by Broadcom, Omnissa, GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps, and other partners. This series will have must-read articles, each offering a …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Microsoft Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC, and infrastructure), VMware by Broadcom, Omnissa, GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps, and other partners. This series will have must-read articles, each offering a …
Continue ReadingAutomating image deployment with HashiCorp Packer using GitHub Actions is a powerful way to streamline your workflow. Sometimes, you need to pass a GitHub Actions (secret) variable to a PowerShell provisioner script in Hashicorp Packer. A use case example is if you want to use an Azure Storage Blob …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Microsoft Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC, and infrastructure), VMware by Broadcom, Omnissa, GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps, and other partners. This series will have must-read articles, each offering a …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC. infrastructure), VMware (SDDC and EUC), GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps and other partners. In this series, we’ll have a collection of must-read articles, each offering a …
Continue ReadingAs a development environment, I frequently use a Windows Virtual Machine (VM). This VM can be hosted on different platforms such as VMware (ESXi/Workstation or Fusion), Hyper-V, or Azure for example. I created a couple of PowerShell scripts to install the tools and extensions I need for creating and …
Continue ReadingWelcome to our monthly roundup of the hottest tech updates in the worlds of Azure (Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cloud PC. infrastructure), VMware (SDDC and EUC), GitHub, HashiCorp, Azure DevOps and other partners. In this series, we’ll have a collection of must-read articles, each offering a …
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