Author: Aaron Rombaut
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Securing Microsoft SQL Server with Transport Layer Security (TLS) Certificates
Certificate Requirements If using a single server, the fully qualified domain name is only needed for the Common Name (CN) attribute. If using Always On High Availability, the fully qualified domain name of the individual SQL server needs to be in the CN attribute and the Availability Group Listener fully qualified domain name needs to…
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VMware Agents Install Script
Order of Agent Install VMware Tools VMware Horizon Agent VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) Agent (Optional) VMware App Volumes Agent # https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2118048 # https://powershellexplained.com/2016-10-21-powershell-installing-msi-files/ # # Install VMware Horizon Agent # Start-Process C:\ImageBuild\agents\VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-7.13.0-16975066.exe -Wait -ArgumentList ‘/s /v”/qn VDM_VC_MANAGED_AGENT=1 ADDLOCAL=BlastUDP,ClientDriveRedirection,Core,FLASHMMR,HelpDesk,NGVC,PerfTracker,RDP,RTAV,SmartCard,ThinPrint,TSMMR,V4V,VmVideo,VMWMediaProviderProxy,VmwVaudio,VmwVidd VDM_FIPS_ENABLED=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress /l*v C:\ImageBuild\logs\HorizonAgent-Install.log”‘ # # Install VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) Agent # Start-Process msiexec.exe…
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Using PowerCLI in Smart Card Based Environment
ref: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67789 Problem You work in a hardened environment and you don’t have an administrative username and password because you only have smart cards or tokens. Resolution According to VMware, this is expected behavior. Uh, what? Workaround According to VMware, “Use Windows SSPI to pass through the Windows logged session Smart Card credentials to PowerCLI…