Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

  • Installing VMware Horizon Connection Server

    Certificate Requirements When you install VMware Horizon Connection Server, a self-signed certificate will be installed into the Personal certificate store. You should use a Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificate for the computer account and store it in the Personal certificate store before installing VMware Horizon Connection server. During the installation, if a machine certificate is…

  • Adding Active Directory Computer Accounts to Microsoft SQL Server

    Launch Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) with an administrative account. Type the fully qualified domain name in the Server name: textbox. Change the Authentication method from the drop-down box. Click the Connect button. Right-click the Security folder > choose New > click Login… ​Provide the computer name in the Login name textbox. A computer name consists of a domain name, backslash, followed by a host…

  • Creating an App Volumes Database

    Launch Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) with an administrative account. Type the fully qualified domain name in the Server name: textbox. Change the Authentication method from the drop-down box. Click the Connect button. Right-click the Databases folder > click New Database… Type the name of the new database to create in the Database name:…

Notes from practice

I use this site to document systems, configurations, and lessons learned as I work through real problems—both professionally and through personal experimentation. The goal is clarity: understand how something works, explain why it behaves the way it does, and make it reliable and repeatable.

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Aaron Rombaut

Technologist & Writer