vExpert Archives - Matt That IT Guy

Homelab before ioFABRIC

Homelab Learning vExpert

What Should My Home Lab Look Like?

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Matt 1 Comment Homelab, Personal 6 min read

In addition to a couple of recent conversations with peers, a recent comment on a post on my site lead

Community vExpert

Four Things To Do When Applying For vExpert

June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 Matt 1 Comment vCommunity, vExpert 6 min read

So yeah, I totally went for a spammy title for this blog post 😊 Know why? Spam is deceiving, kind

vExpert Pro

Community vExpert

Introducing the VMware vExpert Pro Program

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Matt 0 Comments community, vCommunity, vExpert, vmug, vmware 4 min read

Yesterday, VMware unveiled its vExpert Pro program. For those of you who aren’t aware, VMware runs a program called vExpert.

VMUG Advantage

Homelab Learning Networking vExpert VMware

My VCP-NV (2V0-642) Exam Prep

September 10, 2018September 9, 2018 Matt 0 Comments Networking, nsx, vExpert, vmware 4 min read

I recently sat and passed the VCP6-NV exam, and I figured since I spent a lot of time reading about

My first foray into virtualization. I could run Prince of Persia on my Mac IISi

Personal vExpert

Sometimes things get old …

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Matt community, Personal, swovug, TFD, veeamvanguard, vExpert 11 min read

Late last year, I wrote up some goals and intentions for 2018. I’ve often felt that actually writing things like

Community Personal Veeam vExpert

2018: Looking Good So Far

March 9, 2018 Matt 4 Comments Cisco Champion, veeam, Veeam Vanguard, vExpert 3 min read

We are just about halfway through March now, and with that, a lot of the major IT industry influencer programs

VMware Horizon - Desktop Pool Settings

Learning vExpert VMware

VCP7-DTM Learning Concept – Part 2: Horizon View Desktop Pools

November 7, 2017November 6, 2017 Matt 1 Comment Certifications, Horizon, vdi, vExpert 4 min read

When working with VMware Horizon, you’ll find the concept of desktop pools comes up fairly often. Honestly, they aren’t overly

Horizon7-Administrator

Learning vExpert VMware

VCP7-DTM Learning Concept – Part 1: Horizon View

October 6, 2017October 4, 2017 Matt 1 Comment Certifications, Horizon, VCP 3 min read

While studying for my VCP7-DTM exam, I found that there were definitely some core aspects that I had to wrap

SWOVUG Q2 2017 - Nimble Storage

Community vExpert VMware

Keeping the User in User Groups

June 28, 2017June 28, 2017 Matt 0 Comments community, vExpert 5 min read

Over the past three months or so, I have found myself wandering into the same conversation over and over again:

Community Personal vExpert

It’s a wrap: Toronto VMUG UserCon 2017

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Matt 0 Comments community, vExpert 4 min read

Today was that magical day of the year known as the Toronto VMUG UserCon, and it t’was a good day.