On a hot day ... Head into the forest ...

My heart bleeds tonight as I see the images of the destruction at the Grand Canyon North Rim - one of my hiking spots - as a result of the Dragon Bravo Fire flickr.com/photos/grand_c… #USA #PleaseHelpRebuild cc Bill Gates Warren Buffett Jeff Bezos Elon Musk Larry Ellison Mark Zuckerberg

The Grand Canyon North Rim Lodge in better days - Sunset, August 10th 2024 ... Hiked the Widforss trail that day ... Both fell victim to the Dragon Bravo Wildfire in July 2025 :-( #Hiking #WeWillReturn

Happy SysAdmin Day for all those in the field, making it happen in the real world! sysadminday.com #MVPBuzz #VeeamVanguard

New Blog Post: The Perfect Storm of Azure DNS resolver, a custom DNS resolver, and DNS configuration ambiguities ==> service disruption blog.workinghardinit.work/2025/07/29/the… #DNS #Azure #CustomDNSResolver #MVPBuzz #VeeamVanguard

Leading the way in testing new releases and staying up to date leads to modern, well-managed environments. Hence, #OPNsense 25.7 is running in the lab! #MVPBuzz #VeeamVanguard hashtag#Community #Lab #Learning

After a long day at work and three focused evenings of studying and validating my knowledge of Azure Monitor, I'm happy to share that I’ve passed the "Microsoft Applied Skills: Deploy and configure Azure Monitor" assessment.🎓 #Microsoft #MicrosoftAppliedSkills #AlwaysLearning

Hiking soothes the soul!

Why hike? It is suitable for me (physically, mentally), and come on ... you get to enjoy views like this one!

While working in the #Azure today, next to me, in the lab, #PowerShell automation is deploying VMs on a #Windows Server 2025 #HyperV #Cluster to test #OnPremises and #Hybrid #Cloud scenarios (networking, data protection, VPN, ...) #MVPBuzz #VeeamVanguard

New Blog post: The rejuvenated push for excellence by Veeam for Hyper-V customers => My take on how the turmoil in the hypervisor market benefits #HyperV & #Veeam #VeeamVanguard #MVPBuzz blog.workinghardinit.work/2025/08/04/the…

New Blog post: The rejuvenated push for excellence by Veeam for Hyper-V customers => My take on how the turmoil in the hypervisor market benefits #HyperV & #Veeam #VeeamVanguard #MVPBuzz blog.workinghardinit.work/2025/08/04/the…

When it comes to an environment suffering a wholesale ransomware attack, I'm with Cpl. Dwayne Hicks from Aliens. Nuke the site from orbit (it's the only way to be sure) before recovering from known good, immutable backups, which can save your company from being wiped out. #Veeam

Lots of #lab action last night: sneak peek into the future or #Veeam Backup & Replication via the V13 Beta 2! This is VeeamJEOS_13.0.0.12109.BETA2.iso, which delivers the newest iteration of the Veeam Hardened Repository, #VeeamVanguard. Bonding for HA work in #HyperV #MVPBuzz

Console accesss but also sudo use requires MFA on my Veeam hardened repositories (lab screenshot) #Veeam #VeeamVanguard

New Blog Post: Veeam Hardened Repository ISO: Overview and Requirements blog.workinghardinit.work/2025/08/06/vee… #VeeamVanguard #MVPBuzz #Immutability #ZeroTrust

Step into the future: Deploying the Veeam Software Appliance 13.0.0.12109.BETA2.iso ... #VeeamVanguard #HyperV #Lab #Veeam

IT takes me less than 25 seconds per VM to create scaffolding VMs for lab testing - I.e, here for installing Veeam Beta 2 (v13) #HyperV #MVPBuzz #VeeamVanguard

New Monday, new blog: Revised script for decrypting datacenter credentials from the Veeam Backup & Replication database blog.workinghardinit.work/2025/08/10/rev… #Veeam #VeeamVanguard #MVPBuzz #Security The script is here github.com/WorkingHardInI…

New Blog Post: Why You Need an Immutable Backup Repository, And Why Veeam’s Just Enough OS and VBR appliance are the Smart Choice blog.workinghardinit.work/2025/08/14/why… #Veeam #VeeamVanguard #MVPBuzz