Rob Bastiaansen

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Rob Bastiaansen is an independent trainer and consultant specializing in VMware and Linux. A VMware Certified Instructor based in the Netherlands, he delivers training around the world. He writes articles for several print and online publications and is founder of VMwarebits.com, a site dedicated to technical content related to VMware. Rob has been working with VMware technology since 2000 and has authored several books, including one of the first books dedicated to VMware entitled Rob's Guide To Using VMware. He has spoken at VMworld, which he has attended since 2004, and other conferences.

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How to configure multiple monitors for remote desktop use
March 6, 2026
Integrating VMC on AWS with Horizon 7 leads to new use cases
Nov. 21, 2025
Comparing VDI software from Omnissa and Citrix
Sept. 24, 2025
Who owns Omnissa and what’s next for this vendor?
April 15, 2025
How to access and interact with the RDP Task Manager
Feb. 7, 2025
How to choose between Windows 10 IoT and Linux
Nov. 26, 2024
Comparing VMware Horizon vs. Azure Virtual Desktop
July 30, 2024
How to respond to 4 common IT alerts
March 27, 2024
Automate IT operations with VMware and Ansible
Oct. 16, 2023
Manage IT infrastructure with NSX’s multi-tenant features
May 30, 2023
Automate firewall rules with Terraform and VMware NSX
April 10, 2023
How to deploy Kubernetes on VMware with vSphere Tanzu
Jan. 4, 2023
Make a business case for VMware training
Nov. 10, 2022
What is a Raspberry Pi used for?
Oct. 17, 2022
Compare running Kubernetes on VMs vs. bare-metal servers
Aug. 23, 2022
Is Kubernetes a hypervisor? How do they differ?
July 27, 2022
Learn how to use VMware’s OS Optimization Tool
July 25, 2022
An introduction to VMware KVM mode
June 23, 2022
Proactive backup measures simplify virtual server recovery
May 17, 2022
Manage resource use with VMware Horizon application pools
April 5, 2022
Avoid VM latency issues with VMware NUMA Observer
March 31, 2022
An intro to using vRA Custom Resources
Jan. 27, 2022
Fixing VMware Horizon disk latency and other resource issues
Jan. 20, 2022
Navigating VMware logs for troubleshooting
Dec. 30, 2021
NSX virtual switch types enhance networking capabilities
Nov. 17, 2021
Learn vSphere vApps creation, deployment and configuration
Nov. 16, 2021
Options for VMware printing management in the enterprise
Nov. 6, 2021
Compare VMware Workstation Pro vs. Microsoft Hyper-V
Oct. 27, 2021
VMware vSAN file service introduces NFS, SMB file shares
Aug. 23, 2021
Learn how to use VMware’s Workstation clone VM feature
July 29, 2021
Get familiar with the basics of vMotion live migration
July 21, 2021
Dive into the latest features for VMware Instant Clones
July 19, 2021
VMware Workstation 16 Pro requirements and installation
June 22, 2021
Use NSX firewall best practices to improve security
June 10, 2021
VMware Horizon 2006 depreciates vSAN, enhances Instant Clone
June 3, 2021
Learn how to configure NSX firewall rules
May 18, 2021
How to use GitHub vRA integration to keep track of blueprints
April 22, 2021
6 virtual server management best practices
March 9, 2021
Virtual servers vs. physical servers: What are the differences?
Feb. 25, 2021
Get started with vRealize Orchestrator with PowerCLI
Feb. 4, 2021
VMware enhances NSX-T 3.0 to ease networking
Dec. 30, 2020
VMware NSX vs. Microsoft Hyper-V network virtualization
Dec. 1, 2020
VMware product overview: Virtualization and end-user computing
Sept. 24, 2020
Perform a NSX-V to NSX-T migration with Migration Coordinator
July 30, 2020
Introducing VMware vSphere 7 features, updates
July 20, 2020
What’s new in vCloud Director 10
May 29, 2020
Configure advanced VM settings in vSphere 6.7
March 30, 2020
VMware vRealize 7.5, 7.6 offer key admin, user enhancements
March 5, 2020
VRealize Automation 8 removes key features, adds new services
Feb. 26, 2020
Increase data center efficiency with the NSX-T load balancer
Jan. 27, 2020
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Dec. 3, 2019
How AppDefense works to detect app and VM anomalies
Nov. 12, 2019
What’s the difference between VMware vCenter and vSphere?
Oct. 21, 2019
NSX-T 2.4 could surpass NSX-V as VMware’s primary SDN platform
Aug. 6, 2019
3 ways to implement vSphere GPU virtualization
April 29, 2019
Get to know VMware’s vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
March 26, 2019
Use SpoofGuard to defend against malicious activity in VMware NSX
Dec. 12, 2017
Integrate vRealize Log Insight and NSX for centralized logging
May 5, 2017
How do you recreate a missing VMDK descriptor file?
Feb. 9, 2017
Horizon 7 Smart Policies helps increase security
May 2, 2016
Horizon View Direct-Connection Plugin streamlines configuration
April 30, 2015
How to hunt down VM network timeout issues with performance charts
April 3, 2014
The vdmadmin utility puts the VMware View administrator in command
Sept. 24, 2013
Ways to investigate and fix VMware View Connection Server issues
May 10, 2013
Migrating from a standard switch to VMware vDS with no downtime
March 27, 2013

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