Daniel Keer

Excited and honored to announce that I made it into the VMware by Broadcom vExpert program for 2026!

Congrats to everyone that made it into the vExpert program! 🎉

#vExpert #VMware #Broadcom

ESX Regenerate Self-Signed Certificate During the installation of VMware ESX, you’re never prompted to set a hostname or domain name. As a result, ESX defaults to the hostname localhost and the domain localdomain. Due to this when ESXi gen...

Here's how you regenerate the ESX self-signed certificate and extra info about rhttpproxy the Envoy reverse proxy ESX uses.

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#ESX #VMware #certificates #vExpert #Broadcom

📢 Announcing the 2026 Omnissa Tech Insiders Hello Omnissa Community members, We are incredibly excited to share the official list of Tech Insiders for 2026! This year’s group was selected through an in-depth application and review process, and ...

I'm excited to share that I'm an Omnissa Tech Insider for 2026! Congrats to everyone that also made it in!

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@omnissacommunity.bsky.social

#Omnissa #WeAreOmnissa #OmnissaTechInsider

Veeam Backup & Replication 13 Windows Install Veeam Backup & Replication is a wonderful product that I’ve been using for years. I’ve used it many times to recovery from various situations, and it’s been a real lifesaver. VBR (Veeam Backup & Repli...

Here's how to install Veeam Backup & Replication 13 on Windows

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#Veeam #Windows #Backup #VBR

Enable Windows 10 Extended Security Updates On October 14, 2025, Windows 10 reached end of life and no longer receives updates. To keep getting updates, you must upgrade to Windows 11 or enroll in the Windows 10 ESU (Extended Security Updates) ...

Windows 10 has reached end of life. If you still need to use Windows 10. I made a blog post about how to enable Windows 10 ESU to keep getting updates.

Check it out! thedxt.ca/2026/01/enab...

#Windows #Microsoft #ESU #Windows10 #Updates #WindowsUpdates

slmgr.vbs slmgr.vbs is the Windows Software Licensing Management Tool, a Microsoft Visual Basic script that comes with Windows and is a core part of the Windows activation system. The full path is C:WindowsSyst...

I made a blog post about the commands you can use with slmgr.vbs

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#Windows #slmgr

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#SorryNotSorry lol

CyberChef CyberChef is a web application with an abundance of tools, including decoding and encoding to and from various formats such as Base64, ROT13, XOR, and Hex. It is often referred to as the Cyber Swiss A...

CyberChef is a very cool web app made by GCHQ.

I originally found out about it because @mrr3b00t.bsky.social tweeted about it a long time ago.

I created a blog post about using CyberChef and self-hosting it with Docker.

Check it out. thedxt.ca/2026/01/cybe...

#Cyber #CyberChef #Docker

Install or Upgrade Duo Authentication for Windows Logon In this post, I will show you how to use my Duo Authentication for Windows Logon PowerShell scripts to check whether Duo Win Logon is installed, install Duo Win Logon, or upgrade Duo Win Logon. Previo...

🆕 I created a new blog post about how to upgrade and/or install Duo Win Logon using the EXE and PowerShell.

Check it out. thedxt.ca/2026/01/inst...

#Duo #PowerShell #WinLogon #Windows #Updates #Upgrade #MFA #Install @duosec.bsky.social

Thanks. Oh oops I totally missed that thank you.

Install Matrix At EUC World Amplify 2025, I gave a presentation titled “Transforming Chaos into Control: Mastering Windows App Deployments with Intune“. The presentation covered the ways I’ve been deploying applicat...

🆕 Introducing the Install Matrix an open source GitHub repo full of PowerShell scripts that help reduce duplicate work making it quick and easy to package apps and reducing overhead when updating them.

Check it out! thedxt.ca/2026/01/inst...

#PowerShell #Intune #EUC #GitHub #RMM

Duo Authentication Proxy Upgrade Duo Authentication Proxy is a very useful way to add MFA to LDAP and RADIUS. It is also a way to sync your users with Duo. You can install Duo Authentication Proxy on Windows or Linux. While older ver...

Duo has a root CA certificate expiring in February. Make sure your Duo Auth Proxy is 6.5.1 or newer.

I wrote a blog post about the upgrade process.

Check it out! thedxt.ca/2026/01/duo-...

#Duo #PowerShell #AuthProxy #Updates #Upgrade #MFA

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#HappyNewYear

In 2025 I posted 29 blog posts. #YearInReview

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Save this came in handy today. Remember to search NEMA in your photo library.

VMware Home Lab Tokens VMware by Broadcom has now enabled home labs to generate tokens and license VCF 9. Before the change, when you passed a VCP VCF exam, you were eligible for vSphere 8 and VCF 5.2 license keys, but you ...

Here is how to generate a Broadcom token for your VMware home lab

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#vExpert #VCF #HomeLab #VMware #Broadcom #VMUG

I Went to Workplace Ninjas US 2025 I recently had the opportunity to attend the very first Workplace Ninjas US conference, which took place in Dallas, Texas, USA, on December 9th and December 10th 2025. If you’ve never heard of Workpla...

I went to Workplace Ninjas US and had so much fun! I have a new blog post about my entire experience.

thedxt.ca/2025/12/i-we...

#WPNinjasUS #Microsoft #Community #WPNinjas #WorkplaceNinjas

Configure locked.properties for Omnissa Horizon In this post, I will show you, step by step, how to configure the locked.properties file for Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) to work with the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway). The Omniss...

I made another blog post, this time it's about how to configure the locked properties file for Horizon.

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#Omnissa #OmnissaTechInsider #Horizon #EUC #VDI #WeAreOmnissa @omnissacommunity.bsky.social

Configure Omnissa UAG with Omnissa Horizon In this post, I will show you step by step how to configure the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway) to work with Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon). Prerequisites If you need to learn how, my ...

Here's how to configure the UAG with Horizon.

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#Omnissa #OmnissaTechInsider #Horizon #UAG #EUC #VDI #WeAreOmnissa @omnissacommunity.bsky.social

You are very welcome. It took me a few days to consolidate everything. I was shocked at how many settings are out there.

Omnissa Horizon locked.properties Settings The Omnissa Horizon locked.properties file feels like the best worst-kept secret. The Horizon locked.properties file allows you to change many settings that aren’t accessible from the main Horizon adm...

Here's how to create the Horizon locked.properties file, including all the settings I could find.

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#Omnissa #OmnissaTechInsider #Horizon #EUC #VDI #WeAreOmnissa @omnissacommunity.bsky.social

Deploy Omnissa UAG on VMware vCenter Deploying the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway) on VMware vCenter can be a daunting task if you’ve never done it before. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to deploy the Omnissa Horizon...

Here's how to deploy the Omnissa UAG on VMware vCenter

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#Omnissa #OmnissaTechInsider #VMware #vExpert #EUC #VDI #WeAreOmnissa #UAG @omnissacommunity.bsky.social

VMware vCenter OVA Certificate Trust Typically, importing an OVA or OVF file is straightforward. However, after VMware vCenter version 7.0 Update 2, a new message began appearing when importing an OVA or OVF file. The message would say t...

🆕 Here's how to trust an OVA certificate in VMware vCenter.

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#VMware #vCenter #Certificates #SSL #vExpert #OVA

Install VMware ESX The first time you install VMware ESXi might feel a bit daunting. Once you’ve done it at least once, the process is very straightforward. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to install VMwa...

Here's how to install VMware ESX

thedxt.ca/2025/10/inst...

#ESX #VMware #vExpert #ESXi

VMware Home Lab Licensing One of many advantages of passing the VCP-VCF (VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation) exam is that you can get access to home lab licensing. The license is valid for 365 days and can...

Here's how to get your VMware Home Lab licenses after passing the VCP-VCF exam.

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#HomeLab #VMware #licenses #VCF #vExpert

Minisforum MS-A2 Disable TPM The Minisforum MS-A2 is an awesome system to use in a home lab. It does have one downside, and that is that even though it has a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 chip, it is a TPM 2.0 CRB (Command-Re...

Here's how to disable the TPM on a Minisforum MS-A2

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#Homelab #Minisforum #MSA2 #TPM

Well that's cool!

I Went to EUC World Amplify 2025 This year I went to EUC World Amplify, which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from August 4th to August 7th. EUC World Amplify is the second time World of EUC has put on a conference. The fi...

🆕 📢 Read about my time at EUC World Amplify 2025.

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#EUCWorld #Community #WorldOfEUC #EUC

Ah I see what you mean now. I agree.

Same lol