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Home Lab - The Beginning

Home Labs are a fantastic way to do all manor of things from the comfort of your home. Ranging from home automation, file storage, home media streaming, learning how to build a website, learning a new operating system or exploring new technologies. My lab is mainly an VMware testing and learning lab. Home Labs can come in many forms and sizes. From Raspberry PI’s to a full rack setup with a horrible electricity bill! Home Labs are the sort of thing that start small, but grow and evolve over time as your thirst for knowledge does.

Friday, May 29, 2020 | 3 minutes Read

Installing PowerCLI using Install-Module

I was asked recently ‘Do we have PowerCLI downloaded?’. Yes, we may, but it could be anywhere and it is likely an outdated version. There is no need to download the installer! You can install PowerCLI using the Install-Module cmdlet in Windows PowerShell. (Providing you have an internet connection!) Below we will look at the steps required to install the latest version of PowerCLI on your system. From an elevated PowerShell prompt run the following -

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | 2 minutes Read