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As a user of VMware Workstation it was interesting this week that VMware workstation is now free even for commercial use. https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/ The latest version of VMware Workstation Pro for Windows is currently 17.6.1 and can be download from the Broadcom portal. https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productfiles?subFamily=VMware%20Workstation%20Pro&displayGroup=VMware%20Workstation%20Pro%2017.0%20for%20Windows&release=17.6.1&os=&servicePk=524543&language=EN  While you're here - Why not check out our Windows Server Documentation and Audit Tool?

If you want to generate a .NET assembly to use the vSphere Management SDK to manage a vSphere environment you may run into difficulties.  VMware (now Broadcom) dropped support for the vSphere Management SDK for .NET stating that developers should use "modern programming languages" such as Java, or pyvmomi and govmomi for Python/Go. https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=87965 If you want to use the vSphere Management SDK (which is a SOAP web service) you need to import the WSDL into .NET. Ideally you want to compile this into a .NET library of the version of the framework you're using. However this web service is extremely large and can cause several issues. Having spent a day or two on this I decided to document the process. While you're here why not check out our VMware documentation tool - XIA Configuration Server? Create the VimService.cs File Access the VMware SDK site https://developer.vmware.com/sdks Find the vSphere Management SDK. Extract th...

The Active Directory domain and functional levels have changed for Windows Server 2025 with a new functional level being added. However the documetnation for the 3.1.1.3.2.26 domainFunctionality and 3.1.1.3.2.27 forestFunctionality attributes have not been updated. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-adts/6dd88965-8feb-4369-ae7e-075985da8071 0 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2000 1 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2003_WITH_MIXED_DOMAINS 2 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2003 3 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2008 4 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2008R2 5 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2012 6 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2012R2 7 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2016 The new value  10 DS_BEHAVIOR_WIN2025 Notice there is a gap of two numbers for Server 2016 and Server 2019 that didn't have an update to the domain and forest functional levels.  While you're here - Why not check out our  Active Directory Documentation Tool ?