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Welcome to the site. If you are a techie then you are at the right place. Here you’ll find articles on the technology used by IT, cloud, and cybersecurity professionals.

Technological innovations move at a crazy fast speed. After a few decades of using technology to run my own business, I decided to dive deep into the tech that working professionals need to know and then document what I learned.

What should you learn to enter the tech field? What skills should you acquire to elevate your career? I’ll try to answer those questions through my tech journey. And I hope you can learn from my experiences.

Good luck with your own tech journey.

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Featured posts

  • Home Lab: VMware Workstation and Kali Linux

    This is the first post in a series that documents the creation of a home lab using VMware Workstation Pro and Kali Linux. By following along with these posts you will learn how to create your own home lab on a single computer. Table of Contents This Post Lab Overview In this lab we will…

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  • Home Lab: Windows Server and Active Directory

    In this series of blog posts we will create a Windows Server and Active Directory home lab. Hiring managers are looking for IT professionals who have at least a working understanding of Active Directory Domain Services (aka Active Directory). By following along with these posts, you can create your own home lab that you can…

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  • How to Configure VMware Workstation

    In this post, we will configure the VMware Workstation settings for a recently installed Kali Linux virtual machine (VM). Table of Contents This Post This post is part of a series that documents the creation of a home lab using VMware Workstation Pro and Kali Linux. Virtual Machine Settings Once a Kali Linux VM is…

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  • Ticketing Systems

    A ticketing system is a tool used in IT support teams to track, manage, and resolve user issues efficiently. Every user issue is logged in the system allowing the IT support staff to prioritize and organize the workload of outstanding tickets. A ticketing system is the backbone of an effective IT support operation. It transforms…

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