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VMware vCenter Installation Guide and Best Practices

Jun 5, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
VMware vCenter is an important component of the VMware vSphere virtual infrastructure, allowing you to use advanced VMware features. The most common approach to installing vCenter is deploying vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) as a virtual machine on an ESXi host. This blog post explains how to install VMware vCenter as a virtual appliance to get access to enterprise features in your vSphere environment.
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How to Run Linux on Hyper-V?

Jun 5, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
Running Linux on Hyper-V allows you to combine the stability of Microsoft’s virtualization platform with the versatility of open-source operating systems. Whether you’re exploring Linux for education, testing or production environments, Hyper-V provides a reliable way to deploy and manage virtual machines efficiently. Among the many supported distributions, Ubuntu Linux stands out for its simplicity and broad compatibility.
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How to Install VMware PowerCLI for vSphere Management Automation

Jun 4, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
PowerCLI is one of the most powerful tools for managing and automating VMware vSphere and vCloud. You can manage VM provisioning, storage, networking, operating systems in hosts and guests, changes, and any other aspect of VMware vSphere. Let’s take a look at what PowerCLI is and the basics of installing this VMware vSphere management tool. NAKIVO for VMware vSphere Backup Complete data protection for VMware vSphere VMs and instant recovery options.
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How to Use and Access the Office 365 Admin Center: A Complete Walkthrough

Jun 4, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
Almost all cloud services that allow you to manage multiple users have a dedicated administration interface. Microsoft Office 365 is categorized as software as a service (SaaS) and provides its own Microsoft Office 365 admin center. You can use this administration center to manage user accounts and mailboxes, configure the Office 365 cloud environment, monitor statistics and more. This blog post explains how to use the updated Office 365 admin center and what features can be configured.
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How to Convert VHD to VMDK: A Step-By-Step Guide

May 27, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are two of the most popular virtualization platforms. Each solution uses different virtual disk file formats for virtual machines. This means you need to convert virtual disk files when moving VMs between VMware and Hyper-V. For example, you may need to migrate VMs between hypervisors for testing. In other cases, you may need to change the format if you’ve chosen the wrong one when creating the VM. Hyper-V uses VHD and VHDX for VMs, while VMware uses VMDK.
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VMware Backup After Broadcom: Key Changes and Best Practices

May 27, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
At the end of 2023, Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware, reshaping one of the most influential names in virtualization. This move introduced significant changes in licensing, product structure, administration and data protection. As Broadcom reorganizes VMware and its ecosystem, the effects are being felt across customers, partners and backup solution vendors.
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Quick Fixes for Office 365 Slowing Down the Computer

May 26, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
Office 365 slow performance issues can be a headache for employees in your organization and for customers. If Microsoft Office 365 slows down users’ computers, productivity suffers and workflows are disrupted. Customers may be dissatisfied accessing a slow SharePoint site, which would negatively impact your organization’s reputation. In this case, you should find the reasons for Office 365 performance issues and fix them as quickly as possible.
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A Guide on How to Find Old Emails in Microsoft 365 (Office 365)

May 22, 2026 By NAKIVO Team In NAKIVO
Microsoft Exchange and Outlook email services are among the most popular email applications in business environments. Sometimes, new users cannot find old emails in the Outlook client or Outlook web application after three or twelve months. One of the possible reasons may be improper synchronization settings in Outlook. Read this blog post to discover how you can find old emails and get Outlook emails back.
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VMware to Hyper-V Migration with Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (Step-by-Step)

May 20, 2026 By NAKIVO In NAKIVO
In this video, you’ll learn how to migrate a VMware virtual machine to Microsoft Hyper-V using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC). The walkthrough covers two real-world migration scenarios: Migrating a VMware VM from an ESXi host using the MVMC GUI Converting VMware virtual disks to Hyper-V format using PowerShell cmdlets The example VM runs Windows Server 2019, and the video explains key prerequisites such as uninstalling VMware Tools, checking the boot mode (BIOS or UEFI), and choosing the correct Hyper-V VM generation.
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