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We're only 2 days away. Keep in mind this is open to anyone who would like to join...regardless of location.

@JaredBusch @dbeato @Texkonc we will get rid of the troll problem that made me look like a dummy last time.

Date: 6/25/2020
Start Time: 6:30 PM Central
Format: Zoom

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It's that time again! This will be another virtual SpiceCorps meeting using Zoom. In addition to your RSVP in the community, please register to attend to receive the Zoom link and calendar invite.

Many of us are in charge of refreshing desktop / laptop / server / network (or other) technology equipment with the unstated responsibility to "get rid of" the old stuff. One option for disposal is to send the hardware to a recycling company. Have you ever thought about how the recycling process works and how this process has changed over the years? Join us from the comfort of your home office as Brad Chism of Computer Crusher Recycling brings us some education in this area. During this session, we'll consider the following questions:

1. How do people / companies normally manage the equipment disposal process?
2. What happens after old equipment leaves your premises?
3. What security precautions should be taken when disposing of equipment that we don't often consider (i.e. erasing hard drives, destroying hard drives, etc.)?
4. How much of the old stuff can actually be reused, and how can that work to your advantage?
5. How does the recycling process work, and how has it changed over the years?
6. What are some of the strangest things people recycle?

We hope to see you there (virtually). Bring your questions, and let's have fun with it!

I was thinking there's some kind of per-database compatibility mode that allows the backward compatibility with older applications that need to access the database. But it's also been a while since I've done much with SQL Server.

Maybe these will also help (a bit older though):

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1006810 (speaks to VMFS 3 and 5 but not 6)

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/03/08/thin-provisioned-disks-and-vmfs-fragmentation-do-i-really-need-to-worry/

So each VM is NOT a single file in VMFS. Each VMDK file is really just a virtual disk characteristic file. The data disk is a -flat.vmdk file (even though we usually don't think of having both of these files when we say VMDK).

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-CEFF6D89-8C19-4143-8C26-4B6D6734D2CB.html

Paging @StorageNinja for insight on this one...

Sometimes you need to dive deep down the rabbit hole to really understand what's happening. Has that ever happened to you?

In my last post we started down the path of configuring Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines for the purpose of deploying Azure functions from VS Code using these services. In this post, we pick up the process just after having tested and confirmed our Azure repo networknerd-repo1 is properly integrated with VS Code. I had intended to document all steps in the same way as in previous posts (all steps, including hurdles to jump), but since Azure Pipelines got the best of me for the better part of a couple of weeks, I’ll do my best to help readers avoid banging their head against the wall as long as I did. Consider this my attempt at an Azure Pipelines prequel.

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@flaxking said in Push and Pull – Using VS Code with Azure Repos:

I've been pretty satisfied with Azure DevOps so far, but calling it 'Azure' seems to be a marketing move and ends up being a misnomer.

I love the fact that Azure can advertise giving customers DevOps for free.