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As you move from one version…Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTBackuphttps://virtualization247.com/vmware/how-to-expand-vmware-disk-size-for-windows-vms/https://virtualization247.com/vmware/how-to-expand-vmware-disk-size-for-windows-vms/As a System Administrator or System Engineer, one of the most frequent requests you'll receive is to expand the disk size on virtual Windows Servers and…Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTVMwarehttps://virtualization247.com/windows/remap-printers-to-new-server-using-powershell-and-rmm/https://virtualization247.com/windows/remap-printers-to-new-server-using-powershell-and-rmm/Recently, we had a client migrate printers to a new print server from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2019. 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