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👋 Hello from the ITS Private Cloud! Welcome to issue 2023.11. Read on for ITS Private Cloud news, tools, security advisories and features released within the last month (or so).

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News

VMware Tools updates address Local Privilege Escalation and SAML Token Signature Bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-34057, CVE-2023-34058)

VMware released security advisory VMSA-2023-0024 with Important severity affecting VMware Tools for Windows.

VMware Tools updates address a SAML Token Signature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20900)

VMware released security advisory VMSA-2023-0019 with Low severity affecting VMware Tools for Windows and Linux.

Introducing VM Automated Incident Response

We have started the journey into the Virtual Machine (VM) Automated Incident Response (AIR) to orchestrate the process of detecting, triaging, and resolving incidents within the ITS Private Cloud.

What's new in the ITS Private Cloud Billing?

Additional Services have been added to the Virtual Machine Calculator. Download your billed Virtual Machine inventory from the Billing Portal and we have introduced new section in the bill for "ITS Private Cloud Managed IP Address".

How-To's

Convert Windows 10/2016+ VSS VM from BIOS to UEFI

Information Security recommends having your Windows VMs with Virtualization Based Security (VBS) and Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) enabled.

Deploy Windows Virtual Machines using a Golden Image, Templates and Guest OS Specification

In this How-to we will use a Golden Image, Templates, and Guest OS Specification to demonstrate an efficient virtual machine deployment process.

Access UT VSS user storage with Graphical User Interface.

ITS Private Cloud users are allocated complimentary space for storing ISO and other Virtual Machine related files.

Deploy an Ubuntu Server or AlmaLinux instance with the vss-cli

Take advantage of the new Ubuntu Pro offering from the ITS Private Cloud to enable Enhanced Security, Performance Optimization and Streamlined Management by following the next steps.

Tools & Formulas

Deploy Landscape to manage your Ubuntu servers

Take advantage of the Ubuntu Pro offering and manage your Ubuntu VMS with Landscape. Our team has made available a vss-cli formula 🧪 to get you up to speed.

VSS Command Line Interface (vss-cli) v2023.9.0 and v2023.10.0

Documentation and examples have been moved to our main docs website for your convenience.

Notes

ITS Private Cloud Guideline: VMware Tools

All virtual machines running on ITS Private Cloud are required to have VMware tools (or equivalent) installed and up-to-date.

ITS Private Cloud Guideline: Virtual Machine Templates

This guideline outlines the importance of properly preparing virtual machines (VMs) as templates in the ITS Private Cloud

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