Burke Azbill

Burke has been a technology professional since 1996 and has held certifications from Cisco, Citrix, ITIL, Linux Professional Institute, Microsoft, Novell, and VMware. He joined VMware in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Dunes Technologies from Lausanne, Switzerland where he had begun his work with Orchestrator. Burke is founder and contributor of the blog VCOTeam as well as a leading contributor to the VMTN Communities for Orchestrator. He has been recognized by the community as a vExpert since 2010. During his tenure at VMware, Burke co-created the Orchestrator Master’s Training program, has trained hundreds of employees on Orchestrator, built many integrations for customers and partners, and has worked various roles in the VMworld Hands On Labs. He has also been a member, and technical lead, of the SDDC Livefire program, building content, labs, and vPods for the program. Publications include contributing author for “VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT)” (VMware Press 2013) and technical resource for "VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition," "VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook," and “VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials” (Packt Publishing 2015), “Automating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator” (VMware Press 2012), and “VMware vSphere for Dummies” (For Dummies 2011).

VMware Livefire Desktop

VMware Multi-Cloud and Modern Apps Livefire Desktop

By / June 16, 2023 / Leave a Comment

For the last couple years, Livefire has provided an Ubuntu based Horizon Desktop to attendees of our Multi-Cloud and Modern Applications courses. It has evolved from a 100% manually built Ubuntu 18.04 LTS desktop to a 90% automated build of Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. The Ubuntu desktop build is customized with many applications and utilities that …

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oh-my-zsh Custom Terminal

Customized MacOS/Linux ZSH Terminal Experience

By / August 15, 2022 / Leave a Comment

If you’ve attended the new Multi Cloud Advanced Integration course, you’ve seen the updated terminal experience on the Horizon 7 Ubuntu Desktops we’re using. One of our Summer Intern’s first blog posts ever steps you through how to set this up on your MacOS terminal for your own use. Visit Brandon’s Blog to see more …

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