This is a retake on an older post of mine but now includes integration information for vRA 7. No more WinRM, no more Downloading and Installing stuff on DEMs. We just execute Powershell via SSH.
This post is seriously cool - it applies to technologies like Puppet, Chef and Ansible too.
In fact, I have some sample Ansible code that shows the use case here too.
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A simple, easy-to-implement, WinRM-Free solution for executing Powershell over SSH!
No more multi-hop nightmares and CredSSP woes!
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Part 2, explaining custom integration with Microsoft DNS.
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A detailed article detailing integration with Microsoft DNS easily; conceptually maintaining a highly available design.
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This article shows you how to reduce or negate blueprint sprawl attributed to having multiple customization specs per environment, or per domain.
It involves some vRO integration, scripting, custom properties and a simple concept.
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