vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide goes mobile! - VMware vSphere Blog

It has been a couple of weeks since the release of the vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide<https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2013/04/vsphere-5-1-hardening-guide-official-release.html>. Right around that time there was a call for updated content for the VMware Mobile Knowledge Portal app<http://www.vmwaremkp.com/> Well, I really wanted to see the updated Hardening Guide available on that platform. That presented a challenge. For most customers, the format of releasing it as an Excel spreadsheet meets their need but have you looked at a spreadsheet on an iPad? Not a pretty sight.

So, using Microsoft Word's Mail Merge capability I whipped up a proof of concept and showed it to a couple of folks. When your boss says "That's awesome!" you know you're on the right track. After some updating, we came out with a decent template and I'm happy to say that it looks great on my old iPad.

Here's some examples:

First, a picture of the Mobile Knowledge Portal app itself. You can see a list of all the Hardening Guide content.

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Now the Introduction Page that explains what the Hardening Guide contains

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Finally, here's an example of Hardening Guide data reformatted for a tablet. This is useful for browsing through all the guidelines.

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If you don't have the VMKP, get it now for iPad and Android! Here's some more info about the app and where to get it.

Get it for iPad on iTunes<https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=566387182&mt=8>
Get it for Android tablets at Google Play<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmware.marketing.mobileknowledgeportal>

The VMKP is designed to provide a simple way for VMware customers to view technical collateral around the Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure and Infrastructure & Operations Management products. VMKP 2.0 adds the following enhancements over the original version - Android and iPad support - Ability to rate collateral - Ability to provide feedback to VMware on pieces of collateral
- Integration with Facebook and Twitter to let others know what you have been reading on the VMKP
- Mechanism to request additional collateral items.

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Original Page: http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/04/vsphere-5-1-hardening-guide-goes-mobile.html