Sign-up for Microsoft Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization beta
You can sign up for the Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V, formerly known as Kidaro) beta program.
MED-V enhances deployment, management and user experience for Virtual PC images on a Windows® Desktop, independent of the local desktop configuration and operating system (OS). MED-V leverages Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to provide an enterprise solution for desktop virtualization streamlining OS upgrades, and increasing IT control and user flexibility in enterprise environments.
The beta will be released early 2009.
Dutch VMUG 2008 – Video: Managing VI3 with Powershell
Eric Sloof from NTPro.nl gave a very good presentation at the Dutch VMUG 2008 event:
Managing VI3 with Powershell.
This presentation focuses on the tools that are currently available for PowerShell. It also gives you an insight on the VMware PowerShell extensions and presents a short introduction to PowerShell as a scripting language.
Eric already posted his presentation on his blog, but here is the video Johan recorded:
VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide: new style!
The Hardware Compatibility Guide from VMware, that PDF-file you have located somewhere between your other important VMwaredocuments but is always outdated so you have to download a new PDF, is now replaced by an online version that is searchable. This online Hardware Compatibility Guide replaces the former Hardware Compatibility Guides for systems, I/O devices, and SAN arrays for ESX 3.0 and greater versions, as well as VMware View Client.
Check it out and thanks John Troyer from VMware for the twit!
Unfortunately, this is still a HARDWARE compatibility guide. I would rather see a central compatibility guide for hard- AND software (Guest OS, agents, plugins).
Difference between free ESXi and licensed ESXi
Rich Brambley over at VMetc.com updated his very popular article about the difference between the free ESXi and the licensed ESXi. One major improvement since Update 3 is:
RCLI is no longer read only. You can read and write changes thus making remote administration possible.
Thanks Rich for the update!
VMware releases ThinApp 4.0.1
ThinApp 4.0.1 is now available for download. This is a maintenance release that addresses a number of known issues. It also delivers some nice additions to utilities within the ThinApp Suit: Application link for example now supports multi-level links, such that application A links to application B, which links to application C, and so on. File type association also have been improved. Here is the complete list: … Continue Reading
