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VMware View 4.5 released today!

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Sven Huisman

During VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, VMware announced their latest release of VMware View. Today, VMware View 4.5 is available for download. Lot’s of new features and improvements were added in this release:

  • Windows 7 Support 32/64-Bit
  • Smart Card Support for PCoIP
  • Local Mode Desktop
  • A native Mac Client
  • Kiosk Mode
  • Automated USB Redirection
  • Location based printing
  • Client localization (German, Japanese, French, Simple Chinese)
  • Adobe Flex UI Administrator interface
  • Higher broker scalability
  • Role based delegation
  • SysPrep support for Linked Clone desktop pools
  • Persistent disk management
  • Refresh, Recompose and storage rebalance for non-persistent pools
  • Semi-automatic pools
  • Extensibility with Powershell, SCOM and SDK’s, Event database
  • System Dashboard, User diagnostics and troubleshooting
  • ThinApp entitlement
  • Smart Card revocation
  • Support for vSphere and vCenter version 4.1

Read a review of VMware View 4.5 and ThinApp 4.6 from Mike Laverick. Also read this Optimization guide for Windows 7.

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vSphere 4.1 released, vMotion part of Standard edition.

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Sven Huisman

VMware released vSphere 4.1 with a couple of new features like “Memory compression”, “Storage I/O Control” and much more. I’m not going to repeat all the information, because you can already read it here:

One thing that I don’t read is that vMotion is now part of vSphere Standard edition. And that’s a big improvement for a lot of organizations who don’t need all the features of Advanced or Enterprise (Plus), but do need vMotion for maintenance for example. 

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VDI comparison chart

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Sven Huisman

When you enter “VDI comparison” in google, the first hit you get is actually one of my first blogpost I published 2 years ago. The blogpost is about a VDI-broker feature comparison created by Quest. Although it was a useful document (to see which features Quest vWorkspace has), it wasn’t created by (an) independent person(s).
It’s quit amazing to see that Virtualfuture.info is still number 1 hit for “VDI comparison”. First of all because we didn’t create the comparison chart and second of all, since then, no one else created one. Until now!

Ruben Spruijt from PQR, with the help of a number of colleagues (including me), created something more than just a feature comparison: the VDI smackdown whitepaper!

If you are looking for an independent overview of the Server Hosted Desktop Virtualization (VDI) solutions and curious about the different features- and functions each Desktop Virtualization vendor is offering!? This is the whitepaper you definitely must read!

In the current market there is an increasing demand for unbiased information about Desktop Virtualization solutions. This white paper is focused on solutions that are anticipated to have an important role in VDI deployments. An overview of available features of each solution is created to better understand each solutions capability.

Also read Ruben’s post at brianmadden.com. Comment or mail Ruben for feedback!

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7 “challenges” migrating from XP to Windows 7 using VDI

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Sven Huisman

Migrating to Windows 7 is something many companies will face the next couple of years. Using desktop virtualization or VDI in the process is something a lot of those companies consider (read Ruben Spruijt’s article about the different types of dekstop virtualization and the role of Windows 7). In this article I would like to point out a couple of challenges a company might face when migrating from XP to Windows 7 using VDI. Don’t expect to learn about the advantages of VDI or about best practices for migrating to Windows 7 in general.

Here is my top 7 challenges migrating to Windows 7 using VDI. Feel free to comment. … Continue Reading

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VMware View 4.5 Expected Features

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Matthijs Haverink

Yesterday I had a presentation (not under NDA) from VMware about the improvements and features that we can expect with View 4.5 (no guarantees) and I was impressed as well as disappointed.  Impressed by the small additions/improvements that together create a more mature and complete Desktop Virtualization solution. Disappointed about the fact that the feature that really drew my attention : Virtual Profiles (the RTOSoft acquisition) has some big disadvantages which gives me the feeling I still need a “real” Profile Virtualization solution.

It’s my personal guess, not mentioned by VMware, that View 4.5 will be released at VMworld 2010 San Fransisco in August 2010.

First thing: the client hypervisor.  … Continue Reading

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