Introduction to Citrix XenDesktop 4 [BlogBattle]
Citrix last week released their Virtual Desktop product named Citrix XenDesktop 4. For Citrix it is the 3rd (have you ever seen 1.0 ?) generation of their VDI product. As part of the VDI Blog Battle. I’ll be using this post to update you on the architecture and basic info concerning Citrix XenDesktop 4.
What is Citrix XenDesktop ?
In my previous post, and in Svens previous post we already explained what VDI is so I’ll skip that part.
Citrix announced XenDesktop 4 like this:
“A groundbreaking new product that makes virtual desktops a mainstream reality for hundreds of millions of corporate users for the first time ever.”
Workaround for some VMware View Offline limitations (testing purpose only!)
I wanted to test the VMware View Offline desktop. I know it has some limitations at the moment and that it is still an experimental feature. But still, I wanted to be able to show a customer the capabilities that VMware View already has in the current release, whether it is an experimental feature or not. I managed to work around some of the limitations and in this post, I explain how. … Continue Reading
VMworld Europe 2009: Virtual desktop Infrastructure sessions
Today I attended 3 session related to VDI, so my brain is now filled with information regarding virtual desktops, virtual applications and user workspace- or profile-management. I still need to sort all this information out to write one big or maybe a couple of smaller articles concerning design considerations, VDI server sizing, security impact, remote display protocol, performance requirements and future promises. But before I start on this article(s), here is a short overview of the sessions I attended today: … Continue Reading
VDI and licensing
Sean Clark did a little investigation on licensing a virtual desktop with XP or Vista. It appears you need Vista licensed with software assurance to be able to run a virtualized desktop, even if it is XP you want to deploy in your VDI-environment. This is very interesting and could be a show-stopper for SMB. I was not aware of this and perhaps a lot of people aren’t. So go to Sean’s blog and read the article.
VMware VDM 2.1 reviewer’s guide
Warren Ponder from VMware and Doug Brown, founder of DABCC, have written a VMware VDM 2.1 reviewer’s guide. This guide will help you evaluate the latest release of the Virtual Desktop Manager from VMware. You can download it here.
