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Exploring the future of desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization technology still hasn’t surpassed the PC in terms of user experience, but it continues to mature and offer opportunities in application delivery and simplified management. This e-book looks at the state of virtual desktop adopt... E-Book
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Options for virtual desktop technology: A state of the union
Though keeping up with quickly evolving desktop virtualization technologies can be a challenge, the primary reason most virtual desktop projects fail is that organizations jump in without identifying the goals they need to achieve. To ensure a succes... E-Chapter
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Desktop virtualization notes From Brian Madden
Brian Madden, creator of BriForum and brianmadden.com, takes an in-depth look at desktop virtualization in this expert e-book. Read on for tips, suggestions, and insights from one of the leading experts on virtualization. Get your toughest desktop vi... E-Book
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Planning and managing virtual desktop pools
Virtual desktop pools make management easier, but you have to plan for them and remember that the way you create pools depends on your VDI platform. FAQ
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Weighing Windows 8 features: Windows 8 pros
As IT shops weigh Windows 8 pros and cons, they should note these Windows 8 features that can benefit users and admins alike. Feature
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Guide to choosing and managing VDI thin clients
First, decide whether thin clients are right for your environment. Then learn what to look for in VDI hardware and what kind of management capabilities you need. GUIDES
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Tips for VDI user profile management
Unique user profiles are key to a successful VDI environment, so you need user profile management techniques to create, store and secure profiles. Feature
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Top five ways to keep VDI users happy
One reason VDI fails is that the user experience is bad. But IT can keep VDI users happy many ways, such as letting them personalize some settings. Feature
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Understanding nonpersistent vs. persistent VDI
You have a big decision to make when you deploy virtual desktops: Go for nonpersistent or persistent VDI? The choice often comes down to storage. Feature
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Application delivery and security cause VDI angst
Modern Infrastructure Decisions summit speakers and attendees sound off on troubles with VDI: security, application delivery and network management. Feature
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Guide to VDI performance monitoring
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and VDI performance monitoring tools keep the desktop bugs away. Give your environment a checkup with this guide. Guide
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User environment virtualization leaves roaming profiles in the dust
As users connect to more devices than ever, user environment virtualization is a blossoming trend in the desktop virtualization market. Feature
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Virtual desktop security guide
To secure virtual desktops, consider antivirus, certificates and network vulnerabilities. Just remember, VDI doesn't always increase desktop security. Guide
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Bromium vSentry 2.0 focuses on collaboration and mobility
Bromium's vSentry for desktop security now adds more secure connections over untrusted Wi-Fi and better collaboration capabilities. News | 12 Jun 2013
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Parallels Management Suite for SCCM lets you manage Mac hypervisors
Parallels Management Suite for SCCM can help IT manage Mac computers and the client hypervisors that many of them run on in virtualized environments. News | 22 Apr 2013
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Despite storage hang-ups, U.S. Army outfits hospitals with VDI project
A widespread U.S. Army VDI project brought virtual desktops to military hospital staff so they could access applications from multiple devices. Q&A | 18 Feb 2013
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New departmental installed applications tool virtualizes tough apps
Liquidware Labs' new FlexApp departmental installed applications tool gives IT another way to deliver apps to end users in VDI environments. News | 31 Jan 2013
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Few low-cost VDI options remain
Organizations looking for affordable virtual desktop tools have few choices today, but NComputing offers a viable VDI option. News | 12 Dec 2012
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Pano Logic goes out of business, forgets to tell customers
Virtual desktop vendor Pano Logic unexpectedly went out of business, leaving users wondering what to do next. News | 31 Oct 2012
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With acquisitions, desktop virtualization market shifts from TS to VDI
Former Wyse CEO John Kish sees vendors in the desktop virtualization market pulling customers away from Terminal Services -- because they can make more money on VDI. News | 19 Sep 2012
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VDI shops to gain departmental application layering tool
A new virtual desktop management tool lets IT deliver departmental applications with desktop layering rather than application virtualization. News | 13 Aug 2012
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Dell acquires Quest, offers VDI shops 'one throat to choke'
Dell will pay $2.4 billion for Quest Software and get much more than desktop virtualization software. Long-term, it could lower the cost of VDI. News | 02 Jul 2012
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Microsoft RemoteFX improvements require Windows upgrades
The next version of RemoteFX offers the improvements that Microsoft remote desktop customers requested, but don't get too excited: It won't work with Windows 7. News | 25 Jun 2012
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Taking advantage of VM snapshots in a virtual desktop environment
With VM snapshots, you can make one desktop VM into many. Just watch out for performance when snapshotting in a virtual desktop environment. Tip
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Top 5 causes of virtual desktop and application downtime
If your virtual desktops experience slowness or application downtime, keep these five factors in mind to locate the problem. Tip
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Using Active Directory activation and other new Office 2013 tools
Among the new Office 2013 tools for IT admins are a method for volume activation, administrative template files and files for custom installations. Tip
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How virtual desktop printing works on mobile devices
The world isn't paperless quite yet, and if you're accessing a virtual desktop from a mobile device, attempting to print can be especially awkward. Tip
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Microsoft addresses legacy apps with Windows 8 app compatibility tools
New operating systems are always accompanied by compatibility concerns. Windows 8 app compatibility is no different, or is it? Tip
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USB redirection for remote desktops: A step in the right direction
Virtual desktop users want to connect to printers and thumb drives just like anyone else, but you might need USB redirection to make that happen. Tip
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Using passthrough disks for desktop VM storage? Keep 5 tips in mind
Connecting desktop VMs to passthrough disks can enhance performance, but it does add complexity. Watch out for these five hang-ups. Tip
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How to create Citrix XenDesktop vs. VMware View virtual desktop pools
Not all virtual desktop pools are made equal. Creating and managing them calls for different processes in VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop. Tip
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UEFI vs. BIOs in Windows 8 for desktop startup
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface can speed and secure startup for today's computers, but systems that dual-boot into Linux spur controversy. Tip
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Understanding Windows Group Policy management for virtual desktops
Windows Group Policy management can help you keep virtual desktops and their profiles consistent. Just watch out for disk consumption. Tip
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Should you deploy disconnected VDI?
Disconnected VDI means remote users can access their desktops from anywhere, but there are some downsides. Answer
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How Microsoft Windows licensing trips up cloud-based desktops
Microsoft Windows licensing makes it difficult to adopt cloud-based virtual desktops, but there are ways around the complexity. Answer
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How virtualized GPU technology renders complex graphics
Virtualized GPU technology is still new, so it's a good time to get in on the ground floor and learn how it renders graphics for remote users. Answer
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What are IOPS, and how do they affect virtual desktop performance?
This week, our experts explain why input/output operations per second, or IOPS, matter when measuring virtual desktop performance. Answer
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How single image management software juggles multiple desktop images
Single image management software lets you maintain one image for multiple desktops. Learn how the technology works and its benefits. Answer
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virtual GPU (vGPU)
A virtual GPU is a computer processor that renders graphics on a server rather than on a physical endpoint device. Definition
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virtual desktop pool
A virtual desktop pool is a group of virtual desktops that are hosted on identically configured virtual machines. Definition
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Citrix FlexCast
Citrix FlexCast is a delivery technology that allows an IT administrator to personalize virtual desktops to meet the performance, security and flexibility requirements of end users. Currently, there are five different FlexCast models available. Definition
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user environment virtualization (UE virtualization)
User environment virtualization is the abstraction of personalized computer settings from their operating system and applications. Definition
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remote display protocol
A remote display protocol is a special set of data transfer rules that makes it possible for a desktop hosted at one place to display on a client's screen at another location. Definition
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VDI boot storm
A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI boot storm is the degradation of service that occurs when a significant number of end users boot up within a very narrow time frame and overwhelm the network with data requests. Definition
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saved state
Saved state, in a virtualization context, is a way to store the current state of a virtual machine so that is possible to return to that state quickly when desired... (Continued) Definition
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corporate VM (corporate virtual machine)
A corporate VM (corporate virtual machine) is a virtual computing environment (VM) that is allocated to an end user for business use. Definition
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streaming application
A streaming application is a program that has its necessary components downloaded as needed instead of being installed ahead of time on a computer. Definition
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Chrome Remote Desktop
Chrome Remote Desktop is an extension of the Google Chrome browser that allows a user to remotely see and control another user's desktop through the browser window. Definition
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Citrix Synergy Barcelona recap: Combining XenApp and XenDesktop
At Citrix Synergy Barcelona, the vendor announced phase one of Project Avalon, which will provide unified management for XenApp and XenDesktop. Video
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VMware announces AppShift, Wanova integration in end-user computing keynote
The crowd at VMworld's end-user computing keynote learned AppBlast will fold into Horizon and View will integrate with Wanova Mirage. Video
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VDI storage tips and tools
In this podcast, TechTarget editor Bridget Botelho and IT expert Todd Knapp discuss the current state of virtual desktop storage tools, why organizations should use them and more. Podcast
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VDI in 2011: Applications, client hypervisors and Windows 7
VDI experts Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth sit with senior site editor Bridget Botelho to discuss hot technologies for 2011, hurdles to desktop virtualization adoption and new trends. Video
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Desktop virtualization decision-making tips
Thinking about desktop virtualization? This podcast on desktop virtualization software and implementation decision-making tips can help you prepare. Podcast
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Cloud computing and desktop virtualization: A Q&A with Mark Minasi
Listen to Mark Minasi, the popular author, speaker and Windows expert give his views on cloud computing, desktop virtualization and their impact on desktop management. Podcast
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Taking advantage of VM snapshots in a virtual desktop environment
With VM snapshots, you can make one desktop VM into many. Just watch out for performance when snapshotting in a virtual desktop environment. Tip
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Planning and managing virtual desktop pools
Virtual desktop pools make management easier, but you have to plan for them and remember that the way you create pools depends on your VDI platform. FAQ
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Bromium vSentry 2.0 focuses on collaboration and mobility
Bromium's vSentry for desktop security now adds more secure connections over untrusted Wi-Fi and better collaboration capabilities. News
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Top 5 causes of virtual desktop and application downtime
If your virtual desktops experience slowness or application downtime, keep these five factors in mind to locate the problem. Tip
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Using Active Directory activation and other new Office 2013 tools
Among the new Office 2013 tools for IT admins are a method for volume activation, administrative template files and files for custom installations. Tip
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How virtual desktop printing works on mobile devices
The world isn't paperless quite yet, and if you're accessing a virtual desktop from a mobile device, attempting to print can be especially awkward. Tip
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Weighing Windows 8 features: Windows 8 pros
As IT shops weigh Windows 8 pros and cons, they should note these Windows 8 features that can benefit users and admins alike. Feature
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Microsoft addresses legacy apps with Windows 8 app compatibility tools
New operating systems are always accompanied by compatibility concerns. Windows 8 app compatibility is no different, or is it? Tip
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USB redirection for remote desktops: A step in the right direction
Virtual desktop users want to connect to printers and thumb drives just like anyone else, but you might need USB redirection to make that happen. Tip
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virtual GPU (vGPU)
A virtual GPU is a computer processor that renders graphics on a server rather than on a physical endpoint device. Definition
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About Virtual desktop management
Virtual desktop management can empower a mobile workforce, simplify desktop deployment and improve endpoint security -- but only when you create a virtual desktop strategy that suits your environment. This section helps you identify the best virtual desktop tools that enable IT to centrally manage and secure desktop images while still allowing for personalization of desktops. Administrators can run guest operating systems such as Windows or Linux beneath or on top of virtualization software, and users can use thin clients to access applications hosted on consolidated servers. This section outlines how to deploy virtual systems with a hypervisor for easier backup and more secure endpoint devices and helps you identify the best desktop virtualization software for your environment.
Our virtualization news coverage, tips and expert technical advice can help you determine how to best manage virtual desktops.