Features

Features

• How VDI provisioning can help IT effectively manage resources

  VDI management requires more than simply monitoring desktops. IT must understand users' resource needs and provision its back-end infrastructure to reflect them.  Continue Reading

• Top tips for virtual desktop delivery success

  Successfully deploying virtual desktops is no easy feat. IT pros shared their stories of adopting virtual desktops in a customer panel at VMworld 2018.  Continue Reading

• Get to know the latest VMware Horizon 7 features

  Recent updates to VMware Horizon include features that focus on troubleshooting UX issues and making it simpler for IT to manage the tool.  Continue Reading

• It's time to embrace mobile VDI access

  Mobile devices have not taken the thin client market by storm, but they could become more popular as virtual app and desktop vendors gear their products toward smartphones and tablets.  Continue Reading

• Evaluate each side in the VDI vs. RDS debate

  The difference between a VDI and an RDS desktop may be small for users, but for IT, the decision of how to host its virtual desktops is extremely important.  Continue Reading

• Best practices for managing user profiles

  When IT establishes user profiles for virtual desktops, it has several profile options. If users work from multiple endpoints, for example, IT should use roaming user profiles.  Continue Reading

• VDI shops mull XenDesktop vs. Horizon as competition continues

  Citrix still holds a large advantage in the desktop virtualization market, but several factors could allow VMware's market share to grow.  Continue Reading

• Four questions for virtual app and desktop deployment

  Choosing a virtual desktop delivery method and determining how to host desktops and applications are just two enterprise workstation decisions IT must make.  Continue Reading

• Picking the right VDI use cases means understanding users

  When deciding whether or not to use VDI, IT pros should consider the user above all else, including how users will adjust, as well as what they do and where they work.  Continue Reading

• Explore the leading user profile management tools in-depth

  Profile management tools help admins keep tabs on users using cloud, migration and app virtualization. Discover the leading vendors with this in-depth overview of their products.  Continue Reading

• Get the scoop on elastic application layers from Citrix

  IT pros can use Citrix Elastic Layering to target apps to specific users. However, it's important to know when and where to use Elastic Layering, as well the potential problems.  Continue Reading

• Six ways to simplify Citrix App Layering

  App layering can deliver a lot of benefits to IT administrators, but only if they know how to keep management simple. Start by understanding ELMs and keeping Windows up to date.  Continue Reading

• Find the right user profile management software

  Determine the right profile management platform for your company and take a close look at personalization, recovery, cloud, UEM and migration features.  Continue Reading

• Best practices for setting up Citrix Cloud services

  Citrix Cloud enables organizations to host XenDesktop, XenApp and more in the cloud, but IT should first set up administration and Cloud Connectors and ensure high availability.  Continue Reading

• Citrix Cloud services, CEO stability key to future success

  Citrix's cloud-first approach drew mixed reactions from attendees at the annual Synergy conference, some of whom have concerns about cost and licensing.  Continue Reading