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Johan van Amersfoort: A Discussion on SBC, VDI, DaaS, VMware EUC and so much more – Podcast Episode 313

December 11, 2018

In episode 313, Douglas Brown interviews Johan van Amersfoort, the Bearded VDI Junkie! Together we discuss the VDI world today, VDI vs. SBC, VMware, Citrix, DaaS, Thin Clients and much more. This is indeed a fantastic interview. Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/16443984/download.mp3 About Johan van Amersfoort Since 1999 I am part of the IT world. […]

Windows User Profile Disks are Good but…

November 17, 2018

Liquidware

With the widespread adoption of Microsoft Office 365, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox Enterprise, etc., Windows user profiles are now more bloated than ever before. In virtual workspace environments this can be a big challenge because if your users don’t have very fast access to their large user profile, user experience suffers greatly. Some type of […]

VMware’s Brian Madden, Lead Field Technologist, VMware Asks, Is VDI Dead?

September 25, 2018

VMware

Five years ago, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) was all the rage. But now that everyone’s talking about the digital workspace, intelligence, mobile apps, and identity management, it’s almost like we forgot about little ole VDI! So where is VDI in 2018? Have we already reached peak VDI? Is VDI on the decline, or are its […]

Windows Virtual Desktop Officially Announced – My Take

September 25, 2018

RDPSoft

This week at Ignite, Microsoft is announcing the introduction of Windows Virtual Desktop, a multi-user version of Windows 10 Enterprise that is deployable in Azure. Please see their blog post here about it. I will have much more to say about this in future blog posts, but coupled with their heavy investments in “Remote Desktop […]

Citrix and Microsoft 365: Extending the Value of Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop

September 25, 2018

Citrix Systems

Citrix is excited to extend Windows Virtual Desktop through our comprehensive Citrix Workspace offering and technologies. At Ignite, Microsoft unveiled its vision for Windows Virtual Desktop, the future of the Remote Desktop platform. Available only on Azure, Windows Virtual Desktop is a new cloud-hosted service that virtualizes and delivers business applications and desktops. The new […]

Microsoft RDS Application Availability Monitor

September 25, 2018

Goliath Technologies

The Goliath Availability Monitor for Microsoft RDS (Remote Desktop Services, formerly Terminal Services) can confirm that any Microsoft RDS delivered virtualized applications or desktops will launch when an end user attempts to logon. This video is from the fine folks at Goliath Technologies.

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Use Remote Desktop Manager (Vlog)

August 8, 2018

Devolutions

Pfffftttt – who needs a password management solution? I mean, I can totally remember all my passwords and manage everything myself. And anyway, I will never, ever get hacked! So why use Remote Desktop Manager? I’d just be throwing money away. Instead, I could spend it on more important things this muggy summer, like going […]

Configuring Devolutions Web Login with Devolutions Password Server

August 7, 2018

Devolutions

Devolutions Web Login (DWL) helps you easily create, securely store and auto-fill your login credentials and passwords to any website directly from your web browser. This video will show you how to set up DWL with Devolutions Password Server in just a few steps. Devolutions Web Login is free to use but does require either […]

Understanding Remote Desktop Protocol Threats (vlog)

August 6, 2018

Devolutions

The recently reported hack of LabCorp – one of the largest blood testing labs in the U.S. – has raised some legitimate questions about the defense strategies of corporations in an era when cyber attacks can happen at any time. While there are probably many factors that led to the attack, it’s worth focusing on […]

RDmi Is Coming. Here’s How Personas Can Help You Prepare

August 3, 2018

Lakeside Software

With the release of Remote Desktop modern infrastructure (RDmi) around the corner and Microsoft Inspire just having finished, there’s a lot of discussion around migrating to RDmi environments. RDmi is a new PaaS offering that’s viewed as a redesign of the familiar RDS. This new offering has many new features and security settings including a […]

Understanding Remote Desktop Protocol Threats

August 3, 2018

Devolutions

5 reasons why you shouldn’t use Remote Desktop Manager

August 1, 2018

Devolutions

FSLogix Containers – Search Index Considerations and Troubleshooting

August 1, 2018

FSLogix

Windows Search is a feature that has existed in the Windows OS since Windows Vista, although it did exist as freeware called Windows Desktop Search for XP and Server 2003. It replaced the Indexing Service that first arrived as part of the Windows NT4 Option Pack, which was deprecated in Windows 7 and finally removed […]

Liquidware WhatMatrix Results

August 1, 2018

Liquidware

Liquidware Beats Industry Giants to Take Top Spot in Application Layering in Independent Technical Analysis Liquidware, the leading third-party provider of platform-agnostic end-user computing solutions, today announced that its FlexApp application layering software has nosed out Citrix’s App Layering and VMware’s App Volume products to take top billing in WhatMatrix’s community-curated independent analysis of application […]