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Error adding vCenter in XenDesktop 5.0 Desktop Studio
This perplexed me for a few hours while trying to install Xendesktop 5.0 using the quick deployment. When it was time to connect to the vCenter to add my VMware hosts I kept receiving this error –...
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VDI vs Application Virtualization
I got asked a pretty interesting question the other day. If an organization deploys Virtualized Applications or Desktops via a virtualized application solution such as XenApp why would they need to...
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XenClient Install and First Look
A while back I wrote how I thought Windows 8 should be a bare metal hypervisor. I won’t revisit the many advantages including VDI but, I’d be really excited to see a client based bare metal hypervisor...
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XenDesktop Lab Within VMware Workstation 8 Teaser
See if I can encourage some interaction between you guys and myself. I’ll throw this nugget out and see who bites. So, if you have a pretty beefy VMware ESXi server (16GB to 32GB) in your lab you...
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Citrix Doesn’t Want XenDesktop Used for Disaster Recovery
I read an interesting blog post on the Citrix website about how we should not use XenDesktop as a disaster recovery strategy. My initial thought was “huh?” Why in the world would I not want to use...
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Problems with XenDesktop? Check your time!
A colleague of mine called me the other day with a strange Citrix Profile Manager issue. His production XenDesktop environment runs on a VMware 4.1 ESXi environment. He pushed a new image to his...
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XenDesktop 5 Provisioning Server support for vSphere 5.0
I’m a pretty big fan of XenDesktop. It’s a slick and power VDI platform. A while back I helped a small company deploy XenDesktop and they’ve really appreciated the migration from XenApp. They are...
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure missed the boat on mobile Bring Your Own Device
iPad’s Running Windows? Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a great technology. But great technologies don’t always become great solutions. Barb Darrow over at GigaOM post titled “Is this the...
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XenDesktop 5 inside of VMware Workstation 8 – First attempt
Installing XenDesktop is a pretty frustrating experience. I believe that’s why Citrix came out with VDI-in-a-Box to help those interested in a POC build a quick environment. I haven’t looked at the...
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