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Hot off the press, the Release Candidate for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 has been released! You can grab the Release Candidate from here , however there are a couple of things you should know about before you steam right ahead! In order to download and install the Windows 7 and Windows Server...

Judging by the number of questions I receive on licensing, both via this blog, and also face to face, I’ve got a feeling these sessions will be of use to you.  If you feel that you don’t quite get our licensing around both Server Virtualisation and Desktop Virtualisation, then these 2 sessions could...

So the budget cuts have arrived – and it appears that for the moment, the biggest cuts are in schools’ capital budgets. Firstly we saw the Harnessing Technology Grant cut by £50M, then the BSF programme was cancelled, and on the same day another £50M was cut from the Harnessing Technology Grant – the...

That rhyme/rap was not intentional.  Even in this day and age, I doubt a song about virtualisation technologies could get in the charts, although you never know… Anyway, back to the real world… Following up from yesterday’s post on the SP1 announcements , the interest in RemoteFX is already growing...

I didn’t intend for the original post on Quest’s excellent vWorkspace technology to lead to a ‘Part 2’ but it seems only fitting, with a raft of useful information that has become available to add to that of the original post!  It was Brian Madden’s post that triggered me into posting, as he showcased...

Downloading as we speak! Just over a month ago, straight from TechEd North America, we announced SP1 for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 , and stated, at the time, the beta would be available before the end of July.  Well, it’s available now, from here . What’s in there? Well, Dynamic...

Short notice I know, but a number of places have come available on this VDI course which may be of interest to some of you in the UK. 44CO181 - Desktop Optimisation: Implementing a VDI Infrastructure with Microsoft & Citrix Summary: Join us for this 2 Day VDI Instructor led course with supporting...

Hat-tip to Clive for spotting this one. A few months back, I blogged about the release of a number of RDS related resources, whether it’s the improvements in RDP7 , or sizing guidance for your session hosts , but what about sizing VDI deployments?  How do we accurately capacity plan for the hosts...

As hardware increases in scale, and new capabilities, such as Dynamic Memory, are introduced into Hyper-V R2 SP1, more and more customers are going to start to encroach on the supported limits of Hyper-V cluster nodes.  As of May 2010, those supported limits stood at 64 VMs per cluster node, up...

If you’re interested in understanding more about the sheer choice you have in front of you for the future of desktops, this handy guide could come in useful.  It covers a variety of topics, from ‘What is Desktop Virtualisation’, through to ‘Thinking about your Organisation’s requirements’, and also...

Love reading?  Love technology?  Like money? If the answer to those questions is Yes, then these eBook links are for you.  Covering a wide spectrum of technologies, from Office through to Virtualisation, and Windows Phone through to Visual Studio, this array of free eBooks should keep...

Hot on the heels of the announcements around the beta of SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 , 2 new videos have been published to TechNet Edge, showcasing firstly, the upcoming Dynamic Memory, and secondly, RemoteFX. And the second video… Looking forward to getting my hands on the beta! ...

Straight from the keynote at TechEd North America (I’m not there!) comes this press release… http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/jun10/06-07TechEd2010PR.mspx “Public beta of service pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 coming by end of July. The new virtualization tools in...

I’ve had the pleasure to know the Orinoko chaps for some time now.  Heck, we’ve even chatted virtualisation over Peri-Peri chicken!  One thing I’ve learnt about these guys very quickly, is how well they know the desktop.  Whether it’s upgrading or deploying it, with technologies like System...

If you’ve had chance to watch the Quest vWorkspace 7.0 videos that myself and Matt Evans recorded a couple of months back, showcasing the installation and configuration of Quest vWorkspace with a Microsoft infrastructure, you’ll know that it’s a pretty compelling combination of technologies, that’s easy...

My to-blog folder is positively brimming with stuff that I want to talk about, but finding the time at the moment is proving mightily difficult!  What with MMS last week (including the awesome demo of SCVMM vNext, long-distance Live Migration, Opalis, Service Manager, Config Manager R3 beta and...

Earlier today, I had the pleasure of sitting down and having a chat, via webcam, live from the man-cave , with Mike Laverick, who, among other things, has a successful blog , is a VMware vExpert , and has written a number of books, including the VMware vSphere 4 Implementation .  If you’ve not seen...

Verdict: Tricky . I’ve just got back from sitting the 70-659 TS exam, on WS 2008 R2, Server Virtualization, and thankfully, I passed! To anyone thinking of sitting the exam, I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s really difficult, but it’s the little aspects of the technology, like the features and functionality...

It’s back, and it’s been a long time in coming!  I’ve been flat out for ages, so producing any videos for virtualboy tv has been a little difficult, but I’ve finally finished the short series on Quest vWorkspace , integrating with a Microsoft infrastructure.  Recorded a few months back, with...

For those of you looking at integrating technologies like XenDesktop, with platforms like Hyper-V, there’s an excellent resource recently popped up on t’internet, dedicated to providing information on those very topics. The XenDesktop with Microsoft Technologies microsite is written by Paul Wilson, who...

Time Updated - See below! :-) You may have noticed there’s a buzz building around the web around this upcoming Desktop Virtualisation hour. What’s going to be announced? Who knows!! I certainly don’t! Virtualization.info think it’s something to do with Calista , whereas SearchVirtualDesktop think...

A heads up for most of you with regards to more licensing changes afoot! For those of you who have been reading this blog over the past few weeks and months, you’ll have heard me mention System Center Service Manager, which is a new ITIL/MOF Process & Change Management solution , which will be part...

For those of you not familiar with the IPD Guides, they aim to provide a couple of key benefits: Help to define the technical decision flow through the planning process. List the decisions to be made and the commonly available options to be considered. Relate the decisions and options to the business...

If you’re not a subscriber to the TechNet newsletter, it’s actually a pretty good bi-weekly resource on Microsoft technologies, events, user groups, blogs, videos and more.  In this issue however, yours truly was asked to prepare an article on Desktop Virtualisation, to which I obliged.  I...

Presented by Kenon Owens Monday, March 29th 2010 – 16:00-17:00 GMT As Organizations begin to see the Value of Virtualization and adopt different Virtualization Technologies, they may want to know what’s next? Who can help me realize the benefits of virtualization today, and prepare me to leverage my...