Sign in
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
http://twitter.com/mkleef
Social Media Sharing
Options
Email Blog Author
RSS for Posts
Atom
RSS for Comments
OK
Search Blogs
Advanced search options...
Search In:
Everything
Blogs
Forums
People
Groups
Places
Pages
Date range:
All Time
Last Year
Last 6 Months
Last 3 Months
Last Month
Last Week
Last Two Days
Search
Other Stuff
Amazon.com Widgets
Disclaimer
This posting is provided AS IS; with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Tags
AGPM
Blogcasts
Blogcasts by MK
Community in AU
Exchange
Group Policy
Identity
Media Center
New Stuff
Pages
qantas
RDS
remote desktop services
Security
Security Summit
SMS 2003/SCCM 2007
TechEd 2006 Plans
TechEd 2007
terminal services
VDI
Windows 7
Windows Client (XP and Vista)
Windows Server
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Issues
Windows Server 2008 R2
Blog - Link List
MSFT Stuff
TechNet Australia
MSFT Best Practises Guides
TechNet Chats
MSFT People
Frank Arrigo
Andrew Coates
Jeff Alexander
Aussie IT Blogroll
The Bleeding Edge
Long Zheng
James Bannan - world famous journalist
Archive
Archives
August 2010
(1)
July 2010
(1)
June 2010
(3)
May 2010
(5)
April 2010
(2)
March 2010
(7)
February 2010
(2)
January 2010
(3)
December 2009
(1)
November 2009
(3)
October 2009
(8)
September 2009
(6)
August 2009
(1)
July 2009
(4)
June 2009
(5)
May 2009
(5)
April 2009
(7)
March 2009
(4)
February 2009
(3)
January 2009
(4)
December 2008
(5)
November 2008
(6)
October 2008
(8)
September 2008
(3)
August 2008
(3)
July 2008
(2)
June 2008
(5)
May 2008
(10)
April 2008
(4)
March 2008
(7)
February 2008
(4)
January 2008
(3)
December 2007
(4)
November 2007
(11)
October 2007
(11)
September 2007
(7)
August 2007
(9)
July 2007
(11)
June 2007
(7)
May 2007
(19)
April 2007
(6)
March 2007
(12)
February 2007
(9)
January 2007
(19)
December 2006
(5)
November 2006
(8)
October 2006
(17)
September 2006
(12)
August 2006
(18)
July 2006
(4)
June 2006
(11)
May 2006
(14)
April 2006
(12)
March 2006
(11)
February 2006
(8)
January 2006
(9)
December 2005
(11)
November 2005
(13)
October 2005
(11)
September 2005
(16)
August 2005
(11)
July 2005
(5)
June 2005
(11)
May 2005
(8)
April 2005
(14)
March 2005
(21)
February 2005
(11)
January 2005
(16)
December 2004
(7)
November 2004
(2)
October 2004
(3)
September 2004
(7)
August 2004
(7)
July 2004
(5)
TechNet Blogs
>
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Posts
Subscribe via RSS
Sort by:
Most Recent
|
Most Views
|
Most Comments
Excerpt View
|
Full Post View
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Mexico: The best holiday I ever had
Posted
Thu, Aug 12 2010
by
mkleef
1
Comments
Anthony Borton isn’t going to like this review. You see a couple of weeks ago, while all us Microsofties were at our semi-annual conference, Anthony was working on the Hand on Labs. He even brought his wife over for the experience. So when Jeff Alexander...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
New whitepaper released: Achieving Business Value with Microsoft VDI and Session Virtualization
Posted
Thu, Jul 8 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
A new whitepaper has released that discusses the pro's and cons of VDI vs Session Virtualization along with when to use what. Its something that reinforces the discussion points I raised in a previous post about session virtualization being cheaper for...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
RD Virtualization Host Capacity Planning paper now live!
Posted
Tue, Jun 22 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
The RD Virtualization Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Link to paper on Download Center – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bd24503e-b8b7-4b5b-9a86-af03ac5332c8 ) , is now live on the Download...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Event ID 17 is logged in the System log on a TS Licensing server
Posted
Tue, Jun 15 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Just a heads up that the issue around Event ID 17 being logged in the System log on a TS Licensing server has now been updated with a hotfix. Please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983385/ for updated guidance though heres the synopsis from the...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Microsoft’s newest virtualization rebrands
Posted
Fri, Jun 11 2010
by
mkleef
1
Comments
A friend of mine and I were talking today about TechED USA and all the questions we had around virtualization. He commented that he even had one person come up and talk to him about Disk Virtualization, which refers to “Boot from VHD”. Well...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Hyper-V Component Poster Released
Posted
Fri, May 28 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Oh my goodness! The same author, Martin McClean, that produced the Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Component poster has done it again producing an awesome new poster that highlights the components of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. In his words:...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
App-V 4.6 for RDS whitepaper released
Posted
Thu, May 27 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
In other news today, we just released to the download center an updated whitepaper that reflects the changes in App-V 4.6 to support Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2 namely support for 64 bit! Enjoy! http://download.microsoft.com/download...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
VDI, RDS and TS deployment guides now available for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008
Posted
Thu, May 27 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
This came in my email yesterday and is very welcome news for people wanting to configure VDI and RDS in Windows Server 2008 R2: “…The Remote Desktop Services Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 , is now live on the Download Center...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
New Intel and Hyper-V performance whitepaper released
Posted
Wed, May 5 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Interesting new performance article released from Intel. Covers the choice around VHD and streaming OS deployment on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. When you think of streaming the OS on to Hyper-V, think how Citrix’s Provisioning Server does it. It also again...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Remote Desktop Services and Partner Solutions
Posted
Tue, May 4 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Right now we’re thinking about our plans for the next financial year, and where we need to focus our efforts to help you succeed. We are thinking about how we deliver you the best solution content in terms of documentation, architectures and even webcasts...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
TechNet Webcast: Capacity Planning with VDI starts in 40 mins
Posted
Fri, Apr 30 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
For those of you interested in attending, details are here: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032447903&Culture=en-US TechNet Webcast: Capacity Planning and Sizing for Session Virtualization and VDI with RDS (Level 300)...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Extra Settings for the RDP file – Enables Glass!
Posted
Tue, Apr 6 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
In a previous post I linked to a TechNet article that documented the custom settings for the RDP file. In a true case of “wait there’s more!” I have more to show that were not documented here , though will be soon. In the meantime though: allow font smoothing...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
RDP Custom Settings Reference released
Posted
Thu, Mar 25 2010
by
mkleef
2
Comments
Often you'll want to change certain settings in your RDP files, or during configuration of RemoteApp, VDI or otherwise. I just noticed that finally the RDP Custom Settings reference has released at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff393699(WS...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Citrix discusses Hyper-V 2008 R2 and XenServer - for Windows 7 workloads
Posted
Thu, Mar 25 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Very interesting article by Citrix's Simon Crosby today. Citrix have done some VDI workload density analysis and found an interesting result that Hyper-V 2008 R2 is outperforming Xenserver for Windows 7 workloads. Wheres VMware in this? Who knows. They...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
On demand demos of Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX now live
Posted
Thu, Mar 18 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
As I mentioned earlier in the day, today we discussed two new features for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 which are Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. The on demand webcast has just been posted live and has demos of both of these. While it would be great for you...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Desktop Virtualization Hour: Starting in 30 mins
Posted
Thu, Mar 18 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
As per the press pass announcement today at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/mar10/03-18desktopvirtpr.mspx we will be talking about new investments in VDI and Desktop Virtualization at the Desktop Virtualization Hour Webcast . Ill be presenting...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Desktop Virtualization Hour: shameless webcast plug
Posted
Tue, Mar 16 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Tomorrow (US PST time) March 18th at 9am we are doing a one hour virtualization discussion - where we will be talking about some stuff youve heard about and stuff you definitely havent heard about or seen either. As part of that we will be talking about...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Updated Hyper-V 2008 R2 content
Posted
Mon, Mar 15 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Hot off the press…. Overview of Hyper-V : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816638(WS.10).aspx – Updated Feb. 10, 2010 What’s New in Hyper-V: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446676(WS.10).aspx - It does not show an updated...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Brian Madden Shootout: We're there and talking about VDI and RDS
Posted
Wed, Mar 10 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
So here as I sit typing Brian Madden is in front of me, filming one of my other colleagues, Eric Schroeder talk about installing the Microsoft VDI solution as part of the Brian Madden VDI shootout . We have been here all day, talking about the architecture...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Citrix XenDesktop 4 VDI on Hyper-V R2 lab released
Posted
Tue, Feb 23 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
For those of you that want to dabble with Citrix XenDesktop 4 on Hyper-V theres a new online lab for you to get a look at. The Microsoft-Citrix VDI lab hosted on TechNet is LIVE . Get a look at it!
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
App-V 4.6 for Remote Desktop Services now available!
Posted
Tue, Feb 23 2010
by
mkleef
3
Comments
Awesome news! Over on the MDOP blog they just announced the availability of App-V 4.6 to RTM . This is especially fantastic news for Remote Desktop Services deployments (previously Terminal Services). With many RDS deployments going towards 64bit for...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Talking About Windows - hey Im on it!
Posted
Thu, Jan 21 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Theres this great site our client team has been working on. Its called Talking About Windows and features a number of people from the engineering and product management teams talking about the Windows 7 development process and associated products that...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
A change for mkleef...
Posted
Wed, Jan 13 2010
by
mkleef
3
Comments
Just thought Id make a little announcement for those of you interested. As many of you knew I was a Program Manager in the Group Policy team at Microsoft and was working with a great team on products like Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0 and Diagnostics...
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Alan Burchill launches GroupPolicy.biz
Posted
Sun, Jan 10 2010
by
mkleef
0
Comments
Way to go Alan. Another top Australian launching some great content ona GP focused site at http://www.grouppolicy.biz/ Theres plenty of great articles with lots of pictures :) Also includes handy links to common GP tools. Enjoy!
Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster
Posted
Thu, Dec 3 2009
by
mkleef
0
Comments
From the desk of Martin McClean, (author of the Active Directory Jigsaw , Windows Server 2008 Component Poster etc): This new poster provides a visual reference for understanding key technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It focuses on Active Directory...
Page 1 of 23 (563 items)
1
2
3
4
5
»