martes, 24 de abril de 2012

Virtualization by Davis: “Microsoft releases documentation on Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server “8″ Beta” plus 4 more

Virtualization by Davis: “Microsoft releases documentation on Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server “8″ Beta” plus 4 more

Microsoft releases documentation on Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server “8″ Beta

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Coinciding with the release of Windows Server "8″ Beta, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services documentation team has written a set of Test Lab Guides intended for the evaluation and deployment of Remote Desktop Services provided by the new Windows platform.

Following you can find direct links to resources:



Labels: Microsoft, Papers, Windows 8

Release: Virsto 2.5 for Hyper-V

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:36 AM PDT

On April 17 Virsto Software has announced that is shipping Virsto 2.5 for Windows Server Hyper-V.

With this release Hyper-V gains a 100% software storage abstraction layer with advanced storage capabilities becoming a storage hypervisor.

What Virsto has set as its goal is to improving storage utilization and performance providing VM storage self-provisioning, automated storage space reclamation and "high-performance" thin provisioning.

In the press release Virsto Software claims a potential 90% increase in existing physical storage utilization and up to a 99% acceleration in virtual machine provisioning and management saving up to 70% in storage costs.

The new product features include:

  • Enhanced VMM support: Virsto now delivers enhanced support for Hyper-V and the Microsoft Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) by provisioning Virsto vDisks within the existing VMM GUI and workflow. No scripting, seamless integration, 90 percent more storage utilization. Private and public cloud implementations can use this capability to enable instant self-service VM provisioning at extremely low cost.
  • Bulk VM provisioning wizards: Virsto's one-click VM provisioning option enables provisioning of the highest performance VHDs for new virtual machines in seconds  not 20 minutes per VM that normal provisioning requires.
  • Seamless backup and recovery: Virsto integrates transparently with Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) and Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) functions to give customers seamless, automated backup and recovery.
  • Advanced tiering for solid state and rotating storage: Virsto supports up to four distinct storage tiers, providing the most flexibility to manage business priorities, QoS, and costs for any hardware, allowing IT organizations to optimally utilize SSD, Fibre Channel, SAS, and SATA disks.
  • Systems Center Operations Manager Management Pack: Virsto offers a new Systems Center Operations Manager Management (SCOM) pack that takes integration with Windows Server Hyper-V to the next level. Customers can deploy Virsto while they continue to manage the Hyper-V environment within native workflows.


Labels: Hyper-V, Release, Virsto, Virsto Software

Technotes: Microsoft Windows 2003 Known Issue - ICA and RDP Connections Fail After Installing Microsoft Patch MS12-024

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 09:48 PM PDT

Technotes: Microsoft Windows 2003 Known Issue - ICA and RDP Connections Fail After Installing Microsoft Patch MS12-024 Citrix Systems
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This article describes a known issue with applying the April MS patch MS12-024 to a 2003 server,and the resultant connnection failures in ICA and RDP.       (more)

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Technotes: Large Fonts (DPI Settings) Not Inherit by Body of Seamless Application

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 07:00 PM PDT

Technotes: Large Fonts (DPI Settings) Not Inherit by Body of Seamless Application Citrix Systems
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Large Fonts (DPI Settings) Not Inherit by Body of Seamless Application - Printing       (more)

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Microsoft announces new VDI licensing for Windows 8

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 06:42 AM PDT

This month Microsoft introduced a couple of add-ons to Windows Software Assurance.

The most notable is the introduction of a new Windows license called Companion Device License (CDL) for Windows 8, this license works alongside Software Assurance to support Bring Your Own PC scenarios.

What is perplexing is the fact that this type of license covers all the personal (non-licensed) devices that an employee could bring to work with the purpose of access to a Windows desktop that the company has fully licensed.

  • Companion Device License: For customers who want to provide full flexibility for how employees access their corporate desktop across devices, we are introducing a new Companion Device License for Windows SA customers. For users of Windows Software Assurance licensed PCs this optional add-on will provide rights to access a corporate desktop either through VDI or Windows To Go on up to four personally owned devices.

As indicated in the Windows Licensing for VDI – Quick Reference Guide, a set of rights within SA, called Extended Roaming Righths (ERR), already covers the case where an employee use a personal device, outside the office, to access his VDI desktop, so CDL hits only when the same device enters the perimeter of the company.

What Microsoft doesn't tell us is how a company, even of a medium size, is supposed to track this kind of access.

Another interesting point is this: if an employee buys a Microsoft-based consumer tablet, something that runs Windows RT (the Windows-on-a-chip release that will equip ARM-based tablets), automatically receive extended VDA rights, so the company doesn't need to buy a CDL, which is something curious from an antitrust point of view.

  • Windows RT Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) Rights: When used as a companion of a Windows Software Assurance licensed PC, Windows RT will automatically receive extended VDA rights. These rights will provide access to a full VDI image running in the datacenter which will make Windows RT a great complementary tablet option for business customers.

We also suggest to read Brian Madden's article on this topic.

The last add-on is related to Windows To Go which is basically running Windows 8 on a USB drive.

  • Windows To Go Use Rights: Windows To Go will allow companies to support Bring Your Own PC scenarios and will give employees who need to work from home more secure access to their full corporate environment. With Windows To Go use rights under Software Assurance, an employee will be able to use Windows To Go on any company PC licensed with Windows SA as well as from their home PC. Additionally, through a new companion device license for SA, employees will be able to use WTG on their personal devices at work.


Labels: Licensing, Microsoft, VDI, Windows 8

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