miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2012

Virtualization by Davis: “One more reason to try XenDesktop with Remote PC” plus 11 more

Virtualization by Davis: “One more reason to try XenDesktop with Remote PC” plus 11 more


One more reason to try XenDesktop with Remote PC

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:29 PM PDT

When you think of teleworking solutions you might not necessarily think that a labor strike would constitute a major remote employee access plan to be activated (some might even consider it a disaster recovery scenario), but on Monday morning here in the United States over 400,000 Chicago, Illinois area students were displaced as the Chicago Teacher Union went on strike. Political differences aside, I started…

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General Dynamics has acquired Open Kernel Labs, Inc

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Yesterday, September 10, General Dynamics declared its acquisition of Open Kernel Labs.
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, an US aerospace and defense company, provider of mission-focused IT services to defense, intelligence and civilian agencies partnered with Chicago-based Open Kernel Labs, company creator of virtualization software for securing wireless communications, applications and content for mobile devices.
The collaboration is aimed to develop secure computing solutions that would enable to separate and protect government and military classified information from personal data stored on the same commercial device, such as smartphones or tablets used by government employees. The purpuse of the acquisition apparently is to preserve and keep safe classified voice and data communications.
Chris Marzilli, Vice President and President of C4 Systems, General Dynamics Corp.  affirms:
Government and corporate CIOs want the advantages of today's commercial mobile devices without having to sacrifice the integrity and security of their networks, OK Labs' market-leading expertise in implementing security on commercial devices delivers ease of use and reduced cost to customers.


Labels: Acquisitions, General Dynamics, Open Kernel Labs


NTLM Credentials Error

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT

Ive got an APP-V server located inside the firewall at our company and my clients are able to hit it and refresh using the FQDN from within the firewall no problem.  Once they go outside the network using the same FQDN they receive an NTLM crednetials error message.  is there any setting that i need to configure to allow this to work from outside the network?


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Paper: Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant Servers

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:04 PM PDT

Now that Windows Server 2012 is available for download, hardware vendors are announcing on which hardware they are going to support the new OS coming from Microsoft. HP has released a whitepaper titled: Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant Servers. The paper which contains 13 pages provides guidelines on installing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on supported ProLiant models.

The paper addresses the following topics:

  • Recommended system configurations
  • Supported HP ProLiant Servers
  • Supported ProLiant server platform options
    • Storage options
    • Software and drivers
    • NICs
  • Procedures for a new installation
  • Known issues and workarounds

Drivers and software for all ProLiant servers are provided by a so called Windows Server 2012 Supplement for Service Pack for ProLiant, which can be downloaded from the HP FTP site.



Labels: HP, Microsoft


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VMware vSphere Web client excitement and other buzz from #VMworld

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:56 AM PDT

VMworld didn't end when the last of the IT admins left the Moscone Center. Check out the twitter buzz around this year's recently completed show.

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Microsoft releases beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:43 AM PDT

We already reported today that Microsoft released a beta version of Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM) which provides configuration management, hardware/software asset management and patch deployment tools for Windows desktops and servers.

Microsoft today also released other betas for the upcoming Service Pack 1 for the other System Center products making up the Microsoft Private Cloud solution stack.

The Beta which will provide support for installing the components on top of Windows Server 2012 and the SQL Server 2012 also includes updates and enhancements to the following System Center 2012 components:

  • Virtual Machine Manager
    • Improved Support for Network Virtualization
    • Extend the VMM console with Add-ins
    • Support for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units and discovery of SAS storage
    • Ability to convert VHD to VHDX, use VHDX as base Operating System image
  • Server App-V
    • Support for applications that create scheduled tasks during packaging
    • Create virtual application packages from applications installed remotely on native server
  • App Controller
    • Service Provider Foundation API to create and operate Virtual Machines
    • Support for Azure VM; migrate VHDs from VMM to Windows Azure, manage from on-premise System Center
  • Data Protection Manager
    • Improved backup performance of Hyper-V over CSV 2.0
    • Protection for Hyper-V over remote SMB share
    • Protection for Windows Server 2012 de-duplicated volumes
    • Uninterrupted protection for VM live migration
  • Operations Manager
    • Support for IIS 8
    • Monitoring of WCF, MVC and .NET NT services
    • Azure SDK support
  • Orchestrator
    • Support for Integration Packs, including 3rd party
    • Manage VMM self-service User Roles
    • Manage multiple VMM 'stamps' (scale units), aggregate results from multiple stamps
    • Integration with App Controller to consume Hosted clouds
  • Service Manager
    • Apply price sheets to VMM clouds
    • Create chargeback reports
    • Pivot by cost center, VMM clouds, Pricesheets

Since Service Pack 1 will provide support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, it's much awaited by companies who want to start rolling out and manage Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 using the System Center Suite. Microsoft expects to release Service Pack 1 in early 2013, which is still 3 months away from now.

The documentation on Microsoft Technet has already been integrated with information about Service Pack 1.



Labels: Microsoft


Demo: Live Migration, without shared storage, using XenServer and OpenStack

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:18 AM PDT

I have mentioned the new OpenStack Folsom and XenServer/XCP Tampa feature before. Storage XenMotion enables you to live migrate VMs, without shared storage, using XenServer and OpenStack. Good news! Thanks to Renuka, you can now see a demo of this feature:


Microsoft releases updated beta of Windows Azure Online Backup

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT

Mary Jo Foley, from ZDNet reports that Microsoft has released an updated preview of its Software as a Service (SaaS) backup solution allowing customers to backup an restore server data from Windows Azure. The product called Windows Azure Online Backup was released in beta in March this year and is now updated.

This product is part of a growing portolio of SaaS infrastructure management products running from its own Public Cloud, Azure, which will integrate with the on-premise System Center tools. Other products are Windows Intune providing similar functionality compared to System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and System Center Advisor providing some monitoring functionality also provided by System Center Opertions Manager (SCOM).

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Labels: Microsoft, SaaS


Microsoft releases beta of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT

Microsoft yesterday announced the release of beta 1 of the upcoming service pack for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM). SCCM provides configuration management, hardware/software asset management and patch deployment tools for Windows desktops and servers. Service Pack 1 will allow customers to install on top of and manage Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, both products already released last month.

Besides support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Service Pack 1 will provide the following additional functionality:

  • Support deployment and management of Windows 8 to Go USB drives
  • Manage policies for Windows 8 client side caching, roaming user profiles and folder redirection.
  • Detection methods for 3G and 4G network connections, to prevent software delivery on networks which apply data charges.
  • Support for Windows Embedded thin clients, Point of Sale terminals, digital signage, kiosks and ThinPCs, based on Windows Embedded Standard 8 expected to be released within three months of Windows 8 GA.

Service Pack 1 will also integrate Windows Intune into the Configuration Manager console. Windows Intune is Microsofts Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for managing devices via the Cloud, already supporting Android and iOS devices and will also be able to manage Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 in a next release. With this integration Microsoft can now provide a strong Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution supporting the most used mobile platforms either on- or off premise.

On the licensing front Microsoft is shifting from a per-device to a per-user licensing model, allowing each user to have 5 managed devices. Microsoft will also release a combined SCCM and Windows Intune license, more detailes about other licensing changes can be found here.



Labels: Microsoft


Changing Definitions of Cloud – Citrix Startup Accelerator Invests in CumuLogic

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT

It feels weird to start a blog talking about definitions of cloud – just so 2005 – however definitions matter. They affect how we perceive new ideas, "frame" our thoughts, and our responses. They provide, like an introduction to chess, the rules for the game. Cloud has entered the zeitgeist as a shorthand for internet, scalability and the rapid shift to using remote computers of…

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How Toyota Boshoku uses the cloud as a competitive advantage

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:01 AM PDT

Design engineering is becoming a global process - firms want to engage lower cost overseas design talent and collaborate efficiently with their customers and international partners – without risking the breach of intellectual property.  Designers and reviewers want seamless access to designs from their homes, from their mobile tablets and other devices. And, with speed and agility becoming a key competitive advantage, manufacturers are looking for new ways to improve…

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Microsoft releases RC of User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) solution

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:49 AM PDT

In April this year, Microsoft announced a new solution called User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) in a first Beta. In June Microsoft released a second beta and now Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate of UE-V, meaning that its now feature complete.

UE-V is a so called user environment management (UEM) product capable of applying settings when applications are opened, and save those settings when the applications is saved, in contradiction with already existing solutions like roaming profiles and folder redirection which only work at logon and logoff of a user. Besides application settings UE-V is also capable of roaming system settings across devices.

The Release Candidate has the following changes, detailed here:

  • Ability to control UE-V on a per-user basis using Security Groups and a new Group Policy.
  • Performance improvements by allowing for settings packages to be processed concurrently
  • Ability to control synchronization using Windows PowerShell
  • Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 RTM

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UE-V will be part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2012 which is expected to be released in the last quarter of this year. This also means that we can expect App-V 5.0 in that timeframe as well.

What's also interesting about this slide presented is that MED-V is still listed as a solution, while Microsoft hasn't shared any detail yet about its plans for this product – the product in its basis provides a way to provide Managed VM's to a client hypervisor.



Labels: Microsoft


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