While the vSphere Client does install fine in Windows 7, it is when you attempt to connect to your vCenter Server that you discover there is a problem. VMware doesn't officially support the vSphere Client under Windows 7 but there is a workaround to make it work. In this video, I cover how to get the vSphere Client working in Windows 7, step by .. more »

The Windows Server team is running a Haiku contest for Windows Server 2008 R2.  Come up with the best Haiku, and you could win a Home Entertainment System.  See http://www.r2haiku.com/ to enter. Maybe Remote Desktop Services will provide your inspiration!.. more »

With Windows Server 2008 R2 we support two VDI deployment scenarios: What is a personal virtual desktop? - A personal virtual desktop is a virtual machine hosted on a Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host) server and assigned to a user. Unlike a virtual desktop pool, where a virtual machine can be configured to rollback the .. more »

publishing in Windows Server 2008 R2 and how RDP resources can be published by using the RemoteApp and Desktop Connection Management service to users in RD Web Access. This blog post describes the third-party extensibility support available in the RemoteApp and Desktop Connection Management service, and how third parties (Enterprises or ISVs) can .. more »

We have introduced a script to help the administrators tracking the usage trend of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server (TS) Per User (PU) client access licenses (CALs), total usage of Windows Server 2008 TS PU CALs (including expired), and the usage of Windows Server 2008 TS PU CALs for a list of specified domains. The major scenarios addressed .. more »

I have been interested in StarWind iSCSI for a while and they have a new version coming out. It's called StarWind Enterprise HA 5.0. It's atechnology that makes sure your data is available and online even in the event of a failure. it allows you to configure an Active-Active 2 Node storage cluster while ensuring a highly reliable and fault .. more »

VMware has recently announced their 2009 third quarter earnings and it's looking really good. Revenues are at $490 million, up 4% from 2008 Non-GAAP Operating Margin of 22%; GAAP Operating Margin of 5% Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.24; GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.09 US revenues for the third quarter declined 1% to $246 million from the third quarter of .. more »

If you are looking forthe best Apple Mac virtualization solution, the new VMware Fusion 3 is the answer. Donald Malm has the following comments about VMware's Fusion 3 ... “I am a Mac devotee, but most of my clients are Windows users,” said Donald Malm, who runs a consulting service. “The ease in switching between my files and my client’s files wh.. more »

Recently, I wrote about how you can make your life so much easier by using backing up using VMware virtualization-specific application. It is very robust with features like data-duplication and file level restore. VMware Data Recovery (or vDR as it is called) is included in vSphere Essentials Pl. more..... more »

Periodically we ask our readers to vote on the best virtualization products. The readers have spoken when it comes to the best hypervisor available today. 56% of our readers chose VMware ESX where only 30% voted for Microsoft Server 2008 Hyper-V. Read the full story at: VMware ESX - Voted VirtualizationAdmin.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Hy.. more »

For those who aren’t familiar with it, SRM is VMware's Site Recovery Manager. SRM is used for disaster recovery of an entire datacenter running VMware virtual infrastructure. The new version 4 is compatibile with vSphere 4 and, if you use vSphere (or plan to), I highly recommnd that you consider SRM to ensure that you can successfully and qu.. more »

To quote Will Smith, I'm the best of the best!Well, move over Will. VMware has been touted as The Gold Standard in Desktop virtualization. It has won over 50 industry awards. Take a look at these awards: The most powerful, reliable and secure desktop virtualization productis one of the praises it has been given. Let me share a few of their .. more »

Hi everyone. We have published scripts to help simplify Remote Desktop Services managementincluding Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) management. You can download these scripts from the Remote Desktop Services page on Script Center Here are some of the Remote Desktop Services management scripts that are available now: Configure Guest OS for VDI .. more »

You may structure your virtual infrastructure inventory very differently than the structure of your business. So how do you match up the business with the virtual infrastructure? You can do it for free with Veeam Business View. Here is what it looks like: [youtube]_spQhSQexsU[/youtube] Learn about it and download it for FREE at- Veeam Business .. more »

We all try to be as proactive as we can in detecting possible resources that, for instance, are being under-utilized or not used at all. VMwarehas come out with the latest complete campacity product for virtualized environments.Visibility into past, present and future infrastructure capacity so you can analyze what is available and what is being .. more »

Our own, Janique Carbone has a really great articlethat encompasses thebusiness need for VDI now andfor the future. Now - to resolve end-to-end issuesfor virtualizing desktop situations, and later to directly reduce operating costs and ROI. Carbonealso mentions the utilization of thin or rich client devices,to deploy virtual desktops on sever .. more »

In the minds of IT admins looking to enable a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment, Windows XP has by far been the preferred OS running in the VMs. However, with the arrival of Windows 7, IT admins have several important reasons, as outlined in this blog, to reconsider. In fact, an upcoming RDP Performance Whitepaper will provide a rich .. more »

Microsoft Press has released a new free eBook about Windows Server 2008 R2. more..... more »

VMware has released VMware Workstation 7. VMware Workstation 7 is a hosted hypervisor and is ideal for running multiple Operating Systems on workstation class hardware. Some of the new features of VMware Workstation 7 are: Windows 7 support - including Aero support. more..... more »

One of the new features of Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 is a technology called AppLocker. AppLocker is kind of like the next generation of Software Restriction Policies in Group Policy in that AppLocker addresses deficiencies in Software Restriction Policies. AppLocker can be use to ensure users only run/install approved software. However, .. more »