More clarity on VECD

wponder — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:24:00 GMT

Despite the VECD licensing model having been availalbe for some time now, including a lot of content that explains how it works. It still seems to be plagued with a shroud of mystery.On a weekly basis it seems I get a report or question from a customer or partner that is struggling to get VECD pricing or a clear explanation on how it works.

Recently Microsoft updated some of the VECD content and it appears they have taken another stab at simplifying what is needed when purchasing VECD. They also cover several uses cases detailing how VECD devices should be licensed in several differant scenarios.

Click here for the new Microsoft VECD Quick Reference Guide

In addition, Patrick Rouse over at Provision recently went through the trial and tribulations for everyone and collected all of the VECD SKUs the SKUs Patrick's blog entry can be found here - Microsoft Licensing Requirements for Desktop Virtualization

VMware VDI - VDM 2.1 Released

wponder — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:17:00 GMT

Today I am excited to share VDM 2.1 has been released. We have quietly been working on this release and there was not a public beta. Although this release of VDM comes only a few short months after the initial release earlier this year there are quite a few exciting features.

Some of the features that have been added as as follows:

- Pools spanning datastores in order to better manage resources
- Localization of VDM Web Access and Client for Windows in Japanese and German
- Command line parameters for VDM Client
- Integrate MMR multimedia extensions DLL with VDM Client (Windows XP)
- Allow end users to change password
- Multiple sessions per user within a pool
- Improvements to logging
- Allow end users to restart their VM
- Defined process for bulk import of individual desktops
- VDM Configuration Backup (command-line only)
- Allow blocking of incoming RDP connections that are not from VDM Clients
- Allow VDM administrators to set default desktop (command line only)

More information, documentation and downloads can be found here:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vdi_pubs.html

Also in support of this release we have announced a certification program for thin client manufactures who want to integrate with VMware VDI using several integration methods that streamline the user experience and deployment of VMware VDI based solutions.
http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/thinclient.html

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