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Symbiot
Contributor
Contributor
‎01-15-2011 04:14 AM

setting up a "cloud" hosting Ms Office etc?

Hi

hope I'm not in the wrong category, but couldn't open a discussion in 'general' ..

I have a server running esXI..

Now I'd like to setup a vServer running cloud services like msOffice and similar.. but I need some guidance...

How do I go about doing this.. ? what OS/Programs services etc. do I need to setup ?

I am doing some research for the company I am working for atm. and need to look in to pricing, options etc.

right now I am just trying to find out what needs to be in place to actually go about doing this,.!

Hope someone can help/guide me!

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jof
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Enthusiast
‎01-15-2011 05:35 AM

Hi,

I think you will need to do some more research on exactly what it is you want to acheive, "Cloud" is a buzz word at the moment and it may not be what you really require.

But building a true private cloud would require more than one ESX server and would also involve things like chargeback etc.

With Cloud you would usually have either:

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Platform as a service (PaaS)

Software as a service (SaaS)

It sounds like you are looking for something like SaaS, to deliver applications to users. Try and do some research on Thinapp and also VMware View. Just to be software agnostic also look at XenApp and MS App-V

Hope this can get you started on getting the information you require.

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