Archive for June, 2010

vExpert 2010 Directory

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Now that all VMware vExpert 2010 announcements have been send, you may be looking for other vExperts around the world. Arnim van Lieshout decided to create a VMware vExpert 2010 Directory. The list is sorted by Country, so you can easily find a vExpert near to you in case you ever need one. Arnim, good [...]

Internet Explorer 6 support for Windows 7 32bits and 64bits in upcoming ThinApp 4.6

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

VMware just published a blog post regarding new support for ThinApping Internet Explorer 6 and run it on Windows 7. IE6 can be fully virtualized and is working perfectly on Windows 7 32bit and 64bit.
So far does it look very solid and they have tested over 40 add-ons which all work on Windows 7. Many [...]

New whitepaper about Citrix and Microsoft integration (XenApp, MDOP, SCCM)

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

With the release of XenApp 6 and its support for Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2010 and its new System Center Configuration Manager Connector, enterprise administrators are now able to leverage a fully integrated solution that can be managed through the familiar user interface within Microsoft System Center.
The whitepaper explains how to simplify application delivery by [...]

First Service Release for PowerFuse 2010 (SR1)

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Today RES Software released it’s first Service Release for PowerFuse 2010. This Service Release contains some enhancements and a lot of fixes. PowerFuse 2010 is the newest version of RES Software’s workspace management solution. The previous well-known version is PowerFuse 2008.
RES PowerFuse 2010 provides the essential context-aware, secure and centrally managed user workspace containing the [...]

VMware vExpert 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

I am very pleased to be announced as a VMware vExpert 2010! Thanks to VMware, especially to John, for continuing this award. Also congratulations to all other vExperts 2010 and again welcome to vExperts 2009!
  The VMware vExpert Award is given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the [...]

My first experiences with Citrix XenClient Hypervisor

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Since Citrix first client hypervisor is public available I decided to directly install it to my machine. Whoops…XenClient needs formatting your complete harddisk! Allright, I’ll go for it, show me what you can and I agree to start the installation process. After the installation completed there is an excellent graphical and easy to use interface [...]

VMware View 4.01 Multiple-Monitor issue (using PCoIP)

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

While configuring VMware View to use two monitors from a PCoIP enabled ThinClient I get a weird issue. Firstly I set up a VM linked clone, installed VMware tools and VMware View Agent. From this Virtual Machine template many VM’s are deployed in a non-persistent pool. When connecting to a Virtual Machine, directly after provisioning, [...]