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Online group policy search tool from Microsoft

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So.. have you ever tried to find the registry setting for a specific group policy setting, or just tried to actually find the group policy setting you needed and couldn’t quite remember where it was? Well help has arrived Under MSDN Microsoft has launched a new site called http://gps.cloudapp.net this site is awesome! The site [...]

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Try XenDesktop 4 in Virtual Lab on Hyper-V – Free!

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Citrix and Microsoft has kicked of a virtual lab which enables it-professionals to try out the process of building a Virtual Desktop environment based on Citrix XenDesktop 4 and Microsoft Hyper-V. This is GREAT news, i think it is just what we need.. a hands-on lab with guided exercises to give everyone a better understanding [...]

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Want to get started with Hyper-V 2.0 or R2?

On September 10, 2009, in Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, by René Vester
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Well as many others i have been playing around with Hyper-V in the new Windows Server 2008 R2. And i must admit though it still requires for us to spend some time looking at clustering and such which most of us Virtualization people and Terminal Services people might not have too much experience, it seems [...]

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Citrix Essentials released in a free edition for Hyper-V

On July 11, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, by René Vester
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Citrix has released a free release of their Citrix Essentials product for Hyper-V. The product is too limited to have any real value for bigger customers but from a perspective of the customers investigating virtualization using Hyper-V i think it will be a great addition to the features available in the Hyper-V product. I spend [...]

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Free Citrix Essentials online course

On June 30, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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So Citrix launched a free online 6 hours Citrix Essentials for XenServer 5.5 course. The course is available for free for a limited time only, or so they say I would recommend this course to people who needs to work with Citrix Essentials but i also think it will be a great way for people [...]

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The essentials of virtualization (part 1) – The players.

On June 18, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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So.. for a while i have been thinking about the new breed of essential products from Citrix and VMware.. I cannot help but wonder exactly what we need, and what is exactly essential to virtualization. For a while i have been looking into the offerings of the three major vendors Microsoft, VMware and Citrix and [...]

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Ever wanted to make your own performance-tests on your virtual terminal servers or VDI infrastructure?

On May 20, 2009, in Featured, General, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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It is crazy how packed ones life is when coming back from over a week off the grid. No doubt the trip to Citrix Synergy was worth it, but it is always rough to get back.. anyway.. now i am looking forward to Pubforum Dublin 2009 which closing in rather fast now always a lot [...]

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Citrix Essentials, Advanced StorageLink Technology

On March 29, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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A lot of stuff is going on with the announcement that XenServer is now free… or the free version delivers a lot more functionality anyway than the free hypervisors have been doing so far. I hope we will see VMware joining in and giving us more of their management tools for free as well. To [...]

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Geek Speak Virtual – Project Virtual Reality Check

On March 28, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VDI, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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Oh boy have i been busy lately, hopefully i will have a bit more time in the coming weeks, one of the things i regret was being unable to attend the Geek Speak Virtual on Project Virtual Reality Check which i mentioned earlier. Citrix Hosted an unfiltered discussion with two renowned CTPs, Jeroen van de [...]

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Virtual Reality Check released

On February 3, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VDI, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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Even though i am a bit slow as i was away on holiday i wanted to let you know that the Virtual Reality Check performed by PQR and Log-in Consultants as a joined venture has been released! The Virtual Reality Check is a great performance baseline giving the community the option to compare Citrix XenServer, [...]

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