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Posted by: Yung Chou, 1/13/2010

In Windows Server 2008 R2 (WS2008R2), Terminal Services (TS) has been expanded and has been renamed to Remote Desktop Services (RDS). The new and enhanced architecture takes advantage of virtualization and makes remote access a very flexible solution with new deployment scenarios. To realize the cap... More...

Terminal Services, Virtualization, Windows 7, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization, Remote Desktop Services, English, Articles, Featured, TechNet Edge, Yung Chou

Posted by: Yung Chou, 10/21/2009

The traditional desktop computing model, as shown in Fig. 1, has been one where the operating system, applications, and user data and settings are bonded to a single computer. We will buy a computer either with OS and some applications pre-installed, or apply a hard disk image with targeted OS and s... More...

Virtualization, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, MED-V, Desktop Virtualization, App-V, Remote Desktop Services, English, Articles, Featured, TechNet Edge, Yung Chou

Posted by: Matt McSpirit, 9/28/2009

Microsoft VDI Part II: Virtual Desktop Configuration Welcome to part 2 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services! In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks throu... More...

Hyper-V, Virtualization, en-GB, English, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualboy, ukITEteam, Remote Desktop Services, Videos, Zune, iPod, Featured, TechNet Edge, Screencasts, EN-GB, Matt McSpirit

Posted by: Matt McSpirit, 9/21/2009

Microsoft VDI Part I: Server Side Configuration Welcome to part 1 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services! In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through co... More...

Hyper-V, Virtualization, en-GB, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualboy, ukITEteam, Remote Desktop Services, Videos, Zune, iPod, Featured, TechNet Edge, Screencasts, en-gb, Matt McSpirit

Posted by: Matt McSpirit, 9/21/2009

Microsoft VDI Part III: Client Side Experiences Welcome to part 3 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services! In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through co... More...

Hyper-V, Virtualization, en-GB, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualboy, ukITEteam, Remote Desktop Services, Videos, Zune, iPod, TechNet Edge, Screencasts, en-gb, Matt McSpirit

Posted by: Alan Le Marquand, 9/16/2009

The question posed in part 1 was Is the cost of ownership of your Microsoft client systems rising? Are you looking for ways to reduce the costs associated with deploying Windows and managing it thereafter? There are two solutions available to help combat these costs. The first post covered deploying... More...

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, MED-V, Alan Le Marquand, Desktop Virtualization, App-V, Remote Desktop Services, Articles, TechNet Edge, Articles

Posted by: James O'Neill, 9/16/2009

With the arrival of Server 2008 R2 the range of choices an IT pro has for delivering an application to users desktops is quite bewildering. In this video we look at the new Remote-Desktop - how it it builds on the technologies we have had, but also how new possibilities to deliver a virtual desktop ... More...

Terminal Services, Hyper-V, English, en-GB, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Remote Desktop Services, Videos, Zune, iPod, TechNet Edge, Screencasts, en-gb, James O'Neill

Posted by: Yung Chou, 9/8/2009

In TechNet Game-On Tour currently being delivered in the US east coast, I talked about Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and got very overwhelming response. It’s indeed an exciting feeling when witnessing desktop virtualization works in a predictable way and beha... More...

Virtualization, MDOP, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization, Remote Desktop Services, VECD, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Articles, TechNet Edge, Yung Chou

Posted by: Yung Chou, 8/5/2009

I have just finished developing the content of RDS and VDI to be soon delivered in the Session 3 of the upcoming TechNet events. To minimize the required hardware, both the RDS and VDI demos are to be carried out using one laptop. In this screencast I briefly described how my demo laptop was set up.... More...

TechNet Edge, Terminal Services, Virtualization, Windows 7, Viirtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization, Remote Desktop Services, Screencasts, English, Yung Chou, Zune, iPod

Posted by: Matt McSpirit, 7/8/2009

Part 1: RDS Session Host - Initial Installation & Configuration Welcome to part 1 in a 5-part series focused on Remote Desktop Services in 2008 R2! In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through the different areas of RDS, starting, in part 1,... More...

Hyper-V, Virtualization, en-GB, Videos, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualboy, ukITEteam, Top 10, Remote Desktop Services, English, Zune, iPod, Featured, TechNet Edge, Screencasts, en-gb, Matt McSpirit