This question has come up quite a few times in the past week, so I thought I would try to add some clarity. It all comes down to people looking to move to XenDesktop 5 from XenDesktop 4. Most of the XenDesktop 4 implementations are using Provisioning Services for single image management. When you create [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Which Hosted Virtual Desktop Do I Use?
Posted: January 25, 2011 in Desktop TypesTags: desktop virtualization, Virtual desktop, xendesktop
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Do You Have a Virtual Desktop Operations Team?
Posted: January 20, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: desktop virtualization, operations, vdi, xendesktop
I got asked an interesting question the other day, “What is going to be the biggest challenge for desktop virtualization in 2011?” A lot of thoughts went through my head, many of them technical. But one that kept coming back wasn’t… Operations. Think about what we are doing with desktop virtualization. We are creating an [...]
Planning the XenDesktop 5 Database
Posted: January 17, 2011 in Database, XenDesktopTags: Database, design considerations, desktop virtualization, SQL, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
With XenApp and previous versions of XenDesktop, the database was just the storage repository for static information. We really didn’t spend much time thinking about the impact of the database on production environments. The databases were small. They databases didn’t have a big impact on the underlying system. So what about XenDesktop 5′s SQL Database? [...]
Hosted Shared Desktops or Hosted Virtual Desktops?
Posted: January 5, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, desktop virtualization, hosted shared desktop, hosted virtual desktop, vdi, XenApp, xendesktop
This is probably the most common question I get when going through a virtual desktop design… Should I use the hosted shared or hosted virtual desktop model? For once, this isn’t an “It Depends” answer. This is a “Yes” answer. You will mostly likely need them both. For those of you who aren’t sure what [...]
