Note: this is the first part in a multi-part discussion on PVS and MCS Since XenDesktop 5 came out, one of the biggest questions flying around is, “Should I use Provisioning Services (PVS) or Machine Creation Services (MCS)?” Both options work and both options provide single image management, but what is the right answer? Is [...]
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Provisioning Services or Machine Creation Services… Big Picture Matters
Posted: February 15, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, desktop virtualization, machine creation services, mcs, Provisioning services, pvs, xd, xendesktop
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What Is XenDesktop 5 Power Management Doing?
Posted: February 1, 2011 in Power Management, UncategorizedTags: desktop virtualization, vdi, xendesktop
Have you started using XenDesktop 5 yet? Here’s something to look out for, as I know many people have been wondering. Remember in XenDesktop 4, we could specify our available desktop count (idle pool)? First, we have a desktop group of 1,000 desktops. We might specify 800 desktops idle at 8:00AM, then at 11:00AM we [...]
Which Hosted Virtual Desktop Do I Use?
Posted: January 25, 2011 in Desktop TypesTags: desktop virtualization, Virtual desktop, xendesktop
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 [...]
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? [...]
