A few months ago we released the XenDesktop Design Handbook that contained a collection of reference designs, implementation guides and planning guides. When it was initially released, it had a few items. Over the past couple of months we have included additional items like Bandwidth planning Windows 7 optimization guide VM resource allocation SMB reference [...]
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XenDesktop Design Handbook – No Registration Required
Posted: November 22, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, optimization, Provisioning services, Reference design, vdi, Virtual desktop, windows 7, xendesktop
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ABC School District Webinar Q/A
Posted: July 2, 2010 in ABC School DistrictTags: citrix, Reference design, TechTalk, vdi, webinar, windows 7, xendesktop
For those of you who missed the June 18th TechTalk on the design for a 20,000 user environment, missed out. Well, not really. Luckily, we recorded the presentation so you can watch it whenever you desire. As you know, the webinar was based on a reference design for a 70,000 user school district. Links to [...]
Hyper-V and XenDesktop – What the School Decided
Posted: June 2, 2010 in ABC School DistrictTags: hyper-v, Reference design, vdi, xendesktop
To cluster or not to cluster, that was the question for the ABC School District. For those of you that read through the ABC School District reference design noticed that the environment was based on Microsoft Hyper-V. And not only that, it consisted of two distinct groupings: Virtual Desktops Infrastructure Why the two groupings? Because [...]
The Virtual School Is In Session, Please Take your Seats
Posted: June 1, 2010 in ABC School DistrictTags: bandwidth, design considerations, desktop virtualization, FlexCast, hyper-v, profiles, Reference design, storage, TechTalk, vdi, xendesktop
Once upon a time, there was a little school (70,000 users) with a little problem (desktops over 5 years old) with a little idea. The school was trying to find a way to make the tax money go further. The newest desktops were 5 years old with many more approaching 10 years. Depending on the [...]
I Choo, Choo Choose You
Posted: May 18, 2010 in ABC School District, Reference DesignTags: design considerations, FlexCast, Reference design, vdi
From the words of Ralph Wiggum, I Choo, Choo, Choose You [to be my FlexCast model]. Choosing the correct FlexCast model always leaves people wondering if they made the right decision. The answer to this question requires us to look closer into the user requirements. For example, the ABC School District Reference Design was recently [...]
