Month: June 2013

XenDesktop 7 Pt 3: Install VDA

XenDesktop 7 Pt 3: Install VDA

This installment of the XenDesktop installation series will show you how easy it is to install the XenDesktop 7 VDA (Virtual Delivery Agent). The VDA can be installed on client VMs, servers (for XenApp), or physical PCs if you want to remote high-powered 3D graphics. It contains the 'secret HDX...

XenDesktop 7 Pt 2: Configure Citrix Studio Site

In Part one of my Citrix XenDesktop 7 installation guide we installed all of the XenDesktop 7 components on a single Windows Server 2012 VM. In this second edition we will setup the Citrix Studio site, which connects the XenDesktop 7 Studio to a database, vCenter, storage, and virtual networks....

XenDesktop 7 Pt 1: Role Installation

XenDesktop 7 Pt 1: Role Installation

In case you missed the announcement or my blog post last week, Citrix XenDesktop 7 finally hit the streets. It is a very major release of the product, merging XenDesktop and XenApp into a single management system. Gone are the days of a dozen or more different consoles to manage...

CloudVolumes Pt 4: Testing the AppStack

CloudVolumes Pt 4: Testing the AppStack

This is the fourth installment of my CloudVolumes spin around the block. So far the installation as has been quick, encountered no product problems, and the experience seems polished even for a v1.0 product. Given my good experience thus far, I can't wait to see CloudVolumes AppStack in action. Can I really instantly...

CloudVolumes Pt. 3: Create AppStack

Welcome to Part 3 of installing and configuring CloudVolumes. In Part 1 I provided a short introduction on what CloudVolumes is and started the management console installation process. In Part 2 I configured basic settings such as Active Directory, vCenter, and datastores. Now we are ready to install the CloudVolumes agent...

CloudVolumes Pt 2: Manager Config

In Part 1 of "Installing CloudVolumes" I covered the basic concept of what CloudVolumes does, and we provisioned a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM for their management console. We are now ready to configure the CloudVolumes Manager console to interface with AD, vCenter, and setup the vSphere datastores. So far the CloudVolumes installation...

CloudVolumes Pt 1: Intro and Installation

Last weekend I was catching up on my RSS feeds with Feedly (great Google Reader replacement BTW), and stumbled on an article on Brian Madden's site about a new way to enable non-persistent VDI. In that article, and accompanying video, they demoed a stack of software that I found very interesting. They...

XenDesktop 7

Citrix XenDesktop 7.0 is out!

XenDesktop 7 is a milestone in the Citrix end user computing experience. Citrix has merged XenDesktop (VDI) with XenApp, into a consolidated set of common consoles with common policies and HDX experiences. It also features full Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and SQL Server 2012 (with AlwaysOn clustering) support. Last...

Download Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Now!

TechEd 2013 had a bunch of great sessions on Windows Server 2012 R2, which has a boatload of new features. You can now download Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview version now. Pick up your copy here. Windows 8.1 release preview will come out tomorrow, but you can get a jump start on...

Microsoft EMET 4.0 Released

Back a few TechEd conferences ago I learned about a new tool called EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) from Microsoft that was designed to add additional layers of protection to Windows operating systems. Given my strong focus on secure solutions, I was a big fan of EMET. Over the years some...

Cisco UCS Firmware 2.1(1F) Released

Continuing the bug fixes for the UCS 2.1 firmware baseline, a few days ago Cisco released their 2.1(1f) firmware for UCS servers. Unlike the last two releases that just fixed a single caveat, 2.1.(1f) sports a number of fixes. You can find the full Cisco UCS firmware release notes here....

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