Webcast: Simplifying the Complex Desktop Virtualization Project (Sponsored)
One of the main reasons that we see desktop virtualization projects, VDI specifically, fail is that organizations are quick to consider desktop virtualization the same as server virtualization. This is a critical mistake, and more often than not leads to an unsuccessful implementation, or at the very least one that doesn’t live up to expectations. [...]

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2011  5:38 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, VDI, Webcast

Possibilities of office virtualisation
hi there it may sounds like funny qustion to experts for that i’m sorry, my question is, is it possible to have 10desktops in a office on a lan connection with a single server, and all these desktops can be istalled “without” OS to the network and sopportad with vertual desktop direct from server? is [...]

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2011  9:21 AM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, LAN Connections, Virtualization, Virtualization Implementation

Have you deployed Windows 7 desktop virtualization?
Has anyone deployed Windows 7 desktop virtualization? How has it worked out for you? Were there any unexpecteds or things not advertised? I’m looking for use cases to determine if our move to Windows 7 should include desktop virtualization.

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2011  7:28 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows desktop virtualization, Windows Virtualization

Enterprise desktop virtualization solution
Can anyone share their experience with enterprise-wide desktop virtualization implementations? How many workstations were involved? What types of problems/difficulties did you experience? How did you address them? Any ideas as to how to broach the subject with execs would be appreciated as well.

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  6:43 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Open IT Forum, Workstations

Bandwidth requirements for application virtualization vs. desktop virtualization
Just wondering how the bandwidth requirements vary depending on application virtualization and desktop virtualization. I need to virtualize all by an infrastructure in WAN (not LAN), so which is the most ideal option? Any product recs?

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2011  6:38 PM
Application virtualization, Bandwidth, Bandwidth management, Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Virtualization technologies

Open IT Forum: What would sell desktop virtualization to you?
Last year, Brian Madden talked about the ways to get traditional desktop administrators to start getting their feet wet in desktop virtualization, and we were wondering what it took for you to satisfy your curiosity about the technology. What customized ways have you adopted desktop virtualization? Was it difficult to convince you or your desktop [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2011  8:47 PM
Desktop administration, Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Open IT Forum, Virtualization strategies, Virtualization technologies

Virtual Apps vs. Virtual Desktops
I work for small school district with about 600 PCs on our network. We have a 1GB backbone and 12 servers (7 of them VMs). I recently put in a large terminal server to utilize thin clients, but found restricts with software I could run on the server OS (Win 2008R2). In some research, I [...]

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2011  8:24 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Hyper-V, Terminal Server, Thin clients, VDI, Virtual Apps, Windows Server 2008 R2

Open IT Forum: Pros & cons of VDI-in-a-box
In the still maturing technology of desktop virtualization, VDI-in-a-box is heralded as a cost-effective solution for specific applications or users that can reap the benefits of virtualization. Are you currently deploying or considering deploying VDI-in-a-box? What are the pros & cons you’ve experienced? The best answers get 50 knowledge points toward our iPad contest!

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  8:22 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Open IT Forum, VDI, Virtualization, Virtualization strategies, Virtualization technologies

Open IT Forum: Who is deploying desktop virtualization?
Are you deploying desktop virtualization in the enterprise? If not, why not? If so, what hardware and software are you using/do you recommend?

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  5:58 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Open IT Forum, Virtualization strategies

Which is better: Microsoft App-V or Citrix XenApp?
There’s a lot of hype about Microsoft’s App-V as an alternative to XenApp. What are the differences and pros and cons? Any opinions or experiences in the community?

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2011  5:31 PM
App-V, Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Open IT Forum, Virtualization, Virtualization software, XenApp

Suggestions for desktop virtualization resources
We’re compiling a list of the best desktop virtualization resources, from books to software to hardware. What are your top picks (or least favorites)?

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  8:35 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, ITKE Community, ITKE Feedback, Open IT Forum, Virtualization software, Virtualization technologies

License for Microsoft Virtualization
What does my organization actually have to buy or license to enable Microsoft based desktop virtualization?

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2010  8:32 PM
Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Microsoft virtualization, Virtualization Implementation

Applications in Desktop Virtualization
What types of applications benefit most from virtualizing desktops?

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2010  8:49 PM
Applications, Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation

Pitfalls with Desktop Virtualization
What pitfalls are there when implementing desktop virtualization?

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2010  8:36 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Windows desktop virtualization