A couple of days ago I created a new section on my website, called Tutorials. I want to use this section as a library for documents I create when testing new RDS or virtualization functionalities or when preparing for delivering presentations or training classes. I started uploading a couple of documents I have already created in the past. CheckContinue Reading

If you want to learn about a good way of comparing remoting protocols such as Microsoft RDP/RemoteFX, Citrix ICA/HDX, VMware/Teradici PCoIP and Quest EOP, this article is for you. As you may already know, Shawn Bass and I have invested substantial time into testing and comparing the most popular Windows remoting protocols in our vendor-independentContinue Reading

Many people know RemoteApp programs as applications that are accessed remotely through Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2008 (R2). RemoteApp programs appear as if they are running seamlessly on the end user’s local computer. Not many people know that RemoteApp programs are also configurable on Windows 7.

I bit more than a week ago, I presented a brand new technical session at BriForum in Chicago.  It had the title “Lie to me – Using built-in Windows system filters in virtual desktops”.  In this article I want to give you a brief overview of what I shared with the BriForum attendees.

A couple of weeks ago I published an article describing my experiment to use Hyper-V as a client hypervisor. I’m working with this laptop setup since more than two months now, using it for everything I previously did on Windows 7. In addition I’m running all my demos when visiting customers or presenting at conferences. Now I wantContinue Reading

Over the next weeks, Shawn Bass and I will be presenting our latest results on comparing remoting protocols at different events and conferences, such as BriForum and Microsoft TechEd. One of the protocols we are testing intensively is Microsoft RDP 7.1 with RemoteFX, typically only referred to as “RemoteFX”. Now people started asking me questionsContinue Reading

When I attended the MVP Summit earlier this year I learned that Hyper-V is a core component of the Windows operating system. In other words, Hyper-V is conceptually not limited to the server operating system even though the hypervisor functionality is not available for Windows 7. But I started asking myself if it is possibleContinue Reading