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[White Paper] Portal Showdown - Microsoft Azure vs. Nerdio Manager for Enterprise by Benny Tritsch and Aaron Parker, 17 Apr 2025 In this white paper, Nerdio's Aaron Parker and I compare the operational efficiency of the Nerdio Manager console versus the native Microsoft Azure console, as presented last week at NerdioCon 2025 in La Quinta, CA. Continue Reading |
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[Article] Capturing User Experience with Frame Grabbers by Benny Tritsch, 31 Mar 2025 When measuring Digital Employee Experience (DEX), capturing high-quality physical and virtual desktop screen videos has become essential for performance test engineers. One of the most effective tools for achieving this is the frame grabber. In this article I answer some questions and provide background information related to frame grabbers. Continue Reading |
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[Article] How to Benchmark Storage Workloads for VDI by Benny Tritsch, 24 Mar 2025 The performance of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments heavily relies on the efficiency of their storage systems. This article introduces you to the three special EUC Score workloads that were designed to measure the user profile performance of the storage subsystem. Continue Reading |
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[Article] Windows 365 with GPU under Network Constraints by Benny Tritsch, 17 Mar 2025 I've received inquiries from several customers about the performance of Windows 365 Enterprise GPU under limited network conditions. Therefore, I conducted corresponding tests a few months ago. Microsoft provided me with the necessary Windows 365 Enterprise GPU VMs in the Azure data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Continue Reading |
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[Article] How and when do virtual Windows desktops become annoying by Benny Tritsch, 10 Mar 2025 Do you use a virtual Windows desktop (VDI) in your everyday work? If so, is the perceived user experience (= the quality of the Windows desktop) equally good every day? Or are there moments when you want to bite the desk and feel intense anger at one or more of the VDI manufacturers? Continue Reading |
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[Slide Deck] EUC Sweden 2024 in Stockholm by Benny Tritsch, 5 Dec 2024 On December 4th, 2024, I presented a community session at the EUC Sweden 2024 Conference in Stockholm: "Measuring and Analyzing Perceived Windows Desktop User Experience" Learn about test methodology, sample test results, preferred performance counters and tools for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop benchmarking. This gives you the unbiased information needed when planning, migrating or upgrading Windows Desktops as a Service. Continue Reading |
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[Slide Deck] EUC Forum 2024 Winter Meeting in London by Benny Tritsch, 3 Dec 2024 On November 26th, 2024, Ruben Spruijt and I presented at the EUC Forum UK Winter Meeting in London. Our joint session had the title "Two voices, one future - End User Computing, DaaS and GPU trends for 2025 and beyond". It was about the technologies, the competitors and the value of EUC solutions in the modern digital workspace. Read the full session abstract and download the new slide deck. Continue Reading |
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[GO-EUC Article] Benchmarking HP Anyware PCoIP on a GPU-enabled Azure VM by Benny Tritsch, 29 Nov 2024 Is PCoIP an interesting remoting protocol and what are the use cases where it works well and where it does not? In this benchmarking research, the performance of the HP Anyware PCoIP (PC-over-IP) solution is evaluated. The focus of the evaluation is on assessing its efficiency and overall user experience when deployed on an NVIDIA T4-enabled Azure VM, under various network conditions. Continue Reading |
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EUC Forum DE Meeting in Karlsruhe by Benny Tritsch, 28 Nov 2024 On November 28th, 2024, the first EUC Forum DE meeting took place in Karlsruhe, Germany. EUC Forum DE brings together all former Virtualization Communities in Germany and I'm on the board of directors. I presented a session: "Brand New EUC Test Results - Cloud PC with GPU, HP Anyware and a Surprise". The full agenda is on the VCBAWUE website (in German). The slide deck is identical to the one I will use at EUC Sweden in a week... |
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[Slide Decks] E2EVC 2024 in Barcelona by Benny Tritsch, 4 Nov 2024 Experts 2 Experts Virtualization Conference is a series of worldwide non-commercial virtualization community events. I presented two community sessions on November 1st and 2nd, 2024, at E2EVC in Barcelona: "New EUC Score Features and Community Test Results" and "A practical guide on how to get started with user experience benchmarking". Continue Reading |
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[Slide Decks] AVD TechFest 2024 in Amsterdam by Benny Tritsch, 7 Oct 2024 AVD TechFest is an international festival bringing industry experts, vendors, and community speakers together. On September 25th, I presented one joint session with Ruben Spruijt "Two voices, one future - End User Computing, DaaS and GPU trends for 2024 and beyond" and one solo session (with a guest speaker) "How to select the right AVD and Cloud PC VM type". Read the session abstracts and download the slide decks. Continue Reading |
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[Slide Decks] Workplace Ninja Summit 2024 in Lucerne by Benny Tritsch, 23 Sep 2024 Workplace Ninja Summit is an international event in Switzerland that brings together workplace management and security experts to share their knowledge. On September 16th, I presented "Measure and analyze AVD and Win365 user experience like a science ninja". On September 18th, the title of my session was "Everything Workplace Ninjas need to know about Windows performance counters in AVD and Win365 VMs". Continue Reading |
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[Article] EUC Score Toolset by Benny Tritsch, 2 Sep 2024 When digital workplace users complain about insufficient performance, identifying the reason can be challenging. The first step is to replace user anecdotes with reproducible facts and performance tests. The EUC Score toolset measures and visualizes the perceived user experience of a digital workplace. Continue Reading |
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[Podcast] ControlUp Community Radio Episode #14 - A Conversation with Benny Tritsch, EUCScore.com by Benny Tritsch, 30 Aug 2024 Join us for Episode #14 of ControlUp Community Radio, where host Douglas Brown sits down with the renowned Dr. Bernhard Tritsch, also known as “Benny.” In this episode, he shares the inspiration behind creating the EUC Score methodology and toolset, offering unique insights into how it benefits the EUC community. Go to ControlUp Community Radio Episode #14 |
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[Slide Deck] E2EVC 2024 in Montreal by Benny Tritsch, 26 Jul 2024 I presented a community session on July 25th, 2024, at E2EVC in Montreal, Canada: "DEX4DaaS - Measuring and comparing perceived remote desktop user experience in a Cloud PC era". The brand new slide deck includes inspirational data visualization examples and the new Data Miner tool. Learn about the new EUC Score use case "Guided POCs". Continue Reading |
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[Slide Deck] Experts Live Netherlands 2024 by Benny Tritsch, 7 Jun 2024 On June 4th, 2024, Ruben Spruijt and I presented at the Experts Live Netherlands Event in Nieuwegein. Our joint session had the title "Two voices, one future - End User Computing, DaaS and GPU trends for 2024 and beyond". It was about the EUC Hexagrid" and the value of EUC solutions in the modern digital workspace. Read the full session abstract and download the slide deck. Continue Reading |
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[Article] DEX4DaaS - DEX Quality Criteria for DaaS Environments by Benny Tritsch, 25 May 2024 As part of my project experience in the area of EUC Score performance benchmarking, I have created a list of 10 user-centric DEX quality criteria for DaaS environments (DEX4DaaS), which I would like to share here. This list is constantly being improved and I welcome feedback with suggestions for completion. Continue Reading |
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[Slide Deck] European Cloud Summit 2024 in Wiesbaden by Benny Tritsch, 17 May 2024 The European Cloud Summit is the largest conference in Europe focused on Microsoft Azure, OpenAI, and Cloud Computing. I had the opportunity to present an end-user computing session at ECS: "Comparing digital employee experience - Azure Virtual Desktop versus on-prem Windows desktops". Read my session abstract and download the slide deck. Continue Reading |
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[Slide Decks] E2EVC 2024 in Madrid by Benny Tritsch, 10 May 2024 Experts 2 Experts Virtualization Conference is a series of worldwide non-commercial virtualization community events. I presented two community sessions on May 3rd and the 4th, 2024, at E2EVC in Madrid: "DEX4DaaS - Measuring and comparing perceived remote desktop user experience in a Cloud PC era" and "Hands-on - How to record and visualize Windows performance counters and screen videos". Continue Reading |
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[Slide Deck] EUC Unplugged 2024 in Scottsdale by Benny Tritsch, 30 Apr 2024 EUC Unplugged uses Open Space Meeting Technology - this allows attendees to form sessions that are most meaningful to them. My session proposal "How to measure DEX" was selected by the attendees. Read my session abstract and download the slide deck. Continue Reading |
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[Slide Deck] EUC Forum March 2024 in London by Benny Tritsch, 29 Mar 2024 On March 26th, 2024, I had the pleasure to present at the EUC Forum UK in London. My session title was "Digital Workspace Myths Debunked - The Science Of Remote Windows Desktop Performance". Read my session abstract and download the slide deck. Continue Reading |
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[Slide Decks + Videos] TeamRGE Hybrid Event Spring 2024 by Benny Tritsch, 7 Mar 2024 On February 15th, a group of industry experts presented their thoughts and experiences on Remoting Graphics for Virtual Desktops and Applications at the TeamRGE hybrid event, organized by community fellow Ruben Spruijt and myself. Here's an event overview, our keynote and my presentation on free tools - including the links to the session recordings and the slide decks. Continue Reading |
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[Article] Measuring Parallels RAS Performance in AVD by Benny Tritsch and Freek Berson, 22 Jan 2024 Drive redirection and Easy Print are natively available in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services or Azure Virtual Desktop, but do not always provide the expected response time. Parallels RAS aims to reduce waiting times until redirected drives and printers are available and thus improve the user experience. But how good are these add-on features? Time for some EUC Score test runs. Continue Reading |
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PINNED: Goodbye WordPress. Hello static website! by Benny Tritsch, 22 Dec 2021 WordPress has served me well for many years. But recently, due to massive waves of attacks on my website, I've spent too much time troubleshooting and fixing site issues. And I've not liked the fact that my content has been stored in a MySQL database. So I decided to migrate to a static website, only using a nice HTML theme, CSS, open source JavaScript libraries and some PowerShell scripts for maintenance. |
