Tag Archive: Windows8

Why you should move your VDI to Windows 8

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I believe I may have found a pretty compelling reason to migrate your VDI deployment to Windows 8. While running some experiments I collected some statistics for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 2K8 Server running as virtual desktops. At this point we should all be familiar with the challenges associated with the number and latency of …

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Windows 8 storage performance for VDI. Forget what you know…

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Last week Microsoft Corporate VP, Worldwide Licensing and Pricing, Joe Matz finally brought some light to a long standing Windows licensing discussion. In summary, It’s now public understanding that ISPs wanting to deliver DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service) will need to implement Windows 2K8 Server with SPLA. In addition to that, with the soon Windows 8 release organizations …

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How to Access Windows 8 CP via PCoIP with VMware View

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I have recently posted a video showing Windows 8 Customer Preview being streamed via PCoIP to an iPad, and I received comments and emails asking for a step-by-step guide to reproduce the solution. If you didn’t have the chance to watch the video go to Windows 8 CP + View 5.0 with PCoIP + iPad …

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Windows 8 CP + View 5.0 with PCoIP + iPad [video]

I dedicated part of my Saturday to get Windows 8 Customer Preview running on ESXi5 with VMware View 5.0 and PCoIP. VMware View 5 doesn’t support Windows 8 CP out-of-the-box, and I had to do some modifications to get that working. Luckily, all PCoIP bits work with Windows 8 natively and no changes to drivers …

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