Microsoft recently rolled out its Azure RemoteApp client for Windows RT devices, giving Windows RT users a way to access apps that they can't install on their machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 30, 2014
The Desktop as a Service (DaaS) field is rife with opportunity for partners and tech giants like Amazon Web Services and VMware.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 01, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview version of a new tool, dubbed Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Starter Kit 1.0, which lets organizations test VDI scenarios using Remote Desktop Services (RDS) protocol.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 19, 2014
SMBs are ready for Microsoft to let DaaS out of the box now, but Microsoft licensing policies are holding the market back, argues VDI consultant Michael Fraser.
- By Michael Fraser
- March 10, 2014
Google and VMware this week announced a VDI deal in which Google's Chromebook laptops will be enabled to run Windows desktops and Windows apps.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 14, 2014
Microsoft this week took part in the Dell World event to lay out various virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) capabilities enabled by Windows Server 2012 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 11, 2013
Microsoft's Windows Azure-based disaster recovery solution for private clouds is now available as a limited public preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 19, 2013
As a follow-up to a demo at TechEd, Microsoft Principal Program Manager Jeff Woolsey showed attendees at WPC just how much the latest release of Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor can speed up live migrations.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 25, 2013
Service providers will now be able to use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud as part of their service offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2013
The next version of the Dell Wyse WSM desktop and application virtualization software will become available on July 22 via Dell's channel partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2013
Microsoft detailed the new Hyper-V improvements to come with Windows Server 2012 R2 during a presentation at last week's TechEd event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2013
Press accounts suggest Microsoft is readying a Windows desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) project, rumored to go by the code name "Mohoro," that will run from Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 07, 2013
In a move that effectively positions itself against Amazon Web Services, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 16, 2013
Less than 10 percent of of IT decision-makers in North America and Europe plan to implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments, according to a recent report by Forrester Research.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2013
VMware has overhauled its Partner Competency program, as well as added new revenue-generating incentives for solution providers selling cloud services, the company announced at this week's VMware Partner Exchange Conference in Las Vegas.
- By Michael Domingo
- February 26, 2013
Despite reporting rising revenues in its latest earnings report, cloud and virtualization giant VMware announced on Monday that it would be implementing companywide layoffs.
- By Michael Domingo
- January 29, 2013
At the first Live! 360 conference, top experts will dive into an array of hot IT topics. Get a sneak preview here, as key presenters share their expertise with Redmond Channel Partner.
- By Doug Barney
- October 31, 2012
VMware Inc. named Jonathan Chadwick its new chief financial officer during its quarterly earnings call on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 23, 2012
Consulting firm Software Licensing Advisors is once again reporting that organizations may face "stealth" price increases when they renew their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EAs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2012
With an all-new model of computing, the next version of the Microsoft flagship server OS comes with new editions, licensing, product dependencies, features and partner opportunities.
- By Scott Bekker, Kurt Mackie, Gladys Rama
- October 01, 2012