Microsoft this week detailed some of the improvements coming to Remote Desktop Services (RDS) with the release of Windows Server 2012.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2012
A recent Microsoft blog providing details about the forthcoming Windows 8 Enterprise edition highlighted the issue of Software Assurance licensing, which seems particularly complicated for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) use.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2012
The fight between Microsoft and OnLive over how the cloud gaming company was licensing Windows 7 to provide virtual desktop infrastructure services seems to be over.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2012
Dell raised a few questions among virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) analysts this week with its announcement that it plans to acquire Wyse Technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 06, 2012
Microsoft on Wednesday released the beta versions of two virtualization tools that will become part of its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2012
An important licensing battle between Microsoft and gaming company OnLive over an app that gives users remote access to a Windows 7 desktop exposes a fault line running through Microsoft's products, business models and its hosting partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2012
Microsoft on Thursday formally announced the beta of Windows Server 8, which was made available for download and testing on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 01, 2012
The day-one general session keynote at VMware Partner Exchange 2012, taking place this week in Las Vegas, began with a relatively low-key presentation to partners, but ended with a serious discussion about upcoming technology and strategy.
- By Bruce Hoard
- February 14, 2012
Dell has announced the new vStart 200 server, a new hardware product that can host up to 200 virtual machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2012
Microsoft talked more about storage options in Windows 8 on Thursday, promising a sophisticated "storage spaces" feature that works with the operating system's New Technology File System (NTFS).
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 06, 2012
Parallels announced Thursday the addition of three senior executives, including a Microsoft technical fellow, to support the cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization company's global growth goals.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2011
Microsoft spent some time at last week's Build conference to spotlight how five of its major partners -- Cisco, NEC, 5nine, Broadcom and inMon -- are already using the extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 21, 2011
Day 2 of Microsoft's Build conference turned part of the spotlight on the company's next-generation server technology, code-named "Windows Server 8."
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2011
Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor will be a part of the forthcoming Windows 8 client operating system, Microsoft announced on Wednesday in a Building Windows 8 blog post.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 07, 2011
The rivalry between Microsoft and VMware over the costs of tapping virtualization infrastructure has intensified.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 30, 2011
Microsoft signed an interoperability and legal agreement on Tuesday with China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C) as part of a Linux server partnership deal. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 23, 2011
Red Hat Linux operating systems running on Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor now have continued interoperability support, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2011
Microsoft has added cloud assessment capabilities, including the ability to assess if a computing environment is ready to migrate to Office 365, to the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0 (MAP 6.0), which became generally available on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2011
Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) is now available for download by Microsoft partners with silver and gold competencies in desktop and virtualization specialties.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 01, 2011
The community evaluation program (CEP) for Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (SCVMM 2012) beta began accepting signups on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 26, 2011