Microsoft, Citrix Work on Desktop Virtualization -- Redmond Channel Partner

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Microsoft, Citrix Work on Desktop Virtualization

Microsoft is getting ready to give pricing advantages to Software Assurance customers for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure access to Windows, and it's also boosting its partnership with Citrix to improve Redmond's desktop-virtualization capabilities. All of this is good news for partners who are looking at desktop virtualization as a way to get people away from XP and on to Windows 7.

Posted by Lee Pender on March 22, 2010

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