Desktop Virtualization

Not for the faint of heart

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#11NTCttvirt

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Desktop virtualization is hot, and vendor

competition is fierce.

Three of the top virtual desktop products

are Citrix XenDesktop, Quest vWorkspace and

VMware View.

Of the three, only VMware doesn't provide

customers with a choice of infrastructure.

While Citrix and Quest support just about

everything out there

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• Mobility

• Deploy to more personal devices

• Security

• Protect organization data

• Improved IT Management

• Single entry of app installs

• Lowered Costs in centralized

management

App

virtualization

Server

virtualizationDesktop

Virtualization

Synchronizes personal profiles, settings and data to the

data-center using Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection

Saves Cost: ON THE FRONT END - quickly recover from PC failures and PC theft

Enable anywhere access: enable users to access their data from any authorized PC at any time

Improve business continuity: get users’ data on a new PC simply by logging in

MultiPoint Server – distributed via USB or Ethernet

devices, good example of a low cost VDI solution

• Single low cost server –

HP

• Distribution nodes via

USB

•

Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard

,

• Headset connector

• Connect via Domain or

Local accounts

• Single distribution of

apps

http://www.microsoft.com/

windows/multipoint/default

.aspx

End user computing scenarios:

Growing variety of needs but all based on “user

experience ”

• Mobile - tablets

• Diverse Equipment – personal laptops

• Home Office

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• Talk to your partners –

CDW, Microsoft Roadmap

events

• Research online –

• Lakeside Software

http://www.lakesidesoft

ware.com/

• Brian Madden

http://www.brianmadde

n.com/

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ThinPro - Monitor : none - Smart Buy

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$209.99

HP Compaq Thin Client t5540 - Eden 1 GHzTower - 1 x Eden 1 GHz - RAM 512

MB - no HDD - Chrome9 HC3 - Gigabit Ethernet - Windows Embedded CE 6.0

R3 - Monitor : none - Smart Buy

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$339.99

http://community.citrix.com/p/xendesktop-on-microsoft#home

http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx124687

http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx124087

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