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Windows 10 Free for W7 and W8.1 Users

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

Yesterday’s Microsoft uncovered new information about upcoming Windows 10 features. One of the good news is that Windows 10 will be free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. This is pretty big. They give away new OS – a revolution! In addition, it seems that there will be no more new Windows as […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Windows 10 Free for W7 and W8.1 Users

CloudVolumes, Just-in-Times-Desktops and Some Secret Sauce in Between

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

I went to see Garry Owen during VMworld Barcelona 2014. Garry who is a EMEA Senior Product Marketing Manager, based at Frimley, to ask him about the latest and hottest VMware technology in the End User Computing (EUC). We were talking about CloudVolumes, Just-in-Times-Desktops, forking and some secred sauce in between all this. He showed me […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: CloudVolumes, Just-in-Times-Desktops

Windows 10 Tech preview Installation in VMware Workstation 11 Tech Preview

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 7, 2020

Windows 10 Tech Preview can easily be installed in VMware Workstation 11 Tech preview. Even if the latest version of Microsoft’s OS isn’t on the list of supported OS, according to VMware Workstation blog, the Windows kernel don’t differ much from Windows 8.x one. The installation including installation of VMware tools is without a problem. […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Windows 10 in Workstation 11

Workstation 11 and Player Pro 7 Announced With Up to 45% Performance Improvements

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 7, 2020

VMware has announced new version of VMware Workstation 11 and VMware Player Pro v.7. The products are not currently available for download, but we know what to expect when they will. Interesting to know that from the performance standpoint the upcoming Workstation 11 is giving 45% more performance on new Haswell CPUs taking advantage of new Haswell […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Workstation 11 and Player Pro 7 Announced

VMware Horizon Suite: Building End User Experience – New Book by VMware Press

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

This book covers all Horizon Suite (Workspace, Mirage and View) concerning planning, implementation and examples. It’s published by VMware press and the author are Paul O’Doherty and Stephane Asselin. Looking at the content gives you already the idea whats in. Three VMware products within the Horizon suite are covered. The VMware Horizon Suite: Building End User […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Horizon Suite Book, VMware Horizon Suite: Building End User Experience

VMware Fusion 7 and Fusion 7 Pro released – ready for Yosemite

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

New version of VMware Fusion 7 and Fusion 7 Pro version has been released yesterday bringing more efficiency (up to 46% compared to Fusion 6), more performance and more features. Fusion Pro version can run a greater range of operating systems (over 200) and has a supports for iSight cameras in VMs. It can also connect […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Fusion 7

VMware Horizon View Firewall Ports Requirements

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

There are ports which needs to be open on a firewall when installing VMware Horizon View. The best way to get started with Horizon View is to follow an excellent VMware PDF called – VMware Horizon View 6 Evaluator’s guide. However keep in mind that good knowledge of required firewall ports for VMware Horizon View deployments […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Horizon View Firewall Ports Requirements

How-to use ViewDbChk – Free Utility for Horizon View Databases

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

ViewDbChk is new free utility from VMware Labs which allows to fix VMware Horizon View database in case you’re experiencing provisioning errors. The creator of ViewDbChk is Griff James. The utility allows to clean the DB from orphaned Horizon View desktop pools or individual desktops. If an admin has deleted a VM from within the vSphere […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, Free Stuff Tagged With: How-to use ViewDbChk

Good Read – VSAN Sizing Guide For Horizon View VDI

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 18, 2014

As always after a new technology release there are some good papers from VMware which slowly make their apparition. Few days back I reported about a paper discussing resynchronization and rebalance operations in VSAN cluster. Today the latest and newest technology from VMware is certainly Hot – VMware VSAN. New paper is available which is a VSAN […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: VSAN Sizing Guide for Horizon View VDI

VMware Workstation Tech Preview July 2014 Shows Virtual Hardware 11 Possibilities

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

Workstation tech preview July 2014 has been announced recently at the community site. This release brings new OS support – Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL, OpenSUSE, but also other new enhancements. One of the most important is new virtual hardware 11 (vmx-11). As usually, VMware says that it’s not sure if those features will made it into […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: virtual hardware 11, vmx-11

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