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VMware View Pool Manager – Free Tool

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In case you missed this one, there is new free tool for administrators doing a lot of work with VMware View. The tool is called VMware View Pool manager and it is a free tool (Fling) which is available at the VMware Labs website. The tool was created by Andre Leibovici, and can be used for […]

VMware Horizon Mirage Video – Migrating XP to Win 7

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This is almost step by step video from VMware showing the seamless migration of Windows XP system by using VMware Mirage. VMware Mirage 4 has introduced layered approach to migration and management of data across AD management infrastructures. Is possible to create a layer with different set of applications, and apply this layer to a group of users or […]

VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro 5.0.3 – Maintenance Release

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After last week’s update for VMware Workstation 9.0.3 there has been an update for VMware Fusion users. VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro, the release 5.0.3. This release is also a maintenance release, which brings several fixes and new features, which one of theme is worth to mention directly here. It’s the support for large 3Tb […]

VMware Horizon View Features Pack 1.0 – what it brings and what’s it’s good for?

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VMware Horizon View Features Pack 1.0 was the missing piece of software that I recently pointed out after the Horizon View release. The features pack was missing initially when Horizon View was released few weeks back.  In fact the real name is Horizon View Features Pack 1.0 and has 2 main components: HTML Access Web Portal […]

VMware Workstation 9.0.2 – maintenance release

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This is not a major update to VMware Workstation, but there are many bugfixes and minor updates in this VMware Workstation 9.0.2 release. Workstation 9 released several months back brought many useful new features and people who nests ESXi with Workstation should experience more smooth operation since release 9, because of the enhancements and improvements […]

VMware Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack – Where it’s gone?

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After the VMware Horizon View 5.2 GA release, It seems that the two components which enables to leverage HTML 5 compatible browser to access virtual desktops in VMware View 5.2 did not made it into the GA release. Which components are those? It’s the components called VMware Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack. The pack components […]

Fastest Virtual Desktop Experience – Atlantis ILIO Persistent VDI 4.0 – desktops running in RAM

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It’s been quite a while since I’ve been hooked with such a technology and speed. The fact that running VMs in the RAM gets you the best ever performance isn’t new. Some bloggers even used Starwinds iSCSI to create a RAM disk and test the speed…. /CC @esloof. Faster even than an SSD. Running VMs […]

Horizon Mirage 4.0 released – New application layer, W8 and Server 2012 support

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The mirage product is part of the Horizon Workspace Suite which has been detailed in my post. The Horizon Mirage 4.0 is a major evolution of the Mirage product from the previous release, which has been tested in my lab. Read here: VMware Mirage Lab Installation (Step by step Serie of 3 posts). Horizon Mirage […]

What’s New in VMware View 5.2 – HTML 5 Access, Sparse Disks, vSGA, W8 Support …

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After the yesterday’s announce of the VMware Horizon Workspace Suite, I’ll focus today on the improvements and major features introduced in VMware View 5.2 which is part of the Horizon Workspace. What’s new in VMware View 5.2? VMware View is major release, even if the version number goes from 5.1 to 5.2 only. But there […]