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VMware Horizon View 7.4 with Instant-Clone Floating Desktop Pool for Linux

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It’s been this month that there has been a release of VMware Horizon View 7.4. In case you’re lost in the release numbers, don’t worry. You’re not alone. There have been quite a few releases of VMware Horizon recently, but this one allows creating Instant-Clone Floating Desktop Pool for Linux desktops. The long-term goal from VMware […]

VMware Horizon View 7.3.1 Released

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A few days back VMware has released their flagship product for VDI – VMware Horizon View 7.3. The latest release brought some improvements and new features such as dedicated instant-clone desktop pools (previously only non-persistent desktop pools could be created via instant-clones). Also, instant-clones can use Windows Server OS Let’s recap a little bit what’s […]

VMware Workstation 14 And VMware Fusion 10 Released

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Today, after few months of Tech preview, VMware is releasing their flagship products for desktop virtualization – VMware Workstation 14 And VMware Fusion 10. Note that part of the release is also VMware Player, which is free (and paid also). VMware Workstation 2017 tech preview runs on my desktop since its release and I like it. […]

What Is VMware Identity Manager?

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Today we will explain to our audience What Is VMware Identity Manager. One might think that it is a new VMware product, but no, it’s just re-named VMware Workspace Portal. VMware Identity Manager has two editions. Standard and Advanced. VMware Identity Manager Advanced Edition includes AirWatch device registration for one-touch SSO from smartphones, tablets, and Windows 10 […]

Why and How Enable VMware Mirage Branch Reflector?

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VMware Mirage system has built-in deduplication and compression. In a WAN environment which has remote sites usually with limited bandwidth connection to the main site, it is usefull to enable a feature called Branch Reflector and in this post we will detail Why and How Enable VMware Mirage Branch Reflector. Using Mirage branch reflectors promotes efficient […]

VMware Workstation 2017 Tech Preview Cool Features

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UPDATE:  VMware is releasing their flagship products for desktop virtualization – VMware Workstation 14 And VMware Fusion 10. Note that part of the release is also VMware Player, which is free (and paid also). Upgrade links:  VMware Workstation Upgrade Shopping links:  VMware Workstation 14 And VMware Fusion 10. Also Workstation Player Pro and Fusion Pro. VMware Workstation 2017 Tech preview made its apparition last week. We […]

How to Apply a VMware Mirage Base Layer?

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VMware Mirage series continues today with a new post called How to Apply a VMware Mirage Base Layer. The workflow is simple. Previously we have deployed our Mirage cluster with Two Mirage Management servers, one Mirage Server, Separate SQL server, File Server. We have also created a base layer with the essential corporate applications and settings. In […]

How to Capture a VMware Mirage Base Layer?

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During our previous post we have created a Reference CVD with all the main corporate software installed, then we launched the Create a Reference CVD assistant. In this post we will teach you How to Capture a VMware Mirage Base Layer. The reference machine was centralized to a reference CVD (centralized virtual desktop) on the VMware Mirage […]