VDI workstation virtualization is a common approach for corporate desktop and application access, and it allows IT to centralize information in the corporate datacenter. These approaches allow for some key business benefits, with the biggest being mobility. Users can work from anywhere and at anytime, allowing for a great amount of flexibility of work teams. […]
What FSLogix Cloud Cache can do for your Office 365 Deployment
It’s no secret that organizations that have a native Microsoft Office 365 deployment and non-persistent VDI will experience latencies when using Outlook. This will happen with the full Outlook client, because Outlook uses a cache file for email called an .ost file. The size of the .ost file is often quite large, is always changing, […]
Getting Started with VDI, here’s what you NEED to know
It can be confusing to consider the many options available for application and workstation virtualization especially when getting started with VDI. VDI is yet another common virtualization technology option that would be important to take a close look at if your enterprise has any need for desktop virtualization. If you were an early adopter of […]
#VMworld 2017 Brings New Features to VMware Workspace ONE Powered by AirWatch
At #VMworld 2017 US, VMware announced a number of new features and new innovations to VMware Workspace ONE powered by AirWatch, and their end user computing portfolio. Let’s take a look at some of the things VMware has added to the already powerful software suite. One Platform to Rule All Devices One of the biggest […]
Large Address Book Latencies in VDI solved with FSLogix
Recently the FSLogix team was working with a customer, and was posed with a dilemma about whether their toolset would solve a problem with large address book latencies in VDI and Skype for Business. Essentially the problem is that the Skype address book would download every time a user opened Skype for Business which was […]
Rockin’ a Rock Solid VDI Infrastructure
At Briforum Boston 2016 Jarian Gibson and myself presented about the Secret Sauce about Outlook Performance in a VDI Deployment”. This topic is multifaceted spanning everything from your Exchange and Outlook configuration to your VDI deployment configuration. So in the spirit of VDI this post will cover some of the vital aspects of your VDI […]
Is Outlook Performance Suffering in your VDI deployment?
When organizations deploy non-persistent VDI or Published Desktop type solutions it unfortunately is very typical to have your users to struggle with performance issues when using the full Outlook client. It can be extremely frustrating to a user that when something perceived to be as simple as accessing email is just miserably slow. That being […]
Debating the Future of the Data Center
More and more organizations are weighing up the numbers – is it still cost-effective to run your own data center or even rent rack space in someone else’s data center? Is Infrastructure as a Service the way to go, to smooth out periods of large capex and reduce the hidden costs of hardware maintenance? Your […]
#CurrentStatus Episode 39: Mystery or Fact: Can Outlook Perform in VDI?
Join us Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 10:15 pm EDT for another episode of Current Status. During this episode of Current Status, co-hosts Theresa Miller and Phoummala Schmitt talk with guest Jarian Gibson(@jariangibson) Architect at Jarian Gibson Consulting and Citrix CTP. Are you implementing or have you implemented a desktop virtualization solution with Microsoft Outlook as one of your core […]
How to Create a XenDesktop 7.6 Delivery Group
We recently covered how to install and configure your Delivery Controller and how to add your first Machine Catalog. The final step required to start deploying desktops or applications to your environment is to add a Delivery Group to your Citrix site. Delivery Groups are used to configure with XenApp servers will be used to […]