XenApp 6 policies deep-dive, vmClient released and Access Gateway no longer requires licenses for XenApp/XenDesktop sessions.

ICA versus PC-over-IP analysis, Technology Preview VMware Guest Console and vFoglight to support Hyper-V/XenServer.

Process Explorer alternative, VMware Single Initiator Zoning recommendations and Freeware VMware capacity view utility.

VMware CPU/Memory reservation explained and Using Diskshadow to create backup of Hyper-V VM's.

vmClient utility sneak preview

XenDesktop 4 real life experiences, Citrix Branch Repeater/Access Gateway goes virtual, High Availability VDI infrastructure and Quest/ThinApp integration.

Vision of the marketing strategy by MS versus Citrix versus VMWare and HideDrive Policy Generator.

How to use Pre App-V 4.6 MSI packages and Citrix Quick Launch 2.0 released.

One of the pioneers in the hybrid/flex profile solutions Flex Profile Kit is turned into a commercial product by Immidio. In this review I will take a look at this product with several new features like a graphical console, Flex Profile Assistant and GPO configuration management. Read the full review here.

Citrix XenApp 5 /Presentation Server 4.5 Hotfix Rollup Pack 6 beta available, Review of Virtual Bridges Verde and How to sequence Office 2010 with App-V 4.6.

VMware acquired most parts of RTO, New features Farm Commander, App-V 4.6 documentation and VDI discussion with most important manufactures.

App-V 4.6 released, new App-V Resource Kit tools and Office 2010/App-V 4.6 integration.

RES PowerFuse 2010 released and differences between MS VDI in the box versus VDI Suite.

Why can't I just have one profile across all OSes, ThinApp 4.5 supporting server-side applications, choosing the right App-V delivery model and MS Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PC (Thin Client) implementations.

Configure App-V using Group Policies, Free eBook MS Virtualization R2 Solutions and Group Policy Integration in XenApp 6.

Citrix HDX Plug-n-Play for USB in practice and Brian Madden interviews CTO's.

vCenter Mini Monitor utility and Project VRC Phase 2 White Paper released.

Windows 2008 R2 RDS Sizing White Paper and article about getting your application(distribution) ready for the future.

Last week I enjoyed snowboarding in Austria without an internet connection. However there was interesting news concerning SBC and Virtualization which I combined in this news post of last week.  Some topics are new freeware tools, optimizing Citrix provisioning service device optimizer, VMware Partner Exchange, client hypervisor, XenApp 6 features described, RDP 7 Protocol Performance White Paper and more.

In the Glance at Free section a new article is published describing the Citrix XenApp Publishing Extension utility. This freeware utility makes it possible to create a Published Applicatoin by selecting the executable within Windows explorer. Read the full article here.