About VanBragt.Net

VanBragt.Net SBC & Virtualization Centre is founded and maintained by Wilco van Bragt.

VanBragt.Net started in 2003 as an Exam Resource Centre. During that time the site offered the best links for Microsoft, Novell and Citrix exams. The links pointed you to (free) exam questions, (free) study guides and braindumps. Also I described the content of the exams and if I attended the exam which type of questions and difficulty of that particular exam.

In 2004 VanBragt.Net was rebuilded completely so I could use the site for more purposes. The main page was converted to a portal site (updated the portal has changed again when starting the freelance company) becoming a collection of available websites within VanBragt.Net. Besides some personal pages I also wanted to do more for the community. Because of my profession I already tested lots of SBC related products, so it was "a small step" to write down my experiences with the products.

Whit this thought VanBragt.Net Server Base Computing Centre was born. Although the product reviews are the most important part I also included the latest SBC news and the best links to other SBC related websites. After some big investment in time at the end of 2004 VanBragt.Net SBC Centre was launched officialy. The first reactions were impressive and positive.
The site started to grow and is still growing every month with reviews and visitors. At the moment (Q2 2007) the site handles about 800 till 1200 unique visitors a week.

After a short time the product reviews were also published on most known SBCs site maintained by Brian Madden and Douglas Brown. In 2005 the website MSTerminalServices.org was launched and I became one of the authors. On this website I'm writing articles on a more general SBC basis like articles about Printing, Profiles, Terminal Server concepts, unattended installations and more. These articles are also published on VanBragt.Net SBC Centre after a while, so the articles section was added.

In September 2006 the website has gone through a major redesign. This redesign makes is easier to publish content and also introduces more features like comment possibilties on articles, a blog where I can inform you about events and opinions and advanced search options.

I'm living in the south of the Netherlands in a village near Breda (between Rotterdam and the Belgian border).
After finishing my Business Information Technology (HBO) education at Fontys College I started to work in the Information Technology sector since 1999.

Since 2000 my primary focus has been server based computing using primarily Microsoft and Citrix technologies. After working for a couple of consulting firms working as a senior technical consultant and techical projectlieder for well known customers in the Netherlands (commercial, non-profit and government organizations), I started my own company VanBragt.Net Consultancy to extend my activities. In 2007 I also started with presenting on big events like the Briforum.

I hold the certifications MSCE for Microsoft Windows 2003, 2000 and NT4, MSCA for Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2000, CCA on Citrix Metaframe XP and Citrix Presentation Server 4, CCEA on Citrix Metaframe XP and Citrix Presentation Server 4 and CCIA on Metaframe XP and Citrix Presentation Server 4.

Besides the certification tracks I'm also a Provision VIP, RES Valuable Professional and from the 1st of July 2007 I'm awarded as a Microsoft MVP on Terminal Servers. From May 2008 I'm also awarded with the Citrix CTP (Citrix Technology Professional) title.