I have been hearing  lot of speculation  on Windows 7 release date since last year.

We are already in 2009 and i hope to see Windows 7 coming out either mid of this year or no later than end of this year. I have been looking for Microsoft Windows 7 pre-release version for long time finally [...]

For enabling Windows XP/Vista VMware virtual machines to be accessible using VMware View portal you would need to install VMware View agents on the base (master) Windows VM used in desktop pool.

I ran into some permission issues while installing VMware View agent on base Windows XP image. If you are unable to install VMware view [...]

What are Linked clone desktops ?

Linked clone desktops are virtual desktops that can be created using VMware View Composer from a single base image and use considerably less storage space than non linked clone desktops.

Because each linked clone virtual machine is cloned from a common source, desktops in the pool can be deployed extremely rapidly [...]

The VMware View Composer uses Linked Clone technology to rapidly create virtual desktops that share virtual disks with a master image, this reduces storage needs and costs by up to 70% while simplifying desktop management.

If you are planning to install VMware View 3 in your environment then you have two choices .First you can use [...]

VMware View 3 is available in available in two editions Enterprise and Premier as bundled solutions. This sounds very confusing to some of the folks interested in purchasing VMware View 3, for some understanding what they  really need for your environment ,but it is not that complicated as what you think.

I will do my [...]

VMware announced their revamped Provisioning and Virtualization product - VMware View 3 availability on December 2, 2008. VMware renamed their existing desktop virtualization product formerly known as VMware desktop infrastructure to VMware View 3.

VMware View 3 is not only a renamed product but newly  added technologies like VMware View Composer, VMware ThinAPP, Offline desktop, Unified [...]

If you are VMware ESX user you must be aware of Windows XP guest VM booting issue that only happens during Windows XP installation.

If you are first time installing Windows XP guest VM on VMware ESX then you will notice instead of booting from CDROM new Windows XP guest VM gets into network boot.Windows XP [...]

Recently I am hearing lot about Citrix XenServer virtualization so i thought let’s give it a try. On Citrix website 30 days XenServer trial is available for download so I started downloading XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition. I have to fill out a lengthy form before i got to actual download page. Citrix XenServer 5 product [...]

VMware recently changed name of VMware desktop infrastructure to VMware view 3. In fierce competition with Citrix Xendesktop VMware added Thin application virtualization and streaming technology into VMware View 3. VMware View is a reworking of the company’s VMware Desktop Infrastructure product that adds other components to solve the problem of managing virtualized desktop environments, [...]