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Barry Flanagan

  1. Flexible, Scalable Shared Storage for Citrix XenDesktop on Hyper-V

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Flexible and scalable shared storage for Citrix XenDesktop deployments hosted by Microsoft Hyper-V - Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 11:30AM - 12:00PM EDThttps://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/924155992When Citrix XenDesktop 5.0 is deployed on top of Microsoft Hyper-V R2, Sanbolic's Melio unified storage platform allows multiple Hyper-V hosts to share concurrent read-and-write access to a single volume on block-based storage containing all VM files.Benefits include:• Seamless integration with Windows® Failover ...

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  2. Citrix Content At Microsoft Management Summit 2011

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Citrix is working very closely with Microsoft to provide content on our joint solution at MMS 2011. In addition to some great demos in the keynote, here are some sessions at MMS that will either have a Citirx co-speaker or some Citrix provided content or demos.1) BA01 Configuration Manager: State of the Union (Slide content and possible demo of Titan Connector for SCCM 2012)2) BK09 ...

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  3. JumpStart Your Apps in your XenDesktop on Hyper-V Solution

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    In my previous post, I wrote about using joint POC and pilot funding from Citrix and Microsoft to help you jumpstart you Citrix XenDesktop and Microosft desktop virtualization project.App-DNA is another partner that has a similar Jumpstart POC funding program with Microsoft for Windows 7 and App-V\MDOP deployments to both physical and virtual desktops. I visited App-DNA last year at the invitation of Samit ...

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  4. Jumpstart Your Citrix XenDesktop on Hyper-V Solution

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · 3 Comments

    As part of my role at Citrix, I spend a great deal of time on the road and online talking about the joint Citrix and Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Solution that includes Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp, Hyper-V, System Center and App-V. One common topic is our joint partner program, V-Alliance.One of the V-Alliance topics that interest customers the most is how they can quickly get a ...

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  5. Join the Microsoft and Citrix Desktop Virtualization Customer Roundtable

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Hear the leadership from Citrix and Microsoft, as well as from customers, talk about how enterprises can start to address their employees' demands around technology and the workplace. At this event, you'll learn about:How the changing workplace and workforce dynamics affecting current users and IT The joint solutions from Citrix and Microsoft that address these issues The benefits other enterprises are seeing from the joint desktop virtualization ...

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  6. How to Install XenDekstop 5 with Hyper-V and SCVMM

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · 2 Comments

    Someone recently sent me this excellent post from XenAppblog.com that includes a step by step install video for XenDesktop with Hyper-V and SP1.Here is the short step by step install video for the joint Citrix-Microosft solution.Find a long list of Citrix XenDesktop and Hyper-V resources.Join the Citrix Virtualization Technology Group on LinkedIN.Follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn.

  7. Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Virtualization and Management Demo

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    In this video, David Trupkin of Microsoft (App-V Product Manager) discusses how Citrix XenDesktop integrates with Hyper-V, System Center, RemoteFX, RDS, and App-V at TechEd.Here is Part IHere is Part IIFind a long list of Citrix XenDesktop and Hyper-V resources.Join the Citrix Virtualization Technology Group on LinkedIN.Follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn.

  8. Free 3 Day Training on Microsoft VDI and Citrix

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Microsoft is hosting a free three day online training event entitled "Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals". This online training includes a review the Joint Microsoft & Citrix VDI\Desktop Virtualization solution and our joint V-Alliance Partner program.Following just one week after Microsoft Management Summit 2011 (MMS), this three-day Jump Start class is specially tailored for VMWare and Microsoft technology pros. Here's a glimpse of what ...

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  9. XenDesktop on Hyper-V SP1 – 40% More User Density

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · 1 Comment

    As you have likely heard by now, SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V will soon be released (in the first quarter of 2011). Yesterday at TechEd Europe, Microsoft announced the results of recent joint scalability testing by Microsoft and Citrix on the scalability of Hyper-V SP1 and Dynamic memory with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.Brad Anderson (Corporate Vice President, Management and ...

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  10. How Do You Make Technology Decisions Today?

    By Barry Flanagan · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Update:Preliminary results added belowWith the explosion of social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and the continued growth of web sites, there is no shortage of content and information. Finding the right information and content at the right time however, can be very difficult. As someone whose job it is to share content and information with a wide variety of audiences across the world, ...

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