Microsoft Releases Hyper-V

Hyper-V the long awaited virtualization technology for Windows 2008 Server has been officially released for download.

You can get it at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950050

Is it me or does this seem more than a coincidence that this was released on the very day that Bill Gates is stepping down from Microsoft?

Download Pick: Virtual Machine Remote Control Client Plus (VMRCplus)

VMRCplus is a tool for both configuration management of Virtual Server and remote control of virtual machines. It allows for local and remote management of Virtual Server and supports simultaneous management of up to 32 Virtual Server hosts.

Remote control sessions of virtual machines are grouped in a single window using Tab pages. The interface enables sorting virtual machines based on various properties like name, status and description. Multi-select of virtual machines enable you to perform actions to change their status or open remote control sessions all at once.

VMRCplus is a Windows application and does not require IIS to manage Virtual Server.
Get it at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80adc08c-bfc6-4c3a-b4f1-772f550ae791&DisplayLang=en

Download Pick: TweakUAC

Yeah, I know UAC is good. Blah, Blah, Blah. But working as an admin there are times it just slows you down. How would you like a utility that can quickly turn it off, and then turn it back on again OR put UAC in quiet mode so it simply doesn't prompt you at all even though it is still on?

Here you go. TweakUAC!

http://www.tweak-uac.com/download/

Download right to your desktop and it is ready to run.

New Office Live Workspace

You can now sign up for a free Office Live Personal workspace to share Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents with friends and family. Also you can get a free Small Business website live.
Check it out at:
https://home.officelive.com/signup/default.aspx

If you already have a hotmail account or Live ID you can just use that to sign in!

This is really an easy way to share documents with friends, family and coworkers.

Softgrid is out App-V is in

You might not be hearing the Softgrid name anymore at Microsoft. Enter App-V Check this post from the application virtualization blog at MS:

http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2008/06/12/a-farewell-to-softgrid.aspx

Symantec to partner with Citrix Xen

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/symantec_veritas_virtual_infrastructure/

Bob Muglia with Frank Gillett of Forrester on Microsofts Virtualization Strategy

Here is a video of an interview with Bob Muglia by Frank Gillett of Forrester research during TechEd discussing Microsofts Virtualization strategy.

Demo of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization from TechEd

There is a demo from Teched of Microsofts VDI product called Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (Kidaro) Look in the right column of the page under More Videos for the Desktop Virtualization link.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/teched/default.mspx

Couple a new things from Microsoft on Technet: Sysinternals Live and Updated Search 4.0

Windows Search just got better. Windows Search 4.0 is now available for download. With it you can expect better indexing performance, support for the remote query of shared index locations, per-user group policy settings, and more. To try it out, select from the following operating environments:

•	Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
•	Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Server 2003
•	Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Vista x64 Edition
•	Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP
•	Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP

If you're a fan of the Sysinternals tools, check out the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that makes it easy for you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool's Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer, or at the command prompt as \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\<toolname>, or view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser.

Thinstall is now called VmWare ThinApp 4

Run Any Version of Virtually Any Application on a Single OS without Any Conflict

Thinstall is now VMware ThinApp!
We are pleased to announce that Thinstall has become VMware ThinApp and is now integrated into the VMware family of desktop solutions. ThinApp dramatically improves application packaging and deployment through agentless application virtualization that plugs into existing tools and processes â€" eliminating disruption, conflict and costs throughout the delivery life cycle

http://www.vmware.com/whatsnew/thinstall.html

Methodology in a box MIAB for VDM

Doug just posted a new article on his site. He has released the Virtual Desktop Managers Reviews Guide through VMWare. Check it out at

http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=7893

PANO LOGIC VDI Solution

This is a live interview with Pano Logic about their VDI Solution.

http://talktech.tv/2008/05/07/interview-with-pano-logic/

I picked this up in the comments on Brians Site that Tim Mangan made on Brians latest VDI posting.
http://www.brianmadden.com/blog/BrianMadden/The-simple-way-to-solve-remote-display-protocol-compatibility-problems-Dont-use-a-remote-display-protocol-Is-offline-VDI--client-based-computing-the-future

Interesting stuff.
They claim it does not use RDP or ICA, I wonder if they are using VNC for their remoting.

Their website is at http://www.panologic.com/

2 Users Sharing One Screen!

Check out this blog entry by Kentaro Toyama on Sharing a Split screen. 2 users on 1 PC screen using TS!

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc510334(TechNet.10).aspx?pr=blog