After earlier choosing his top hybrid-workforce-themed (Horizon) sessions earlier, Tom turns to general sessions covering NVMeoF, Kubernetes, NUMA and more.
Sessions are divided into five tracks: Vision & Innovation, Cloud & Edge Infrastructure, Modern Applications & Cloud Management, Networking & Security and Hybrid Workforce.
Tom Fenton finds that Windows IoT Enterprise works fine as a base OS to run a thin client used to connect to a VDI desktop and a local desktop using RDP.
Tasked with rolling out virtual desktops to remote users with a new thin client, Tom discovers it runs Windows 11 IoT Enterprise. So what's that?
Tom Fenton, presenting again at this year's U.S. conference, shares his thoughts on the event themed "Explore the center of the multi-cloud universe."
Tom Fenton, needing warranty information for hundreds of Intel NUC systems used as thin clients to connect to VMware Horizon virtual desktops, finds the Linux command dmidecode to be a powerful tool.
The marquee feature in Windows 365 Frontline, now in public preview, allowing each Frontline license purchased to have up to three users access the Cloud PC, albeit not at the same time.
Tom Fenton explores what resources are required to run a VDI client on top of a generic OS vs. a thin client
Tom Fenton says VMware's free solution has been proven over the years and is a viable option for even the most cash-strapped vSphere deployments.
"If you have a business that has seasonal spikes, DaaS makes a lot of sense."
Tom Fenton takes a look at Microsoft's Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), which provides desktops that run in the cloud and which are managed and administrated by the cloud provider.
Users who neglected to install security patches issued by VMware two years ago are now being hit by a big ransomware attack wave.
Setting up a peering connection between VPCs in two different regions can help to simplify your disaster recovery efforts.
Threat intelligence specialist Mandiant has noticed ransomware actors have been increasingly attacking virtualization platforms in their efforts to extort organizations for money.
Tom points out a key factor that can make VDI a success and talks about one of the reasons it failed in the early days.
Tom takes a look at Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) and hybrid infrastructure.
Tom explains how HCI works with VDI.
Tom looks at ways to offload UC processes from datacenter CPUs to VDI clients, monitoring remote assets and the benefits of using SD-WAN.
With the basics out of the way, Tom looks at some VDI techniques to increase performance and decrease costs.
After previously explaining what VDI is and its recent history, Tom dives in to specific components and some best practices around them.