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What you need to know about Azure Reserved Instances, AHB and WVD

Average time to read: 6 minutes

I think most of you have probably heard or read about Reserved Instances (RI) and Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) before. If so, keep reading anyway because I’ve noticed that it is often unclear how these types of contracts work – and I’m here to help. What are the “rules” exactly? What happens when you want to quit early, what other options do you have? And if you haven’t heard about RI or Azure Hybrid Benefit before, this post is must read.

How to: Calculating costs for smaller WVD environments using the Azure Calculator

Average time to read: 5 minutes

Not necessarily a new topic, though, I might be able to provide a different angle. I won’t go into the details of what WVD is, how it works and why it is a good fit for a ton of companies world-wide. What I will do is give you an example of how to use the Azure calculator for WVD in a slightly different way.

Microsoft Meet Community event – Windows Virtual Desktop. Slide-deck

Average time to read: 5 minutes

I just finished presenting at the first ever online Microsoft Meet Community event around Windows Virtual Desktop. Thank you, Microsoft NL and Christiaan Brinkhoff for the invite. And of course a big thank you to all who joined my session. As promised during the presentation, here is my slide deck. Hopefully some of you learned, heard, or saw something new today. If you have any questions, let me know or feel free to reach out to any of the companies I mentioned. I’m sure they won’t mind ;)

MS Community event: Windows Virtual Desktop. Here’s what I will be talking about

Average time to read: 2 minutes

Have you registered already? No? Well, you better hurry up than. They are nearing a 1000 participants and I’m not sure what the limit will be. Go here to do so. While it was planned to be an in-person event, it will now be a virtual event only, due to the COVID_19 pandemic. Have a look at the agenda, Microsoft MVP’s exclusively and some very interesting topics. Let me tell you about mine for a bit.

A big step forward for Windows Virtual Desktop printing. Part two

Average time to read: 3 minutes

A couple of months ago, in June I wrote about some of the benefits that Tricerat brings to the table when printing from remote, or Cloud-based virtual environments, which, of course, applies to WVD as well. Now that Windows Virtual Desktop has gone GA I thought I’d talk a bit more on how this works from a technical point of view.

Windows Virtual Desktop features announced at Ignite, cheat sheet

Average time to read: < 1 minute

During Microsoft Ignite 2019, last week in Orlando, Florida the Windows Virtual Desktop was a hot topic. A ton of announcements were made, almost too much to get a grip on. This weekend I took some time to sort them all out and dig in a bit deeper. The result, a cheat sheet holding all major, minor and community WVD announcements, straight from Ignite (including some personal thoughts) on a single A4 page (barley). And I can tell you, it’s much more than you think or have seen previously.

The Windows Virtual Desktop Technology Partner Cheat Sheet v2.0

Average time to read: < 1 minute

A few months ago, when Windows Virtual Desktop was still in tech preview I published v1.0 of this sheet. A few weeks ago a bunch of new partners were officially announced and added to the WVD ecosystem, making it 13 in total. This sheet provides you with a brief and clear overview on all companies and technologies/products involved.

A big step forward for Windows Virtual Desktop printing. Part one

Average time to read: 3 minutes

Last month I (virtually) sat down with Andrew Parlette, CTO of Tricerat. We’ve been in contact before and I was wondering if they have anything special up their sleeve regarding the upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop release. As it turns out, their Simplify Print Suite fits in very nicely. Of course, if you know their product stack this doesn’t come as a surprise.

My presentation slide-deck on WVD for SBC-Solutions

Average time to read: 6 minutes

On June the 19th (2019) I delivered a presentation on the Windows Virtual Desktop for a company named SBC-Solutions, fitting, right? I had around 75 minutes to deliver including questions and discussion. It all turned out very nicely, my session was well received with tons of interaction from the audience. Below are the slides I used. They are in Dutch, though I’m sure most of it will make sense.

Video calling using Microsoft Teams from a Citrix VDI environment – tricking Chrome

Average time to read: 4 minutes

How I tricked the HdxBrowserCef.exe (Chrome Browser) process into presenting itself as an Edge Browser enabling the best of both worlds.