Yesterday, during the Citrix Synergy 2019 Keynote it saw the light of day, although it’s not generally available, yet. Based on the information (publicly) shared, here’s a rundown of what we know so far. Plus a few personal notes.
Continue Reading49 facts listed – What I picked up during a WVD Solution Design Workshop
Last week I drove to Microsoft HQ NL, which takes me about 15 to 20 minutes to attend a Solution Design Workshop specifically aimed at WVD. After a formal kickoff (and coffee, of course), the group was split into a technical and business/sales orientated track. Needles to say I joined the technical track. Here’s what I’ve learned. I’m pretty sure there’s some stuff in here you didn’t know already.
Continue ReadingAWS launched AppStream 2.0, here’s how Liquidware adds some ‘magic’ on top
Amazon AppStream works by streaming (what’s in a name) applications from the AWS Cloud down to a user’s device – never mind the type. The concept is simple and according to Amazon it simplifies application management, improves security, and reduces costs by moving company’s applications from their users’ physical devices to the AWS Cloud. I would agree, except for the management part.
Continue ReadingCombine WVD, IaaS RDS, on-prem RDS to scale, protect & migrate
In this blog post I’d like to focus on various services and solutions regarding WVD as well as ‘plain’ RDS, on-premises, within Azure, and a combination of the two. In short, we’ll look at: On-prem and Azure RDS -> Disaster Recovery & Migrating On-prem RDS to Azure RDS -> Migrate Azure RDS to WVD
Continue ReadingCloud Foundation – Boot Camp. Three (almost) free Cloud certifications
If you are interested in getting started with Cloud technologies, or perhaps you’ve been working with, let’s say Azure for a while but you haven’t done any certifications yet, have a look at these free foundation courses. I’ve included URL’s to the free (official) training materials, an additional training resource, which is pretty extensive, and all three Exam codes to with it, so you can start planning your exam as soon as you feel you’re ready to go.
Continue ReadingThe Windows Virtual Desktop Technology Cheat Sheet v1.0
After publishing the Cloud services cheat sheet here as well as a blog post containing 83 facts on the WVD here, I thought, what if I put one and one together? So, here you go. My personal cheat sheet concept and layout combined with a ton of information on the latest developments around Microsoft’s most recent Cloud workspace initiative – the Windows Virtual Desktop. Don’t use the image, there’s a downloadable PDF available as well – just click the download button below.
Continue ReadingMy presentation slide-deck on the Windows Virtual Desktop
Last week (April the 11th) I was invited to speak at the Avensus MCS (Managed Cloud Services) networking and technology event. Below you’ll find my slide-deck. Even-though the slides are in Dutch I’m pretty sure you’ll ‘get’ the main point, except for some of the statistics perhaps. If you have any questions, please do let me know.
Continue ReadingWhen trying out the Windows Virtual Desktop (today), keep the following in mind
A lot of companies offer free support while you evaluate their software. The idea behind this is simple. If you don’t know how the product works, how to implement or configure it etc, there is a good chance you’ll eventually quit because it might seem overly complex, and you can’t get it to work (properly). This, while in fact it’s you doing it wrong, not reading the FAQ’s, being impatient (sounds familiar?), and so on. By providing (free) support companies hope to prevent this from happening and to get you to purchase the product, or at least to evaluate further.
Continue ReadingVersion 2.0 of the Cloud Services Cheat Sheet is now live. Get it here!
About two months ago I published an updated version of the Cloud Services Cheat Sheet, the amount of (positive) feedback has been overwhelming, to say the least. Again, I have added and updated multiple columns including Big Data/Warehousing and Ping/latency times (visuals included) to the various European Data centers (from all three vendors) next to a few smaller updates. Note that I performed two separate Ping tests, one using standard ICMP and a second one using HTTP requests.
Continue ReadingByte sized Cloud design principles and architectural recommendations
Average time to read: 9 minutesThe idea behind this project is simple, we’re looking for as many Cloud related design principles, best or common practices, (funny) quotes, tips & tricks, and architectural recommendations as possible. Almost anything goes. Forget about AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, Oracle, and all others, it’s the concept that matters, not the underlying vendor – 99 out of 100 times anyway. It can involve SaaS, IaaS, DaaS, PaaS, RaaS, or whatever aaS you can think of – private, public, or hybrid Cloud are all optional. General recommendations are more than welcome as well, it doesn’t have to involve technology per se. Please, read on.