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Aujourd'hui et durant tout le mois de février le lancement de vSphere 6 : https://www.vmware.com/now?cid=70180000000NktD&src=socialmedia_15Q1_vmw28days_US_CloudCred_Task_Microsite    

Horizon View 5.3 is available for download now (here).   Here is everything you need to know about Horizon View 5.3:   What’s New in VMware Horizon View 5.3 (Beyond Marketing) A Review of Horizon View 5.3 Limits and Maximums How does VMware VSAN help Horizon View? How is Horizon View configured for VMware VSAN? Why is Content-Based Read Cache (CBRC) so important for Horizon View and VSAN? Horizon View 5.3 and VMware VSAN Setup Video Horizon View support and interoperability with Horizon Mirage Video... [Lire la suite]

This post provides a detailed overview of the storage optimization features of Horizon View 5.3. Unbounded Storage Overcommit Policy Horizon View enables customers to select one or more datastores for storing their desktop virtual machines. For linked-clone pools, customers can control the number of virtual machines that can be placed on a datastore by selecting one of several Storage Overcommit options. Customers are presented with the Storage Overcommit options when they create a linked-clone desktop pool in View Administrator,... [Lire la suite]

It’s that time again! VMware just announced VMware Horizon View 5.3 and has also lifted the NDA. Despite being only a ‘dot’ release the Horizon View team added a significant number of features that provide improvements in the areas of performance, user experience and management. Following the format of my previous articles “What’s New (Beyond Marketing)” I am going to also introduce new features that don’t necessarily make to the marketing press releases but also represent major product improvements. I also would like to highlight... [Lire la suite]

Windows 8.1 présente un nombre très important d’améliorations, surtout si l’on considère que 8 mois seulement se sont écoulés depuis la disponibilité de Windows 8. Voici celles qui ont été confirmées lors de la conférence BUILD et la présentation de la version « PREVIEW ». Améliorations BUREAU Possibilité de booter directement sur le Bureau Possibilité de redéfinir/désactiver les coins réactifs Réapparition d'un bouton Démarrer Possibilité de ne plus afficher l'écran d'accueil et d'appeler directement l'écran Liste des Apps ... [Lire la suite]

On TechEd Windows Server 2012 R2 is announced. Here are some highlights of “Hyper-V – What’s New in Windows Serve 2012 R2” session (MDC-B330): Windows Azure IaaS compatibility—Windows Azure IaaS uses exactly the same virtualization as Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. So VM’s on-premise can be moved to Azure (Iaas) without problems Generation 2 Virtual Machines (VMs). In the  generation 2 VM are many emulated devices removed and it boots from virtual SCSI or synthetic network adapters. In earlier releases the VM booted from... [Lire la suite]

VMware Horizon View Features Pack 1.0 was the missing piece of software that I recently pointed out after the Horizon View release. The features pack was missing initially when Horizon View was released few weeks back.  In fact the real name is Horizon View Features Pack 1.0 and has 2 main components: HTML Access Web Portal installer - this part installs on the View connection server and it’s this component which enables the access of virtual desktops via HTML 5 compatible browser.... [Lire la suite]

View 5.2 brings Hardware accelerated graphics for 3D and high performance graphical workloads. vSGA (Shared Accelerated Graphics) in View 5.2 will allow uses cases such as Adobe, CAD, CAM, HTML5 and will even give better user experience to Microsoft Office that is increasing using more 3D features. vSGA will also help to increase user densities by allowing multiple VMs sharing single GPU. vSGA supports DirectX and OpenGL and doesn’t prevent the use of vMotion, HA or DRS. vSGA will allow you even to vMotion from a host with a... [Lire la suite]

Le gestionnaire de serveur a été complètement refondu dans Windows Server 2012, et permet maintenant de gérer des groupes de serveurs à distance, d'en surveiller les services et événement, et d'y installer des rôles et fonctionnalités, toujours à distance. Si vous ne l'avez pas encore utilisé, cette petite vidéo vous en présente les principaux aspects. Profitez-en pour téléchargez la version d'évaluation de Windows Server 2012, en ISO ou en VHD prêt à tester : http://aka.ms/jeveuxwindows2012. --> La suite est à lire et à voir sur... [Lire la suite]

Pas de chamboulement avec SharePoint 2013. Microsoft mise sur la symbiose avec Yammer pour le réseau social, sur le cloud, en mobilité. Quelques jours après Office 2013, c’est au tour SharePoint 2013. Microsoft joue le teasing en révélant, progressivement, les principales innovations qui caractériseront la version 2013 de sa plateforme collaborative 2013. Dans sa communication à la presse, ce 22 novembre, Ariane Gorin, directrice de la division Office de Microsoft France, a insisté sur le chiffre... [Lire la suite]