by crod | Jul 14, 2021 | Azure, Cloud, CloudPC, DaaS, Windows Virtual Desktops
Well, the day has come. CloudPC, a Microsoft offering I wrote about in the past, is now a reality. I will not get into all the details of how it compares to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). This is already done and in pretty good detail here. Even though I do agree with...
by crod | May 20, 2020 | Azure, Windows Virtual Desktops
Yesterday as you guys noticed, I posted about using Azure’s Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) to broker workloads that are not running on Azure (i.e. on-premises, other clouds, etc). This created a massive discussion on Twitter about its legality, supportability and...
by crod | May 19, 2020 | Azure, Windows Virtual Desktops
It seems my Twitter posts about being able to run on-premises workloads brokered by Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), an Azure offering, caused quite a stir. So far it has been a great, vivid discussion with the community. As many asked how was this possible and how this...
by crod | Mar 23, 2020 | Cloud, DaaS, RDS, Windows Virtual Desktops
As you know and are probably tired of it, Microsoft is heavily promoting Windows Virtual Desktops (WVD) either on its own or through partners like CloudJumper, Nerdio and others. If you go to any Microsoft event, EUC event or even the AA or WeightWatchers local...
by crod | Jan 30, 2020 | Azure, DaaS, Windows Virtual Desktops
As I am going through my ‘DaaS’ book and also new projects for customers, several with WVD (Windows Virtual Desktop), I started to question myself if WVD or anything similar, is the way to go moving forward. And based on that, I decided to write this post,...
by crod | Mar 22, 2019 | Citrix Cloud, Windows Virtual Desktops
If you ended up here to read this, two possibilities: You have heard about the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) announcement yesterday by Microsoft.You work for Citrix. Great. I love a great audience. Before we move ahead and discuss the main topic on this post, how I do...