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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Omnissa Horizon -- formerly VMware Horizon -- can simplify VDI management for IT. Discover the key differences between the vendors' offerings.
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Understanding the difference between thin and thick clients
How do thin and thick clients compare for licensing or flexibility? These endpoints have their role in the enterprise, but they fit into organizations in very different ways.
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How to fully set up a thin client environment
Thin clients are simple and stripped-down endpoints, but IT still needs to put plenty of work in from a setup perspective. Learn how to run through this setup process.
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How to run Windows 365 on Mac
IT teams must be prepared to deliver Windows 365 Cloud PCs to all sorts of endpoints -- not just Windows desktops. Admins can take steps to facilitate this access on Mac desktops.
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Understanding the difference between thin and thick clients
How do thin and thick clients compare for licensing or flexibility? These endpoints have their role in the enterprise, but they fit into organizations in very different ways.
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8 important end-user experience monitoring metrics for VDI
End-user experience monitoring allows IT to see what issues users might be experiencing and identify their root causes. Learn which metrics are most important for VDI management.
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Comparing VDI software from Omnissa and Citrix
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Omnissa Horizon -- formerly VMware Horizon -- can simplify VDI management for IT. Discover the key differences between the vendors' offerings.
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How to run Windows 365 on Mac
IT teams must be prepared to deliver Windows 365 Cloud PCs to all sorts of endpoints -- not just Windows desktops. Admins can take steps to facilitate this access on Mac desktops.
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Learning the features and limitations of MSIX app attach
With app attach, IT can deploy and perform various management tasks for Windows applications. MSIX app attach has been deprecated, but the new feature brings new capabilities.
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Learn how to use VMware's OS Optimization Tool
Background features and processes can often take up precious OS resources. With VMware's OS Optimization Tool, you can run analysis and create optimization templates.
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Learning the features and limitations of MSIX app attach
With app attach, IT can deploy and perform various management tasks for Windows applications. MSIX app attach has been deprecated, but the new feature brings new capabilities.
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Comparing VDI software from Omnissa and Citrix
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Evaluating tablets as thin clients in the enterprise
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Comparing virtual desktops vs. remote desktops
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How to fix keyboard connection issues on a remote desktop
When the keyboard for a remote desktop isn't working, sys admins will need to run through these steps to find the root cause of the problem and address it.
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How to fix 7 common remote desktop connection problems
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6 steps for when remote desktop credentials are not working
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Fix Windows 11 remote desktop credentials that don't work
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Understanding the difference between thin and thick clients
How do thin and thick clients compare for licensing or flexibility? These endpoints have their role in the enterprise, but they fit into organizations in very different ways.
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What is Hyper-V on Windows 11, and what can it do?
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What is a roaming profile, and how does it work?
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Running GPU passthrough for a virtual desktop with Hyper-V
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Virtual Desktop Basics
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What is desktop as a service (DaaS)?
Desktop as a service (DaaS) is a cloud computing offering in which a third party hosts the back end of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployment.
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What is device as a service (DaaS)?
The device as a service (DaaS) model offers PCs, smartphones and other mobile computing devices as a paid service.
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What is a graphics processing unit (GPU)?
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a computer chip that renders graphics and images by performing rapid mathematical calculations.
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Broadcom to sell VMware EUC division to KKR for $3.8B
Customers that pair VMware's hypervisor with Horizon and Workspace One desktops might feel licensing jitters, but the deal could lead to more flexibility.
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Virtual and remote desktop strategies
AWS' remote work gambit: Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client
AWS rolls out a computer in a Fire TV Cube box. The $195 device gives enterprises an inexpensive end-user hardware option for remote workers and promises tighter data security.
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Virtual desktop delivery tools
Questions remain following Citrix-TIBCO merger
Investment firms Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital completed the acquisition of Citrix, but questions about partnerships and potential product spinoffs remain.
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