1. Topic
   1. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
      1. allows users to access desktops running in the datacenter.
      2. each user has an operating system instance on the server, running as a virtual machine
      3. centralized control & management
      4. need more server and storage resources than session virtualization.
   2. Session Virtualization
      1. Session Virtualization with Remote Desktop Services delivers session-based desktops or applications
      2. multiple desktop clients log onto a single instance of an operating system running on a single server
      3. centralized control & management
   3. Enterprise Desktop Virtualization
      1. MED-V delivers applications in a virtual PC that runs a previous version of the operating system
2. Topic
   1. Application Virtualization
      1. for incompatibilities between two applications installed on the same instance of an OS,
      2. App-V 4.6
         1. Broaden the windows platform coverage
            1. 32-bit & 64-bit apps & OS
         2. Office 2010 virtualized with App-V 4.6
         3. Optimize Server Disk Storage when using App-V in VDI
            1. with a shared cache reduces storage requirements on SAN’s.
         4. Increase IT control, user productivity and security with key Windows 7 features.
      3. applications can be linked to users instead of computers
   2. RemoteApp
3. Vmware
   1. ESX(i)
      1. native support for encrypting disk images
      2. VMotion
         1. Live migration
      3. hot-pluggable virtual CPUs
         1. adding or removing CPUs from a guest without shutting it down
   2. Workstation
      1. Traveling Vm's
         1. vm runs as a standalone application and requires no installation.
   3. Project Horizon:
      1. aggregate Windows desktops, Windows apps and SaaS apps
   4. Vmware View 4.5: Desktop Virtualization
      1. require high-performance network backbone
      2. PC-over-IP protocol
         1. built-in driverless printing based on ThinPrint technology
      3. create a new subnet for virtual desktops
   5. Server
4. RDP enhanced with RemoteFX in Win7SP1
5. Citrix
   1. ICA: Independent Computing Architecture
      1. Updated to HDX: High Definition Experience
         1. Updated to latest HDX Nitro
            1. 3x faster performance
   2. Xendesktop
      1. OpenCloud Access
         1. provide single sign-on to Web and SaaS apps
   3. XenApp
   4. Xenserver
6. Opensource Hypervisors
   1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV
      1. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM
      2. RHEL Advanced Server
         1. high availability
         2. Global File System
         3. Conga
      3. RHEV : RHEL + ..
         1. automatic load balancer
         2. full virtualization solution
   2. Citrix XenServer
      1. Xen-based.
      2. XenServer Free
      3. XenServer Advanced
      4. XenServer Enterprise
      5. XenServer Platinum
   3. Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
      1. Xen-based.
      2. Software is free like Oracle
      3. Pay for support and updates through yearly subscription
      4. No decent management interface yet
   4. Oracle VM.
      1. Xen-based.
      2. Oracle VM is free
      3. Oracle Enterprise Linux also free
      4. Support not free
7. VM standardization
   1. OVF: open virtualization format
8. SCVMM
9. Floating Topic
10. THE WINDOWS OPTIMIZED DESKTOP
11. Topic
    1. Folder Redirection
    2. Roaming Profiles
    3. Offline files
    4. User State Virtualization
       1. Topic
12. Virtual Server
13. Virtual PC
14. Hyper-V
    1. Live Migration
    2. Hardware Assisted Virtualization
    3. a partition is simply a unit of isolation within the hypervisor that is allocated physical memory address space and virtual processors
15. Desktop Virtualization
    1. centralize management of user's desktop
    2. user profiling
       1. what applications are being used, by which types of user
       2. Applications used the category
       3. required level of management controls
       4. required level of user flexibility
    3. Don't give people what they want but what they need!