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Using Windows virtual desktops in a server consolidation project

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There are several ways to use virtualization, from setting up test and development environments to consolidating physical servers and, thus, reducing hardware costs to equipping a mobile workforce with virtualized laptops to creating a data center disaster recovery site. This section covers the various ways in which virtual technologies are being used today to reduce data center costs, minimize data center footprint, eliminate unneeded physical servers, aid with physical server backup and recovery and enable mobile workers through virtual desktop infrastructure and virtualized desktops. We cover the pros and cons of these various use cases and how to get the most from each application of virtualized technologies.

VMware
- Using VMware Fusion for Mac to get more from your Windows VM
  
  VMware Fusion for Mac is a boon for IT pros that work with various OSes. VMware Fusion 4, in particular, can create snapshots and allow a Windows VM to use built-in Mac devices.
- VMware ESXi security FAQ: Guarding the hypervisor, hosts and more
  
  As the sole hypervisor of vSphere 5, you need to know the ins and outs of VMware ESXi, especially when it comes to securing the hypervisor and ESXi hosts.
- Storing VMware ESXi syslog events on a remote Linux server
  
  Designating a remote Linux server to record VMware ESXi syslog events allows you to access that important information, even if the ESXi host crashes.
Windows Server
- Bringing Windows RDS to the web: Designing the DMZ
  
  Remote Desktop Gateway secures Internet access for Remote Desktop Services applications – if you set it up properly.
- Deciding between blade and rack-mount gear for Windows Server 2008
  
  Are you looking for scalability or performance? It's important to understand your needs before choosing a Windows Server hardware solution.
- Kerberos platform interoperability connects Windows to the rest of the world
  
  The Kerberos authentication protocol ensures safe connections between multiple platforms. Find out just how it creates secure connections in this overview.
Cloud computing
- Keys to integrated cloud application management
  
  Seamless cloud application management isn’t a pipe dream. By following a few steps, cloud admins can monitor cloud app performance from one interface.
- Cloud infrastructure providers remain hot commodities
  
  Cloud infrastructure providers attracted acquisitive suitors last year. Profitable cloud vendors this year will catch the eye of telecoms.
- Digging deeper into IBM SmartCloud for private clouds
  
  IBM SmartCloud services give enterprises some options to build private and hybrid clouds and may give IBM a chance to improve its lagging cloud image.
Virtual Desktop
- How virtual desktops enhance a virtualization disaster recovery strategy
  
  When disaster strikes a virtual infrastructure, it's a mad dash to get apps back on track. But with virtual desktops in your DR strategy, you won't be out of breath.
- VMware vSphere Storage Appliance could lower the cost of small VDI
  
  Using the vSphere Storage Appliance with VMware View could help small VDI implementations save money up front and make it easier to grow.
- Weighing cloud-hosted virtual desktops vs. VDI
  
  IT pros don't trust public cloud services, but the benefits of outsourcing virtualized desktops to a cloud provider may outweigh the risks.
Data Center
- DevOps, Opscode Chef automate online auction site’s private cloud
  
  A darling of the DevOps crowd, the Opscode Chef cloud configuration and automation tool is now the central point of IT control for MercadoLibre’s sprawling online auction site.
- Data center experts push back on ASHRAE economizer requirements
  
  An addendum to the ASHRAE 90.1-2010 energy standard could ease energy efficiency requirements on anyone building or significantly expanding data centers in the U.S.
- Punch up database performance by reorganizing data
  
  A well-timed mainframe database reorg can result in much improved response.

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