A couple of months ago we announced that Quest entered a partnership with Parallels to offer a joint VDI solution. This bundle allows you to experience the unique advantages of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and the industry leading VDI capabilities of the Virtual Access Suite all in one license.
Ever since that announcement we have been seeing [...]

Provision Networks is currently developing graphics acceleration for the Microsoft RDP Protocol.  In my previous tests performed in June I tested the first prototype and was amazed at the improvement in end user experience over a limited bandwidth connection.  This is key for Terminal Services and VDI deployments, as any remoting protocol looks great over a gigabit [...]

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division, are a Platinum sponsor at the forthcoming Virtualization Congress in London, England. Quest Software will be showcasing Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite, which will include the demonstration of new and exciting product features.
We are proud to be offering a 25% discount code to our customers and business partners attending the conference, this equates [...]

When a managed desktop (virtual or physical) is added to a managed desktop group, the Provision Networks Data Collector Service must be installed to allow the managed desktop to communicate properly with Provision Networks Connection Brokers. The process that accomplishes this is called the Initialize Computer task and is one of the responsibilities of the Connection Broker.
This [...]

Configuration of the Wyse Thin OS (WTOS) is completely controlled via DHCP and ini files on the connection broker, so these devices can literally be taken out of the box, plugged in and they will automatically boot, download new firmware (if available), contact a connection broker, then launch a desktop.
So what needs to be configured [...]

Any successful IT Project follows some sort of methodology. One part of the project methodology should include an investigation phase, where one takes an inventory of the current environment, and brainstorms for anything that may be required or could cause the project to fail. This is also important so valuable time is not wasted performing [...]

A couple of months ago we announced that Quest entered a partnership with Parallels to offer a joint VDI solution. This bundle allows you to experience the unique advantages of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and the industry leading VDI capabilities of the Virtual Access Suite all in one license.
Ever since that announcement we have been seeing [...]

One thing that’s been lacking at Provision Networks has been a current admin guide for our products.  Since we were acquired by Quest Software in November 2007, we hired tons of people, one of which is a full time technical writer (Marcia Schryer).  Marcia has been working really hard to get us up to speed, [...]

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division, are a Platinum sponsor at the forthcoming Virtualization Congress in London, England. Quest Software will be showcasing Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite, which will include the demonstration of new and exciting product features.
We are proud to be offering a 25% discount code to our customers and business partners attending the conference, this equates [...]

This week Rick, Jeff and I attended Briforum in Chicago.  The event was at the Navy Pier, which was a fantastic location, right on the water.  In addition to that, the expo floor was in a single room of a brownstone building, which made it very easy to see what was going on at the [...]

While not exactly the most well known technical conference in the world, if you’ve been working with Server Based Computing for any length of time, this is a conference you should plan to visit.
Briforum is organized by The Brian Madden Company, which is run by Industry Analyst and Author, Brian Madden. Brian runs the most popular Server [...]

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division, are a Platinum sponsor at the forthcoming Virtualization Congress in London, England. Quest Software will be showcasing Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite, which will include the demonstration of new and exciting product features.
We are proud to be offering a 25% discount code to our customers and business partners attending the conference, this equates [...]

I’m excited to announce that we’ve shipped our first major release in 2008, and the first since Michel Roth, Rick Mack, Jeff Pitsch and I joined Quest Software.  This has been very exciting for us, as we’ve been very involved in beta testing, providing development feedback and direction.  It really is amazing to be able [...]

Recently Paul Ghostine, VP and General Manager of the Quest Software Provision Networks division did a podcast with Virtual Strategy Magazine on the subject of our recently announced partnership with Parallels. Parallels’ Corey Thomas, VP of Marketing, also was a part of this podcast.
It’s a good podcast to listen to that is pretty insightful. Not [...]

I’ve been trying to get the License SKUs required for different VDI Deployment Scenarios. Today I worked with a Microsoft Licensing Specialist from CDW and this is what I learned.
If a customer has a PC with an OEM Version of Windows Vista Business, the requirements are:

Microsoft SKU “66J-01128″ - Microsoft Windows Vista Business - W/ [...]

Provision Networks is currently developing graphics acceleration for the Microsoft RDP Protocol.  In my previous tests performed in June I tested the first prototype and was amazed at the improvement in end user experience over a limited bandwidth connection.  This is key for Terminal Services and VDI deployments, as any remoting protocol looks great over a gigabit [...]

Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite 5.10 introduced a new feature called “Task Automation”.  Task Automation is a feature for VDI that enables the administrator to schedule the following tasks to run once, or on a recurring schedule (similar to the options that exist in the recurring scheduler in Microsoft Ootlook). These tasks can be scheduled against [...]

Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite 5.10 introduced Quest Software’s first multi-monitor enhancements for published desktops (seamless windows applications always offered multi-monitor support).  So what are the new enhancements, above and beyond what the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client 6.1 offers?

Support for monitors of different resolutions, i.e. 1920×1200 for one monitor and 1400×900 for another (maximum total resolution of [...]

Overview
Provision Networks can offer its client on a multitude of platforms, making it a natural choice for Thin Clients. Thin Clients typically come in one of three flavours. These are Microsoft Windows CE, Linux and Microsoft Windows XPe. Some manufacturers have developed their own operating systems, i.e. Wyse Thin OS (WTOS).

There are several caveats when [...]

If you ever read about the history of the Provision Networks division of Quest Software you’ll know that Provision Networks was originally a spinoff out of a Citrix Platinum reseller. The spinoff was a result of years of creating tools that helped people solve problems that Citrix did not allow them to solve. I recently re-discovered [...]

Overview
Provision Networks can offer its client on a multitude of platforms, making it a natural choice for Thin Clients. Thin Clients typically come in one of three flavours. These are Microsoft Windows CE, Linux and Microsoft Windows XPe. Some manufacturers have developed their own operating systems, i.e. Wyse Thin OS (WTOS).

There are several caveats when [...]

When a managed desktop (virtual or physical) is added to a managed desktop group, the Provision Networks Data Collector Service must be installed to allow the managed desktop to communicate properly with Provision Networks Connection Brokers. The process that accomplishes this is called the Initialize Computer task and is one of the responsibilities of the Connection Broker.
This [...]

Provision Networks is currently developing graphics acceleration for the Microsoft RDP Protocol.  In my previous tests performed in June I tested the first prototype and was amazed at the improvement in end user experience over a limited bandwidth connection.  This is key for Terminal Services and VDI deployments, as any remoting protocol looks great over a gigabit [...]

Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite 5.10 introduced a new feature called “Task Automation”.  Task Automation is a feature for VDI that enables the administrator to schedule the following tasks to run once, or on a recurring schedule (similar to the options that exist in the recurring scheduler in Microsoft Ootlook). These tasks can be scheduled against [...]

Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite 5.10 introduced Quest Software’s first multi-monitor enhancements for published desktops (seamless windows applications always offered multi-monitor support).  So what are the new enhancements, above and beyond what the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client 6.1 offers?

Support for monitors of different resolutions, i.e. 1920×1200 for one monitor and 1400×900 for another (maximum total resolution of [...]

Provision Networks is currently developing graphics acceleration for the Microsoft RDP Protocol.  In my previous tests performed in June I tested the first prototype and was amazed at the improvement in end user experience over a limited bandwidth connection.  This is key for Terminal Services and VDI deployments, as any remoting protocol looks great over a gigabit [...]

A couple of weeks ago Patrick Rouse blogged about the work we are doing in Graphics Acceleration for VDI and Terminal Services. In addition to the demonstration in Patrick’s  post, we’ve been showing another, different demonstration video to our partners and customers. Since everybody was so excited about this, I decided to put it up [...]

A couple of weeks ago Patrick Rouse posted a demonstration of our Multimedia Acceleration feature for VDI and Terminal Services. Since then we’ve received a incredible amount of very cool feedback. In addition to Patrick’s demonstration we’ve been showing another, different demonstration video to our partners and customers. Since everybody was so excited about this, [...]