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  • Quest vWorkspace Taking RemoteFX To The Next Level - Posted by Michel Roth on March 19th, 2010
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    Yesterday was a great day for the application and desktop delivery industry (thanks to Microsoft!). The announcements by Microsoft were great for us in many ways - they made desktop virtualization an even more natural option for the masses because of the changes in licensing and because Hyper-V is becoming an even better candidate as a [...]

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  • Why Quest is so excited about today’s desktop virtualization announcements from Microsoft? - Posted by Michel Roth on March 18th, 2010
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    We’ve had many customers, partners and other vWorkspace enthusiasts ask us for our take on today’s announcements from Microsoft pertaining to desktop virtualization. As an important Microsoft partner we were already aware of these changes and, needless to say, we are very excited about the changes Microsoft announced!
     Why are we so excited? Well, for a [...]

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  • Quest vWorkspace - Thin Client support - Posted by Matthew Evans on March 15th, 2010
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    Overview
    Quest vWorkspace offers clients 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. However, some manufacturers have developer their own operating systems, for example Wyse Thin OS and Sun Microsystems Sun Ray.
    This [...]

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  • How to Integrate ThinApp with Quest vWorkspace 7.0 - Posted by joseromero on March 2nd, 2010
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    One of the key features of Quest vWorkspace 7.0 is the integrated support for Microsoft App-V. What many people do not know is that Microsoft App-V is not the only supported application virtualization technology. Quest vWorkspace 7.0 can also integrate with VMware ThinApp application virtualization technology to allow it to be more effective by delivering [...]

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  • Enabling SSO (Single Sign On) with Web Access - Posted by Paul Fisher on December 16th, 2009
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    Enabling single sign on (SSO) will allow your users to open Web Access and be automatically logged in without being prompted for their user credentials. Instead their credentials are passed through either by using cached credentials or Kerberos authentication from the client device. Therefore the user is immediately presented with their relevant applications and [...]

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  • MR2 (Maintenance Release 2) for Quest vWorkspace Web Access 6.2 - Posted by Michel Roth on November 5th, 2009
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    Just as a quick heads-up, for those of you that were not aware yet, recently we released MR2 (Maintenance Release 2) for Quest vWorkspace Web Access 6.2. Be aware that this is an update specifically for the Web Access component of Quest vWorkspace 6.2, not for other components of Quest vWorkspace. Next to the necessary [...]

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‘Documentation’ recent posts

  • Enabling SSO (Single Sign On) with Web Access - Posted by Paul Fisher on December 16th, 2009
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    Enabling single sign on (SSO) will allow your users to open Web Access and be automatically logged in without being prompted for their user credentials. Instead their credentials are passed through either by using cached credentials or Kerberos authentication from the client device. Therefore the user is immediately presented with their relevant applications and [...]

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  • QShell - Posted by Paul Fisher on December 9th, 2009
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    QShell is a free application to improve the log in experience for vWorkspace users on thin clients and end of life hardware where you want to provide a PC’s like log in experience to a virtual desktop. It can provide a single sign on experience removing the client devices original desktop, start menu, task [...]

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  • Quest and NetApp Integration - Posted by Matthew Evans on October 20th, 2009
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    This document covers the integration of NetApp Storage Systems with Quest vWorkspace in a VMware environment.
    You are required to be running Quest vWorkspace 6.2 or later, available from http://www.vworkspace.com, and NetApp Data ONTAP 7.3.1 or later, available from http://now.netapp.com
    NetApp have previously written a technical whitepaper that covers Virtual Desktop deployments on NetApp Storage Systems within [...]

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  • Quest vWorkspace - Thin Client support - Posted by Matthew Evans on March 15th, 2010
    17 comments

    Overview
    Quest vWorkspace offers clients 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. However, some manufacturers have developer their own operating systems, for example Wyse Thin OS and Sun Microsystems Sun Ray.
    This [...]

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  • QShell - Posted by Paul Fisher on December 9th, 2009
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    QShell is a free application to improve the log in experience for vWorkspace users on thin clients and end of life hardware where you want to provide a PC’s like log in experience to a virtual desktop. It can provide a single sign on experience removing the client devices original desktop, start menu, task [...]

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  • 6.2 Quest vWorkspace Linux AppPortal Beta 1 - Posted by Michel Roth on November 13th, 2009
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    Providing support for many client platforms to enable the “any device scenario” is a key part of the strategy here at Quest.  To that end we are continuously updating our clients to make sure that our customers have other client platform options when they decide not to use Windows and that they have a full [...]

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‘Tips’ recent posts

  • Quest vWorkspace - Thin Client support - Posted by Matthew Evans on March 15th, 2010
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    Overview
    Quest vWorkspace offers clients 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. However, some manufacturers have developer their own operating systems, for example Wyse Thin OS and Sun Microsystems Sun Ray.
    This [...]

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  • How to Integrate ThinApp with Quest vWorkspace 7.0 - Posted by joseromero on March 2nd, 2010
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    One of the key features of Quest vWorkspace 7.0 is the integrated support for Microsoft App-V. What many people do not know is that Microsoft App-V is not the only supported application virtualization technology. Quest vWorkspace 7.0 can also integrate with VMware ThinApp application virtualization technology to allow it to be more effective by delivering [...]

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  • Enabling SSO (Single Sign On) with Web Access - Posted by Paul Fisher on December 16th, 2009
    2 comments

    Enabling single sign on (SSO) will allow your users to open Web Access and be automatically logged in without being prompted for their user credentials. Instead their credentials are passed through either by using cached credentials or Kerberos authentication from the client device. Therefore the user is immediately presented with their relevant applications and [...]

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‘User Experience’ recent posts

  • vWorkspace and Healthcare, a perfect fit: the proof - Posted by Michel Roth on March 12th, 2010
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    Recently we earned a exclusive endorsement from the AHA and that is something we are very proud of. We at Quest like to believe that the proof is in the pudding and so do our customers. So when we were at the HIMMS event, we recorded this demo that shows you one of the reasons [...]

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  • QShell - Posted by Paul Fisher on December 9th, 2009
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    QShell is a free application to improve the log in experience for vWorkspace users on thin clients and end of life hardware where you want to provide a PC’s like log in experience to a virtual desktop. It can provide a single sign on experience removing the client devices original desktop, start menu, task [...]

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  • Customizing the Look and Feel of Quest vWorkspace Web Access - Posted by Michel Roth on August 10th, 2009
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    vWorkspace Web Access is one of the most popular ways for our customers to provide access to their applications in a seamless, simple way. Out of the box, vWorkspace Web Access has quite a couple of options to allow customers to customize the vWorkspace Web Access pages to fit their personal needs. Still, some customers want to [...]

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