VDI In The Real World 2 - User Virtualization
Host: Trevor Pott, Brain in a Jar - @cakeis_not_alie
Merlin Boissonneault - @MerlinDB - Expert
Simon May - Technical Analyst @Microsoft
Jason Mattox - CTO @LiquidWareLabs
Kevin Strohmeyer - Director of Product Marketing for Workspace Services at VMware
1) What is user virtualisation? 1:30
2) How do we handle users moving between devices, not just VDI, but desktops, VDI instances and even mobile? 9:30
2a) What tools do you use? 15:15
3) How does application virtualisation (ThinApp, App-V, etc) fit in as "part of the solution" to user virtualisation? 23:00
3a) What elements might we be missing that can't be handled by just App-V or Zenapp? 29:45
3b) What are some of the applications to use to ensure consistency when moving profiles that goes beyond roaming profiles & profile redirection? 33:00
4) How does automation and orchestration (DevOps style) help reduce the complexity of user virtualisation? 44:45
5) Full clones vs link clones as opposed to persistent vs non-persistent 59:30
5a) Microsoft's click-once tech does not work well with roaming profiles. Has Microsoft made them work on VDI desktops? 1:03:30
5b) What issues arise when you use multiple virtualisation applications to deliver apps to the same desktop? 1:04:20