We run Citrix XenApp and use about 300 multiple monitor setups with SplitView 2010. VMWare View was a real PITA to get them working in - we eventually managed it, but for many other reasons we dropped View like a bad habit.
SplitView fits our needs rather nicely, but it's a bit buggy on 2008 R2. Sometimes Acrobat Reader and IE windows will crash when SplitView is running, and you have to add an exception. It seems a lot more stable in XenApp 5. I can't speak to XenDesktop - I haven't been allowed to deploy it yet. But I'm willing to bet big money it handles multiple monitors better than VMWare View, and probably everything else as well. On 31 August 2010 15:54, Bill Humphries <nt...@hedgedigger.com> wrote: > So, does anyone have any experience with multiple monitors with any of > these technologies? Is it horrible? > > > Michael B. Smith wrote: > >> [footer elided] >> >> On the Microsoft side of the fence, you would do this with App-V or MED-V; >> included if you have Software Assurance I believe. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 30, >> 2010 5:43 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: terminal services/citrix/xen desktop etc for bean counters. >> >> This sounds like a job for either VM Hosted Apps or XenDesktop. Looks >> like you would need Private Image mode, but that is always open to debate. >> >> <gag> >> >> View? What is View? >> >> </gag> >> >> >> Carl Webster >> Citrix Technology Professional >> http://dabcc.com/Webster >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] >>> Subject: terminal services/citrix/xen desktop etc for bean counters. >>> >>> Anyone here had any success with using these technologies in an >>> accounting/CPA environment? I have a 25 person CPA client that is >>> interested in doing something to support working remotely for a few >>> employees and also opening a 3 or 4 person branch office in the near >>> >>> >> future. >> >> >>> Lacerte and Quickbooks over a VPN just don't cut it. Some items that >>> make the project difficult... >>> >>> 1) They went paperless a couple of years ago and dual monitors for >>> everyone is important for workflow. So, we need good support of dual >>> monitors. >>> 2) User rights. Everyone right now is local admin on machines. You can >>> >>> >> thank >> >> >>> intuit for making it near impossible to avoid. >>> 3) Quickbooks (see intuit issue above) claims terminal services is not >>> supported in anything but their enterprise version. They are a CPA firm >>> >>> >> and >> >> >>> install multiple versions of quickbooks on workstations. Not sure if >>> >>> >> using a >> >> >>> VM, rather than TS gets around this. >>> 4) Software/Printer installs. Almost every intuit and CCH product they >>> >>> >> use >> >> >>> comes with it's own PDF printer that must be installed. This already >>> >>> >> causes >> >> >>> the occasional printer driver problem on physical machines. >>> >>> Anyone have any advice for what solutions would be right out or deserve >>> consideration? I just found out about Xen Desktop Express for 10 or fewer >>> users. That has piqued my interest. The competitor to that is VMware's >>> View, right? >>> >>> Thanks for any help/knowledge you can share. >>> >>> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < >> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: nt...@hedgedigger.com. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u?id=8083273.d922cb949ec1699edab330b28b3608d0&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9079820 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-9079820-8083273.d922cb949ec1699edab330b28b360...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com >> >> >> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
