Re: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Jon Harris
TS is cheaper than Citrix but only because you need both a Citrix and TS CAL. I only wish I could get mangement to buy into TS 95% of my users use only Office so it would work well here. Jon On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM, James Rankin wrote: > I am not sure, as we use Citrix here with mandat

RE: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Ralph Smith
The free VMware Server is also worth looking at. -Original Message- From: Nick Symiakakis [mailto:nsymiaka...@noblehealth.org] Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop virtualization Thank you all again for your advice. I will take a look at

Re: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread James Rankin
I am not sure, as we use Citrix here with mandatory profiles and AppSense to deliver the customisations to each client. However the AppSense kit costs quite a bit (£12,000 for five servers), so I guess it is a bit out of your price range. 2009/3/9 Nick Symiakakis > Thank you for replying. I am u

Re: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Nick Symiakakis
Thank you all again for your advice. I will take a look at VMWare Player to see what it offers. Nick ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Nick Symiakakis
Thank you for replying. I am using Workstations. Isn't there a pretty hefty charge from Microsoft for each Terminal Service Client? Although it is probably cheaper than the others. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Matthew W. Ross
6:28:55 -0700 Subject: Desktop virtualization > Hi all, i am trying to gather some information on Desktop Virtualization, > and am hoping some of you can share some of your experiences. I work at a > hospital, and we recently moved to strong passwords, and we need to get rid > of generic logins

Re: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread James Rankin
ed by technologies such as Citrix. 2009/3/9 Nick Symiakakis > Hi all, i am trying to gather some information on Desktop Virtualization, > and am hoping some of you can share some of your experiences. I work at a > hospital, and we recently moved to strong passwords, and we need to get rid >

RE: Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
your desktop -Original Message- From: Nick Symiakakis [mailto:nsymiaka...@noblehealth.org] Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop virtualization Hi all, i am trying to gather some information on Desktop Virtualization, and am hoping some of you

Desktop virtualization

2009-03-09 Thread Nick Symiakakis
Hi all, i am trying to gather some information on Desktop Virtualization, and am hoping some of you can share some of your experiences. I work at a hospital, and we recently moved to strong passwords, and we need to get rid of generic logins. for example, our ICU unit logs in as ICU. So I have