Microsoft released SCCM 2012 Beta 2 during Microsoft’s Management Summit.   You can download or register for the open beta  program by visiting the Technet Evaluation Center.   An official release date hasn’t been announced yet, but Microsoft is on track to officially release the product in the second half of 2011. Simplegrid’s Dektop Engineering practice blogged [...]

One of the new features that Microsoft introduced with Windows 7 is Windows XP mode, a compatibility feature which allows you to run older applications that may not work on Windows 7 in a virtual machine running Windows XP.  This virtual machine sits within your Windows 7 OS.  Windows XP Mode is available for download [...]

Although the official release date for SCCM 2012 hasn’t been announced yet, the beta version of the product is currently available.   Simplegrid’s Desktop Engineering practice engineer’s have been evaluating this version and have been quite impressed with it.  The product continues to build upon Microsoft’s “Better Together” strategy, incorporating greater integration for virtual machine support, [...]

Microsoft recently announced that the service packs for Windows 7  and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to OEM partners, and will be released to customers on February 22nd. Here is a list of interesting updates within each service pack: Windows 7 – Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 is essentially a cumulative update [...]

We are excited to finally have the production code for View 4.5, and with it, a second supported and viable VDI platform for Windows 7 desktops.  The download is available below. http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_downloads/vmware_view/4_5 VMware claims to deliver rich, personalized virtual desktops as a managed service from a virtualization platform built to deliver the entire desktop, including the [...]