As a natural succession to a fact that Microsoft has now included App-V’s Terminal Server (Remote Desktop Services) version usage rights in its RDS CAL (previously known as TS CAL), this version is now downloadable straight from the Microsoft Download site instead of using Licensing -site as before.
However, to download this package, you first have to enter Product Identification Key of Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 TS into mandatory registration form..
Quest just recently released new 6.2 version upgrade to their vWorkspace product suite.
New version adds some more rapid deployment of VDI instances, but only when using VMware as virtualization platform and NetApp FlexClone as a storage. Hopefully similiar features will start appearing in Hyper-V’s side of the fence, which is still little bit lacking behind VMware in features being offered/supported through vWorkspace UI. Of course, this is most likely due to differences of underlying technologies, but hey! it would be nice to have e.g. sysprep options offered directly from the vWorkspace for Hyper-V/SCVMM as well..
Maybe more universally appliable enhancements in 6.2 releases are ones in EOP however. There is a new/rewritten graphics acceleration functionality that moved things from user- to kernel-mode and should also provide more higher-quality compression, which is of course very user subjective as things compressed with JPEG usually are. But should be better anyhow.
Also in the EOPs enhancements, there’s support for more oddball multi-monitor resolution/orientation configurations and some improvements on universal USB redirection. Which, IMHO, can never be “good enough” ;-)
The updated version is downloadable, as always, from the http://www.vworkspace.com/ website, after you have registered an account for yourself. Full features, but time-limited.
-Kalle