Wednesday, September 15, 2010

View 4.5 Features

Here's a quick breakdown on what's new in VMware 4.5 - these are the features that didn't exist in View 4.0:


  1. Offline Desktop - This is a biggy. It allows you to use a laptop that's not always on the network. This means "Yes, you are a candidate for VDI, Mr. CEO."
  2. Windows 7 - Another biggy. Fully supports Win 7. You can now get rid of your legacy XP boxes :-)
  3. Support for vSphere and vCenter 4.1 - Like this required any thought. vSphere 4.1 came out, and didn't support View Composer - obviously because they knew they were about to release View 4.5.
  4. More View Clients - they extended this to Mac OS X
  5. Easy ThinApp Delivery - It's all integrated, so you don't have to worry.
  6. Administration Based on Roles - You can define who can administer what; something View 4.0 was missing. Big deal for Enterprises.
  7. Support added for Tiered Storage - You can now take advantage of more storage options for your VDI clients to improve performance and control costs.
  8. A bunch of other stuff

Needless to say, there's some cool new stuff. If you want to see the full list, check out the release notes:
http://www.vmware.com/support/view45/doc/view45_releasenotes.html

We're getting ready to install / play with View 4.5 in our lab so that we can figure out the caveats. I'll post back about those when we figure them out.

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Dustin Shaw
VCP
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Here's some books that should help out:
VMware vSphere 4 Implementation
VMware vSphere 4 Administration Instant Reference
Mastering VMware vSphere 4 (Computer/Tech)
VMware Cookbook: A Real-World Guide to Effective VMware Use

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