Endpoint Virtualization Community Blog

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    Updated: AndyN 16 Jul 2012

    500 Connect Points!

    Looking for an easy way to earn 500 Connect points? Then read on! We are looking for customers using Symantec Workspace Virtualization and/or Workspace Streaming who are willing to give a short presentation (20 minutes) on our monthly Webcast series beginning in August. If you are interested or would like more details, post a comment below or send me a private message.  
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    Updated: AndyN 24 May 2013

    May 22 Workspace Virtualization and Streaming - Webcast Recording

    Thanks to all who attended yesterday's Webcast focused on using Symantec Workspace Streaming for software license management. Special thanks to Sree Krishna and Prasenjit Das for their great presentation and demo. Slides from the webcast are attached to this blog.   Download or play the webcast recording here: https://symantec.webex.com/symantec/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=59587302&rKey=e0fbbc4ffc49c7f1 Also, this White Paper discussing the role of SWS and dynamic software license management may be of interest:...
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    Updated: AndyN 26 Mar 2013

    March 20 Workspace Virtualization & Streaming Webcast - Recording

    Thanks to all who attended today's Webcast focused on "How to Virtualize Microsoft Office". Special thanks to Jordan Sanderson for his great presentation! Slides from today's webcast are attached to this blog. Download or play the webcast recording here: https://symantec.webex.com/symantec/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=58374262&rKey=cb5252553610c7f7 Also, be sure to check out these links: Best Practices Guide for Virtualizing Microsoft Office Download or Listen to previous Webcasts...
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    Updated: Jordan 01 Apr 2013

    Office 2010 Packaging Guide For the Training on 3/19/13

    Hi all, Just posting a PDF that's an updated packaging guide for Office 2010.  This guide covers dealing with the Licensing Services in office and how to remove them from a layer and capturing one as well.
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    Created: Pablo Yabo 18 Mar 2013

    Benchmarking IE6 Virtualization: VMWare ThinApp vs. Symantec Workspace

    At Nektra we have done a performance comparison of Virtualizing IE6 on W7 in VMWare ThinApp and Symantec Workspace Virtualization.  You can read the full article in our blog: Benchmarking IE6 Virtualization: VMWare ThinApp vs. Symantec Workspace We use SpyStudio to compare ThinApp and Workspace Virtualization performance. Both Symantec and VMWare highlight the use of application virtualization to run legacy web applications. There is a huge number of mission critical web applications that only run correctly on Internet Explorer 6 and while companies may be able to afford the cost of migrating applications to modern browsers, they cannot afford even a short application interruption. Virtualization allows...
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    Updated: AndyN 13 Feb 2013

    Application Virtualization Smackdown!

    Are you looking for an independent overview of the Application Streaming and Virtualization solutions and curious about the different features- and functions each Application Virtualization vendor is offering!? This is the white paper you definitely must read!  The detailed features of Cameyo, Citrix, Numecent, Microsoft (both App-V v4 and v5), Spoon, Symantec and VMWare are available in the feature compare matrix. The goals of this white paper are to: Provide an application and desktop delivery solutions overview Explain the pros and cons of Application Virtualization Highlight why Application virtualization and VDI are a perfect fit Describe the different application virtualization vendors...
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    Updated: AndyN 06 Feb 2013

    February 5 Workspace Virtualization & Streaming Webcast - Recording

    Thanks to everyone who attended today’s webcast based on a popular Connect article called "How to Set Up a Backend Failover Solution" for Workspace Streaming. Special thanks to Ganesh Balasubramanian for his great presentation! Play or download the Webcast recording here: https://symantec.webex.com/symantec/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=57527887&rKey=a62a428db9f21011 Slides from today's Webcast are attached to this blog post. Links you may find useful: Download Trialware for SWV or SWS ...
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    Updated: riva11 04 Feb 2013

    IE10 Automatic Update Blocker Toolkit Available for Windows 7

    For organizations that want to temporarily prevent installation from Windows Update, Microsoft has released the IE10 Automatic Update Blocker Toolkit. This tool allows to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 and also provides an unblock procedure that allows IE10 to be installed through Automatic Update.   Microsoft will distribute Windows Internet Explorer 10 as an important update through Automatic Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and higher for x64 and x86 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and higher for x64. This Blocker Toolkit is made available to those who would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 to machines in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled. The Blocker Toolkit will not expire. Supported operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Link: Toolkit to...
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    Updated: ohzone 01 Feb 2013

    What Will Be Your Favorite Presentation at Vision 2013? YOURS!

    The Vision 2013 Call for Papers is now open. Do you have a case study featuring successful implementations of Symantec products? Or best practice tips and trick using Symantec solutions? The Vision team is now accepting proposals for sessions at Vision 2013 Las Vegas. To apply, simply provide a brief summary of what you would like to cover in the session and why it would appeal to Vision attendees. The Vision team will respond to all applications by February 21, 2013. UPDATE: The deadline to submit your Papers has been extended until February 21, 2013 You can submit your proposal...
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    Created: riva11 16 Jan 2013

    GUI interface for RoboCopy

    RichCopy is a GUI interface for RoboCopy tool. This tool was originally developed in 1996 by Microsoft for internal use only but later they made it available for free public download.  An interesting feature as author declare is "Surprisingly it copies and moves files even faster than RoboCopy tool and XCOPY command. " Main Features More powerful, faster and stable than than any other file copying tool. Create several profiles to assign special settings with a specific profile. Copy files from multiple and different locations and save in a single destination. Filter the files based on the date, time and choose to either copy or opt those files. Being on GUI, supports command lines. Suspend and resume file copy at any time.. Reference : RichCopy ...