Enable RemoteFX on Windows 8 Server Beta

There are loads of documented changes and improvements to the RemoteFX technology stack in Windows 8 Server, so of course I’m keen to try it out.

I’ve now got my hands on three Dell Optiplex 990 systems, each with 12GB RAM and a Radeon HD5450 GPU. Not cutting-edge perhaps, but fine for testing basic functionality.

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March 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Hyper-V, RemoteFX, Windows 8, Windows 8 Server | 43 comments

Run SCVMM Console from a non-domain workstation

OK…I have a teensy confession to make. The title of this blog post is a little misleading because at this point in time you can’t install the SCVMM Console on a non-domain-joined workstation. Domain membership is checked before the installer runs, and so far there’s no way to bypass this.

In general, an SCVMM system [...]

April 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Remote Desktop Services, RemoteApp, RemoteFX, SCVMM 2012, System Center, Windows Server 2008 R2 | One comment

My Hyper-V Beast

Because I now do so much work from my home office, I needed to ramp up my capacity for running up test servers and labs. I have a couple of test machines, but when you’re running up environments which need a few servers to support them (SCCM testing, for example), single machines don’t really cut [...]

March 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Dynamic Memory, Hardware, Hyper-V, RemoteFX, Windows 7/Server 2K8 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 | 10 comments