Integration, Implementation and Performance Guide for Unidesk for vSphere with Atlantis HyperScale and USX! Featuring XenDesktop and AppSense

As mentioned in a previous blog post, May 2015 Atlantis Computing released an integrated hardware/software Hyper-Converged Infrastructure platform called HyperScale. As a refresher for those not as familiar with Atlantis, here's a high level overview of their current three platforms (ILIO, USX, and HyperScale): Since HyperScale launched I've had many customers and colleagues inquire about cross product integration with other End User Computing software solutions including Unidesk, View/XenDesktop, AppSense/RES, and others. This post will focus primarily on Atlantis and Unidesk integration, notably the thought leaders for layering technologies as we know them today. If you're not familiar with Unidesk, here's a [...]

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 1

Meeting with a colleague earlier this week, I discovered that a significant rebranding/realignment occurred with one of our ecosystem partners, AppSense. Similar to Citrix’s acquisition of Xen, requiring a rebranding of all core products, our friends over at AppSense have finalized their branding initiative to classify three core product families, DesktopNow (Formerly AppSense Management Suite / AMS family includes Environment Manager, Application Manager, and Performance Manager), DataNow (Corporate/secured Dropbox solution), and MobileNow (Mobile Device Management / Mobile Application Management / Enterprise AppStore). While I won’t go into detail on what each of these product families will cover, I felt it [...]

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 2

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into four parts: Part 1: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Installation Part 2: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Configuration < YOU ARE HERE! Part 3: Importing the Base Configuration Part 4: Deploying the Client Communications Agent Click Launch Management Server Configuration once the install has finished: Review the Welcome screen and click Next: Review the prerequisites and click View: Click Repair All to remedy any required prerequisites: Click Refresh: Once all requirements have been [...]

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 3

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into four parts: Part 1: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Installation Part 2: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Configuration Part 3: Importing the Base Configuration < YOU ARE HERE! Part 4: Deploying the Client Communications Agent From the Start Menu, launch the AppSense Environment Manager Console: To provide a starting point for Proof of Concept deployments, I am providing a Base Configuration MSI that can be imported into Environment Manager. This is a collection [...]

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 4

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into four parts: Part 1: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Installation Part 2: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Configuration Part 3: Importing the Base Configuration Part 4: Deploying the Client Communications Agent < YOU ARE HERE! From an AppSense Managed System, navigate to http://%appsenseservername%/ManagementServer in a Web Browser. Click either AppSense CCA 32 Bit or AppSense CCA 64 Bit: Click Run: Click Run: Click Next: Accept the License Agreement and click Next: Click Next: [...]

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