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		<title>Notes from the road – 14 – Reflecting Back on MMS 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/05/01/notes-from-the-road-14-reflecting-back-on-mms-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Donahue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MMS has left Las Vegas… for Good? As we closed the expo doors on another Microsoft Management Summit and shut off the lights, I have to wonder if this will be the last trip to the strip for a long time to come. Rumors were abundant this year that MMS would see its final year as a trade show in 2012. But Brad Anderson wowed the audience at his Day 2 keynote by announcing MMS 2013 would be in New Orleans in June. I for one am already looking forward to the natural weight loss conditions of New Orleans during the Summer. But New Orleans was not the only “hot” topic at MMS this year. At RES Software we also &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/05/01/notes-from-the-road-14-reflecting-back-on-mms-2012/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to run a Service Orchestration Run Book task on the requester&#8217;s machine</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/04/27/how-to-run-a-service-orchestration-run-book-task-on-the-requesters-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob de Korte</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Automation Manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to enable your users to request software installations or other machine related actions on their own computer with  Service Orchestration and RES Automation Manager, you need to make sure that Automation Manager is able to determine which Agent to schedule the Run Book to. This article describes how you can accomplish that. On the Automation Manager side Create a Run Book that performs the desired task(s) on the user&#8217;s machine. This could be a software installation but also a defragmentation or predefined cleanup task. When configuring the Job inside the Run Book make sure to select the &#8216;Ask during Run Book scheduling&#8217; option. This will cause RES Automation Manager to accept the Agent name provided by  Service Orchestration while delivering the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/04/27/how-to-run-a-service-orchestration-run-book-task-on-the-requesters-machine/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Road 12 – SAM Competency: Mission Accomplished</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/04/10/notes-from-the-road-12-sam-competency-mission-accomplished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Donahue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Achieving SAM competency by Microsoft is an important milestone for RES Software, and marks the first time a vendor within the user environment management space has received this official recognition from Microsoft. SAM I am and I do not like green&#8230; It’s not often that I get to step to the mountain top and proclaim such a unique achievement in a software company, but today is not like any ordinary day. Today marks the day that RES Software has announced achieving the Microsoft SAM (Software Asset Management) competency. I am beside myself with pride at this particular accomplishment because, unlike any other, it truly exemplifies the spirit of a united organization. This is nothing short of brilliance in how the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/04/10/notes-from-the-road-12-sam-competency-mission-accomplished/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Road 11 &#8211; Microsoft User Experience Virtualization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Donahue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CoIT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[context awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dynamic Desktops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Park City; It’s not just for skiing anymore. I think the best way to start this latest NFR blog is with a hearty congratulations to my old colleagues and friends at Microsoft. Earlier today they announced the much anticipated official Beta of a project code named “Park City”, or officially UE-V. User Experience Virtualization has been in the pipe for a long time now and with this announcement by Microsoft today it sends a clear message across the user state virtualization space. And that message must absolutely be taken seriously -or desktop modernization projects could be in jeopardy. As you might guess, I’ll get much more verbose on this topic. But here’s the RES story in a nutshell: IT needs &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/04/04/microsoft-user-experience-virtualization/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pinning Part 2 &#8211; Pin to StartMenu combined with Zero Profiling in a RES managed environment.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick van Grinsven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part 1 I showed you how pinning to the taskbar works in a RES Workspace Manager managed environment, in this article I will show you how you can pin shortcuts to the StartMenu and have them stored with the use of Zero Profiling. For a customer that wanted to have users some mandatory shortcuts pinned to the StartMenu I created a solution for this with the help of Zero Profiling and the use of &#8220;User Profile Directory&#8221; Which ways are there to pin items to the StartMenu from a Workspace Manager session. &#160; RES Workspace Manager has no options for pinning items to the StartMenu, but this can be done with the standard Windows options. The options to pin &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/29/pin-to-startmenu-combined-with-zero-profiling-in-a-res-managed-environment/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>RES Workspace Manager 2011 SR4</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/21/res-workspace-manager-2011-sr4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roland van Dorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RES Workspace Manager 2011 SR4 has been released. Due to some enhancements the product might behave slightly different than in the past. With the following information you are able to anticipate and pro-actively prevent some troubles that may be caused by these enhancements. Release notes As always, carefully read the release notes and TEST before going into production with a new Service Release. Higher security level via Security Management In previous versions of RES Workspace Manager system processes where designedly outside the scope of Security Management. Within SR4 the security has been tightened and this could result in System processes being blocked, where these were allowed in previous releases. For example: When a user starts an MP3 file directly from the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/21/res-workspace-manager-2011-sr4/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pinning Part 1 &#8211; Pin to TaskBar explained in a RES managed environment.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/13/pin-to-taskbar-explained-in-a-res-managed-environment-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/13/pin-to-taskbar-explained-in-a-res-managed-environment-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick van Grinsven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft introduced in Windows 7 a new technique called pinning as an improvement to the Taskbar, with this feature you can pin your favorite programs to the StartMenu or Taskbar.  At the support department we are getting questions about pinning quite frequently, that&#8217;s why I will try to explain which ways there are to pin applications to the Taskbar and how this works within a RES Workspace Manager managed environment. In part 1 I will discuss the methods about how you can pin items to the taskbar in a RES Workspace Manager managed environment. In part 2 of this topic I will show you a user case about how you can distribute default applications which are pinned to the StartMenu with &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/13/pin-to-taskbar-explained-in-a-res-managed-environment-part-1/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Road 10 – Citrix XenDesktop 5.6</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/12/notes-from-the-road-10-citrix-xendesktop-5-6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/12/notes-from-the-road-10-citrix-xendesktop-5-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Donahue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring has sprung, the flowers are blooming and Citrix is releasing the newest version of XenDesktop. Is there any better time of the year? I was at a gathering of over 250 seasoned Citrix customers and partners in LA learning about the newest virtualization technologies and strategies available. The west coast team, Nathaniel Chadbourne and Rick Eilenberger, host these Technology Exchanges a few times each year and every one is more impressive than the last. The Tech Exchanges are a full day of immersive presentations on new features and functions. I also got to listen in to my new friend, Bhumik Patel’s presentation on using XenDesktop with Cisco UCS. Pretty darn impressive I must say. It’s also a great opportunity &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/12/notes-from-the-road-10-citrix-xendesktop-5-6/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IT as a Service Part 4: Starting the Transformation</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/01/it-as-a-service-part-4-starting-the-transformation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/01/it-as-a-service-part-4-starting-the-transformation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RES Software</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IT Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth and final post in a series covering ITaaS. Catch up here, as I start from the end of the ITaaS spectrum, giving IT admins a comprehensive view of how all the pieces of ITaaS  must come together for a successful transformation.  This post will cover the first step in the process, the crucial discovery phase. By Adam Stockley, Pre-sales Consultant, RES Software Discovery The first step in any transformation is to understand exactly what you are dealing with today. IT infrastructures are complex, and in many cases, the requirement for flexibility has led to an ad-hoc, unstructured approach to the delivery of IT services. Mobile users are all too frequently given local admin rights and/or the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/03/01/it-as-a-service-part-4-starting-the-transformation/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Road &#8211; Part 9: Microsoft Tech Ready 14</title>
		<link>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/02/24/notes-from-the-road-part-9-microsoft-tech-ready-14/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/02/24/notes-from-the-road-part-9-microsoft-tech-ready-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Donahue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[RES Software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[VDX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Home away from home. I think it a rare occurrence when someone could have had multiple careers like I have, yet one thing remains the same; my frequent trips to the Microsoft campus in Redmond Washington. I would say that I started coming here with a steady frequency back in 2004 when I spent a week at SEATAC airport working for Softricity. Back in those days I was a Hilton points guy. Then I went to Marriott attaining Gold status, which is nothing when compared to my friend Steve Campbell who is lifetime platinum status. The past several years, I have been a frequenter of the boutique destinations like the Willows Lodge in Woodinville, WA. It was actually Jason Gradel &#8230; <a href="http://blog.ressoftware.com/index.php/2012/02/24/notes-from-the-road-part-9-microsoft-tech-ready-14/">READ MORE <span class="meta-nav">&#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
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