*EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series about alternative desktop technologies for improving management and security of Windows and other desktop platforms. One Boston-based ISV is giving ...

The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of tools available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers that enables IT admins to manage Microsoft environments more effectively.

Over the last few years, I've read and listened to numerous complaints from people about Microsoft not being fully invested in virtualization, that the software giant was simply sticking their big toe ...

With a host of software and manufacturing partners in tow, Microsoft held its “Get Virtual Now” launch event Monday. It was the official coming-out party for the much talked-about Windows Server 2008 ...

Microsoft announced some new tools today for MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack) customers. Beta versions are now available of an updated App-V 5.0 (Application Virtualization), and a new tool ...

Have you heard? Thin is “in” again. From VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) to RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to SVS (Software Virtualization Service), the ghosts of thin client computing are being ...

(Editor’s note: This story initially misstated that Microsoft is now letting corporate users do desktop virtualization with any version of Windows Vista via its server-based Vista Enterprise ...

I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. It's use is for very basic things: surf the internet, watch videos, play music, etc, so it's nothing special about it at all. However, I found a 800 MB ...

HOUSTON, TX--Microsoft has released a collection of virtualization products that the company says demonstrates its interest in capturing the server virtualization market. During his keynote Wednesday ...

Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now CNET News' Boston-based executive editor and east coast bureau chief, serving as department editor for business technology and software covered by CNET ...

Microsoft on Monday updated its plans for new virtualization software and said it will expand its lineup through an acquisition. The company will begin testing its hypervisor software, developed under ...