Michael Kleef ::: MSFT
Well I'm back!
Cue AC/DC. I'm back! After three years I'm back with Microsoft. It kinda feels like coming...
Date: 09/30/2014
Its time
“…Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine...
Date: 06/30/2011
Hyper-V new performance updates
Aussie legend Cameron McBride and good friend Tony Sanchez from Citrix sent a heads up to me...
Date: 04/27/2011
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 released!
Hot off the press, Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 today released and is now live on the Microsoft...
Date: 02/21/2011
Cisco CVD completed with Hyper-V and XenDesktop!
I love Friday news. Its even better when I get to announce something that others havent done yet!...
Date: 01/28/2011
SCVMM RDS Connection Broker plugin released!
From the desk of Vishwa Kumbalimutt: We’re pleased to announce RTW of SCVMM RDV plug-in that...
Date: 01/19/2011
Hyper-V SP1 increases support for VMs/core for Windows 7
Awesome news, hot off the press. We have just completed a new round of testing for Windows Server...
Date: 01/07/2011
New whitepaper released: Achieving Business Value with Microsoft VDI and Session Virtualization
A new whitepaper has released that discusses the pro's and cons of VDI vs Session Virtualization...
Date: 07/08/2010
RD Virtualization Host Capacity Planning paper now live!
The RD Virtualization Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Link to paper on Download...
Date: 06/22/2010
Event ID 17 is logged in the System log on a TS Licensing server
Just a heads up that the issue around Event ID 17 being logged in the System log on a TS Licensing...
Date: 06/15/2010
Microsoft’s newest virtualization rebrands
A friend of mine and I were talking today about TechED USA and all the questions we had around...
Date: 06/11/2010
Hyper-V Component Poster Released
Oh my goodness! The same author, Martin McClean, that produced the Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature...
Date: 05/28/2010
App-V 4.6 for RDS whitepaper released
In other news today, we just released to the download center an updated whitepaper that reflects the...
Date: 05/27/2010
VDI, RDS and TS deployment guides now available for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008
This came in my email yesterday and is very welcome news for people wanting to configure VDI and RDS...
Date: 05/27/2010
New Intel and Hyper-V performance whitepaper released
Interesting new performance article released from Intel. Covers the choice around VHD and streaming...
Date: 05/05/2010
Remote Desktop Services and Partner Solutions
Right now we’re thinking about our plans for the next financial year, and where we need to focus our...
Date: 05/04/2010
TechNet Webcast: Capacity Planning with VDI starts in 40 mins
For those of you interested in attending, details are here:...
Date: 04/30/2010
Extra Settings for the RDP file – Enables Glass!
In a previous post I linked to a TechNet article that documented the custom settings for the RDP...
Date: 04/06/2010
RDP Custom Settings Reference released
Often you'll want to change certain settings in your RDP files, or during configuration of...
Date: 03/25/2010
Citrix discusses Hyper-V 2008 R2 and XenServer - for Windows 7 workloads
Very interesting article by Citrix's Simon Crosby today. Citrix have done some VDI workload density...
Date: 03/25/2010
On demand demos of Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX now live
As I mentioned earlier in the day, today we discussed two new features for Windows Server 2008 R2...
Date: 03/18/2010
Desktop Virtualization Hour: Starting in 30 mins
As per the press pass announcement today at...
Date: 03/18/2010
Desktop Virtualization Hour: shameless webcast plug
Tomorrow (US PST time) March 18th at 9am we are doing a one hour virtualization discussion - where...
Date: 03/16/2010
Updated Hyper-V 2008 R2 content
Hot off the press…. Overview of Hyper-V:...
Date: 03/15/2010
Brian Madden Shootout: We're there and talking about VDI and RDS
So here as I sit typing Brian Madden is in front of me, filming one of my other colleagues, Eric...
Date: 03/10/2010
Citrix XenDesktop 4 VDI on Hyper-V R2 lab released
For those of you that want to dabble with Citrix XenDesktop 4 on Hyper-V theres a new online lab for...
Date: 02/23/2010
App-V 4.6 for Remote Desktop Services now available!
Awesome news! Over on the MDOP blog they just announced the availability of App-V 4.6 to RTM. This...
Date: 02/23/2010
Talking About Windows - hey Im on it!
Theres this great site our client team has been working on. Its called Talking About Windows and...
Date: 01/21/2010
A change for mkleef...
Just thought Id make a little announcement for those of you interested. As many of you knew I was a...
Date: 01/13/2010
Alan Burchill launches GroupPolicy.biz
Way to go Alan. Another top Australian launching some great content ona GP focused site at...
Date: 01/10/2010
Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster
From the desk of Martin McClean, (author of the Active Directory Jigsaw, Windows Server 2008...
Date: 12/03/2009
British Airways Premium Economy Review
Last week I got to fly in British Airways’ (BA) Premium Economy from Seattle to Berlin for TechEd....
Date: 11/15/2009
Group Policy Settings Spreadsheet Changes
I notice online that there's a broken link to the Group Policy Settings Spreadsheet changes. What...
Date: 11/06/2009
Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset support for different OS's
I was checking out my search link referrals today on a previous post announcing the availability of...
Date: 11/02/2009
Terminal Server 2003 issues with Group Policy Preferences History Folder
We have heard some customer issues around one of the underpinning areas of Group Policy Preferences...
Date: 10/28/2009
HP CM1312 Printer still lacking Windows 7 drivers
Got this in my mail from John Hathaway, who like me, laments the inability of hardware vendors to...
Date: 10/26/2009
Slow Link detection in Vista and Windows 7
The ever irrepressible Mike Stephens has done an awesome blog post on slow link detection in Windows...
Date: 10/26/2009
AGPM 4.0 and DaRT 6.5 (MDOP 2009 R2) now available
Wahoo! Its finally out and announced on the MDOP blog. MDOP 2009 R2 is now available at the MVLS...
Date: 10/20/2009
Group Policy Changes in XP SP3
Im seeing tons of people on forums trying to find the Group Policy Changes in XP SP3 and Windows 7....
Date: 10/20/2009
System Center Online Desktop Manager beta is available soon
We are excited to offer an exclusive opportunity for customers to participate in an upcoming...
Date: 10/14/2009
TechEd Europe - Windows Server 2008 R2 GP Changes Session
I mentioned previously that I might be attending TechEd Europe this year to present on Windows...
Date: 10/13/2009
AGPM: GPLinks are being destroyed each time I deploy
A customer reported an issue to me recently where the customer reported that when using AGPM 3.0,...
Date: 10/05/2009
Daylight Savings changes in Western Australia
Got asked to blog this. Don’t get me started on how much money this “trial” cost everyday businesses...
Date: 09/29/2009
Free Microsoft Anti Virus product releases to the web
Well I never thought Id see this. Microsoft releases something really useful for free!! :) Microsoft...
Date: 09/29/2009
Funny Security emails
Sometimes I get emails that just make me laugh. This is one that our internal security team sent out...
Date: 09/18/2009
HTC Snap issues on Telstra
From the desk of Don Kerr: The HTC Snap has been out for a while now through Telstra. The default...
Date: 09/17/2009
Repost: AGPM 4.0 to Release in October
Quick note... Today I posted on the Group Policy blog, the new features in AGPM 4.0 which will be...
Date: 09/15/2009