Posts made by StuartJordan

@scottalanmiller said in Windows VM in the cloud:

@StuartJordan said in Windows VM in the cloud:

In a lab Environment I don't see any issue with installing all roles on same VM but I've seen many people say they also wouldn't in production.

But why not? What's the benefit to splitting out the roles as they are all versioned together and all interdependent? Keeping them together means that the fail together, which makes more sense, are more performant and easier to maintain. Until you scale past one most, which is a lot of RDS, I don't really know of a benefit to splitting the roles but a fair number of negatives.

I'm not saying you cant, it's kind of Microsoft Guidelines though?
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2015/04/09/remote-desktop-services-rds-2012-session-deployment-scenarios-quick-start/

In a lab Environment I don't see any issue with installing all roles on same VM but I've seen many people say they also wouldn't in production.

@scottalanmiller I would personally like to keep the session host VM separate from the other roles, but I'm aware you can install all roles on same machine.
When installing the RDS role you can select Session Based Desktops or VDI Based Desktops.

@scottalanmiller - I understand the abbreviation, what I was meaning is, if he is using RDS session based desktops he will probably want more then 1 VM. if he is not using RDS then fair enough.

you mentioned RDS? will you not be using Remote Desktop Services?

surely If you want to use Remote Desktop Services, then you are going to need more then 1 VM?, if you want to setup a session based RDS desktop solution you will need a connection broker,RD web Access,licence server and session host that your users will use? also have you thought about licencing etc?

They are probably a bit upset that they didn't manage to tackle the mobile market very well, But lets face it, they are doing very well with Azure and 365.

MICROSOFT CHIEF Satya Nadella has admitted publicly for the first time that its mobile efforts have, essentially flopped.
Interesting that they have finally seen this.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2475151/microsoft-nadella-weve-screwed-up-on-phones-were-all-about-vr-now

Good post Scott and very relevant.

You could also use the Free Veeam Endpoint Backup, in latest version it also has CryptoLocker protection for USB attached external storage devices.

@DustinB3403 - Just for Security as the server version has no GUI. I do like to test the desktop versions of Ubuntu when they are released though.

I don't use the desktop version of ubuntu but I do use their server version which I do like. I've heard this version has a newer version of unity, could be worth a look.

The thread started off well anyway, cant understand why people are still seeing no need to Virtualize....it's 2016, there are free hypervisors to choose from, this shouldn't really be asked anymore.

@scottalanmiller - all installed, had to open port for admin panel and had to install systat as a prereq, very impressed with the built in features. do you know if opensource edition has a limit on domains?

@scottalanmiller I can understand the pricing may be a little dated, they should of just increased the cost per socket a little more rather then implementing core based licencing. Oh well I wont rant too much about it, after all its the weekend

They will be adding licences per NIC's next lol.....Don't agree with this per core licencing model, shitty move by Microsoft I think....

@scottalanmiller Brilliant thanks for the info on that.

@scottalanmiller Did you use the Opensource edition or the paid product? and does it run on Debian based distros?

@scottalanmiller - I've heard about Zimbra, that's one I haven't personally tried, have you?

@scottalanmiller You never know, perhaps you could drive it? - I have tried most features out and the samba shares are nice and easy to get configured. The only thing that didn't seem as stable was the mail side of things, I suppose that don't matter as most would be using 365 or Google Apps (or G office or whatever it's called now lol) anyway.