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Microsoft is making Teams on Amazon Workspaces a lot better

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has delivered a major optimization for Teams customers using Amazon Workspaces on Windows endpoints, now in public preview. Read more...

Microsoft has announced it will retire Azure Lab Services, but not in a while

John Callaham — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 11:38:01 +0000

Microsoft quietly revealed this week it will retire Azure Lab Services due to its many other virtual desktop services. However, the actual retirement won't happen for nearly three years. Read more...

Microsoft Teams is rolling out a public preview of its VDI version

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 09:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced it rolling out a public preview of its new Teams optimization architecture for virtual desktop users for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. Read more...

Google Meet will now offer better quality if you connect via a VDI

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:04:01 +0000

Google has announced a relatively significant update to Meet which will benefit remote workers and/or contractors who use a VDI to access their employer's resources and engage in online calls. Read more...

Here are all the new features Microsoft added to Teams in August and September 2022

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 01:40:02 +0000

Microsoft introduced a lot of features and improvements to Teams in the past couple of months. If you haven't been keeping track, check out this article giving a high level recap of all the new stuff. Read more...

Here are all the features that Microsoft added to Teams in June 2022

Usama Jawad — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 05:30:01 +0000

Microsoft added a whole lot of features to Teams in June, and there's likely a lot of stuff that flew under everyone's radar. If you use Teams actively, check out this recap for June 2022! Read more...

Windows 11 is now available as a preview for Azure Virtual Desktop

Usama Jawad — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has released Windows 11 preview images for Azure Virtual Desktop. The release promises exclusive support for multi-session, with an experience similar to that of a local Windows 11 machine. Read more...

Microsoft renames Windows Virtual Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop, adds new features

Abhay V — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:04:02 +0000

Microsoft announced that it is renaming Windows Virtual Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop. It is also adding new features such as support for domain joining VDIs with AAD, new pricing options, more. Read more...

Dell EMC releases its XtremIO X2 flash array into general availability

Boyd Chan — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 10:10:01 +0000

Boasting increased performance and density compared to its predecessor, Dell EMC's XtremIO X2 may help enterprises achieve greater scalability with respect to their virtual desktop infrastructure. Read more...