Microsoft has released a new Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) guide to their set of Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides that helps clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft Infrastructure technologies.
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) enables enterprises to realize the benefits of the latest client operating systems by providing a managed environment for legacy applications. MED-V enables administrative control over the distribution and management of Virtual PC images, thereby ensuring that those images are up-to-date and compliant with regulations.
The Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) specifically helps you by:
- Enabling you to quickly select the end users, locations, and virtual machines (VMs) that will be included in the project scope.
- Assisting you in determining how many MED-V server instances will be required in order to deliver managed virtual machines to end users.
- Defining the technical decision flow through the planning process.
- Listing the decisions to be made and the commonly available options and considerations.
- Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics.
- Stepping you through MED-V infrastructure design in a logical, sequential order.
The guide addresses the scenarios most likely to be encountered by someone designing a MED-V infrastructure. Customers should consider having their architecture reviewed by Microsoft Customer Service and Support or a Microsoft certified partner prior to implementation as these organizations are best able to comment on the supportability of a particular design.
This guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V). Identification of the MED-V server instances required is presented in simple, easy-to-follow steps, helping the reader to deliver managed virtual machines to end users.
The IPD Series
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) series provides guidance for Microsoft infrastructure products. The series is a collection of documents that leads the reader through a sequence of core decision points to design an infrastructure for Microsoft products. It also provides a means to validate design decisions with the business to ensure that the solution meets the requirements for both business and infrastructure stakeholders.
Each guide in the series addresses a unique infrastructure technology or scenario. These guides include the following topics:
- Defining the technical decision flow (flow chart) through the planning process.
- Describing the decisions to be made and the commonly available options to consider in making the decisions.
- Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics.
- Framing the decision in terms of additional questions to the business to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the appropriate business landscape.
- Download the Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) Guide
- Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide Series
- Download the entire IPD series
- Download individual IPD guides
bj79 says
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