Why make your own mistakes when you can learn from others? Check out the slides from the second webinar in the series with RES Software to avoid the common mistakes of VDI deployments: 1 – Thou Shalt Not Be a Bandwidth Glutton 2 – Know Thy Apps 3 – Do Not Discard Your Users’… Settings 4 – Don’t Be a Slave to Storage And Many More… To watch this free webinar, click here: http://bit.ly/17NY4Mr Want to learn more about the 7 Sins of VDI? Check out the blog where it all started: http://ow.ly/q8xaC Visit us at www.ressoftware.com Follow us @ressoftware Read more at blog.ressoftware.com

1. The VDIdealist - Avoiding the 7 Sins
And getting yourself on the path to Virtual Redemption
10X IT Productivity Webinar Series, Ep. 2
Sean Donahue
Chief Evangelist at RES Software
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2. Today’s Topics
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Why did you fall in love with VDI?
The 7 Mortal Sins
How to Find Salvation in your VDI
What’s Your VDI Confessional?
#10xIT
Ask your questions on Twitter for
your chance to win a
$10 Amazon Gift Card!
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3. When I was Young
My Ideals
• Simplify Management
• Save on Desktop Devices
• Updates
• Every User/Every Use Case
• I didn’t know …
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4. Sin #1 - Bandwidth Glutton
1. Bandwidth has evolved and so has consumption
2. Are you compressed?
3. Hairpins are meant for hair
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5. Sin #2 - Know Thy Apps
• Application Behavior Issues
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Too many applications amassed over 10 years
Incompatibilities with Windows 7 / 8
Incompatibilities with Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10
Incompatibilities with App-V 4.x / 5
• Use ASS Tools
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Citrix AppDNA
RES Baseline Desktop Analyzer
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6. Identify  Scoping
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7. Discover  Scoping
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8. Sin #3 - Do Not Discard Users’ … Settings
• Revolting Users
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The days of users not being of importance are over
Are your users wasted?
Time is Money $$$
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9. Sin #3 - Do Not Discard Users’… Settings
• Lessons in Cost Accounting
Minutes Wasted:
Work Days / Week:
Work Days / Year:
Time Wasted / Year
In Hours
FBC of Employee
Show Me The Money:
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@Sum(50*5) = 250
@Sum (250*30) = 7500
@Sum (7500 / 60) = 125
$100 / hour
$12,500 / employee / year
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10. Sin #4 - Don’t Be a Slave to Storage
• Save on storage was the promise
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Thin Clients
Persistence Problems Prevail
Some sins are more expensive
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11. Sin #5 - Beware The Revolting User
• My Users are REVOLTING
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If the user ain’t happy … Ain’t nobody happy
Vote against you with their credit cards
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12. Sin #6 - Printing When Wandering Is Divine
• Just because you change location doesn’t mean
you should be denied
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Change IP Subnet
Change Floor
Building
WiFi BSSID
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13. Is it Just about Happy Users?
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Consistency is key to happy users
Faster access is also key
IT needs compliance and control
Nirvana is providing the right IT services to the right
users in the right situation
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14. Context Awareness
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15. Location and Device Awareness
Examples:
• Network location
• OS type
• Application version
• USB storage
• Hardware spec
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16. Simplicity Is Heavenly
• Single management console
• Lightweight architecture
• Just a few clicks away
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17. Sin #7 – Do Not Brag About Your VDI
• Beware the serpent sales rep
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VDI is not for every user
VDI is not for every use case
… Embrace your perfect VDI
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18. Why did
you fall in
love with
VDI?
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19. Physical or Virtual
Operating System
Application
Physical Install
Physical Install
Server-based Computing
Hosted Session-based
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
XenApp
Windows on a Stick
App-V Streaming
Image Management
Package Management
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20. Delivering Customer, Partner Success
Read the best case study ever
http://www.ressoftware.com/resources/case-studies
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21. Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Thank you
for attending!
Don’t hesitate to reach out :
Stay tuned for the next episode of the
IT Productivity Webinar Series:
The VDIdealist – How Complexity Killed the VDI
http://www3.ressoftware.com/10xIT3.html
More Resources You’ll Receive Today:
Sean Donahue
Chief Evangelist
SeanDo@ressoftware.com
@SeanDo40
1. RES Article: The Reality of VDI
2. Blog: The VDIdealist: Avoiding the Seven Sins
3. IDC Whitepaper: The Business Impact of WorkspaceVirtualization
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