An important partner in the affordable client space has been NComputing, who just announced a new upgrade to its vSpace Virtualization Platform. vSpace Server 7.1 takes advantage of the user experience advances in Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012. Users of NComputing’s thin client devices (L300 and M300) and the vSpace Software Client can…
Understanding MultiPoint Server 2011 and Hyper-V
One of the cool yet relatively unknown features of Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Premium is the ability to use it as a Hyper-V host or as a Hyper-V guest operating system. And because of the 1+1 licensing with Windows MultiPoint, one copy of MultiPoint 2011 Premium can actually run as both the Hyper-V host and…
Windows MultiPoint Server Minimum Hardware Recommendations
Hey folks, this is Dean, posting from TechEd 2011. A couple folks have asked about the minimum hardware requirements for Multipoint. You can find that info and more in the Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Planning Guide. Relevant content copied here: Table 1: Minimum recommended hardware. Application scenario Up to 4stations 5-6 stations 7-10 stations…
How to license Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
Hey folks, clarifying another common question: How do I license Windows MultiPoint Server? The big picture is pretty easy to understand with this video: [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tftu_AqcCgI] What I didn’t talk about in that video was the nuanced differences between Volume Licensing and OEM licensing. When purchased via Volume Licensing (whether Open, Academic or Charity), Windows MultiPoint…
Meet the Windows MultiPoint Server Dev team
Ever wonder who builds Windows MultiPoint Server? Here’s your chance to match up faces and names. From left to right… Back Row: Paul, Fabini, Manish, Pawel, Lian, Dave, Greg, Ann, Nikolay, Victor, Dan, Srini, Pankaj, Rich, JoshMiddle Row: Dipti, Raja, Laura, Andriy, Doug, Rob, Juli, Spandana, DavidFront Row: James, Neil, Dean, Steven Not pictured: Srini,…
Teacher / Student Instant Messaging in Windows MultiPoint Server 2012
Today’s post comes to you courtesy of Spandana Battula of the WMS team: This is one of the biggest feature additions in WMS 2012 over WMS2011. Through the Instant Messaging (IM) feature, students will now be able to privately send a message to the teacher. We thought that this feature could help situations where a…
Update Rollup 1.2 (KB 2927581) for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 is now available!
Hi everyone, We're excited to announce that Update Rollup 1.2 for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 is now available for download on the Download Center and through Windows Update. As a quick reminder, an update rollup is a cumulative set of hotfixes, security patches, critical updates, and other updates that are packaged together for easier deployment….
Managing PCs and Tablets with Windows Multipoint Server 2012
Hi, James here. Another new feature that has been generating a lot of excitement is using the MultiPoint Connector to orchestrate traditional client computers in the same way that we treat MultiPoint stations. So a teacher has the same visibility and control over both low cost WMS stations and / or full PCs running Windows…
Updating PCs and Virtual Desktops for Update Rollup 1 of Windows Multipoint Server 2012
Now that Update Rollup 1 is available on the Download Center and via Windows Update we’ve heard from a few customers who missed that if you are using the MultiPoint Connector to manage Windows 7 PCs, Windows 8 PCs or Virtual Desktops running in virtual machines then you need to update the Connector in those…
Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Deployment Guide is now available!
Hi everyone, We're excited to announce today that the long-awaited Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Deployment Guide is now available for download! This document contains walks you through the steps needed to fully configure and deploy a Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 system and contains important information about: Hardware considerations for WMS 2012 Installation and activation Licensing Adding…