Last week’s tips for successfully hosting virtual desktops story mentioned an interesting alternative to VDI: Citrix’s hosted shared virtual desktop technology, based on XenApp. The technology has ...

Microsoft announced today that their new Windows Virtual Desktop product is now available for public preview. This technology allows the enterprise to move their desktops and applications into Azure ...

Microsoft likes to present itself as a cloud company today, but desktop Windows remains a key element of its overall platform. Office 365 web applications are handy, but no substitute for desktop ...

Writing for XDA involves working across different platforms, operating systems, and programs. I frequently try out different apps and tools, which is exactly why I even set up a home lab. Most of the ...

It feels strange to say it, but it's true: There is an app called, simply, "Windows." It's available for early testing on Mac, iOS and iPad, the web, Windows, and eventually Android, and it's made by ...

A new Windows version for multiple users was spotted last month, and now we know what it's for: Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is a new service providing multi-user remote desktop and VDI in the Azure ...

Analyst firm Gartner has declared hosted PCs are now often cheaper to operate than on-prem laptops, and two years away from being cost-effective for 95 percent of workers.… That opinion emerged this ...

You probably run Office and other software directly from a PC hard drive. But server-side tools can put any Windows application into the cloud, keeping virtual ...

See my story “ Windows 10’s Remote Desktop options explained ” for more details about Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Connection and how to use them. In this story I’ll focus on what you can do when ...