The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of tools available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers that enables IT admins to manage Microsoft environments more effectively.

App-V for server "won’t be here for a good while, but it’ll cause big ripples in the traditional way you deploy server applications in your infrastructure of the future," McSpirit said. McSpirit also ...

Desktop and application virtualisation has become an indispensable technology for businesses aiming to deliver secure and efficient digital workspaces to their hybrid workforce. By centralising ...

Formerly called SoftGrid Application Virtualization, App-V 4.5 is Microsoft's attempt to push application virtualization into the mainstream. App-V's key benefits involve streaming applications from ...

VMware is by far the market leader for server virtualization, with competitors Microsoft and Citrix far behind. But when one expands the market to include application virtualization, the race gets ...

Last month, Microsoft officials mentioned the company was planning some kind of virtualization launch event to be held in Seattle in early September, but wouldn't say more. But now the cat is (at ...

Microsoft announced some new tools today for MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack) customers. Beta versions are now available of an updated App-V 5.0 (Application Virtualization), and a new tool ...

The story: Desktop virtualization is grabbing the headlines, but a wave of acquisitions and new product releases point to success for application virtualization — and heralds a better way to manage ...

Application virtualization is one of those technologies that has been around for a little while now, but it just doesn't seem to get the same attention as its older sibling -- server virtualization.