As remote work became the default for many companies during the pandemic, it’s maybe no surprise that services like Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop, which gives users access to a fully managed ...

In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.

Microsoft is rebranding its Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service as "Azure Virtual Desktop." At the same time, the company is introducing a new ISV/per-user pricing option and taking the wraps off a ...

Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a ...

Microsoft offers new licensing and technology to spur virtual desktop usage In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying ...

The Azure Virtual Desktop service now offers the choice of using the Windows 11 operating system at the preview stage, per a Thursday Microsoft announcement. Azure Virtual Desktop is a 2-year-old ...

The company also unveiled new security capabilities for the platform, which was previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop. Microsoft has rebranded its virtual desktop infrastructure platform under ...

Microsoft has finalized its acquisition of Israel-based desktop virtualization startup Kidaro and said that it plans to incorporate Kidaro's technology into the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack ...

Microsoft's new desktop virtualization initiatives announced yesterday are a long-anticipated move to make desktop and application virtualization easier and cheaper for enterprises. But it's also part ...

As Microsoft Corp. officially released its Application Virtualization 4.5 software today, it also announced several licensing changes around virtual desktops and application virtualization, while ...

(Editor’s note: This story initially misstated that Microsoft is now letting corporate users do desktop virtualization with any version of Windows Vista via its server-based Vista Enterprise ...

Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Kidaro is particularly well suited to mobile environments with large numbers of notebook PCs, where the ability to deploy and move PC images quickly and ...