Microsoft has been touting MED-V as a Windows 7 migration tool that allows users to ?retain access to legacy lines of business applications that require Windows XP.?
OH Really! One minute they beg users to ditch XP, then next they are helping users keep it around. Bi-polar much? No wonder MS has no future/strategy in the computing world and Apple is eating their lunch every day.
Microsoft is making available to its volume-license customers with Software Assurance new releases of a number of virtualization tools as of March 10.
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) 2.0, for one, is available to customers today, according to company officials. The MED-V 2.0 product is desktop virtualization software based on technology Microsoft bought from Kidaro in 2008. MED-V is one of a number of migration tools that Microsoft offers exclusively to Microsoft Software Assurance volume-license customers as part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP).
Microsoft has been touting MED-V as a Windows 7 migration tool that allows users to “retain access to legacy lines of business applications that require Windows XP.”
Microsoft has been testing MED-V 2.0 since last summer. Company officials have said there would be a number of new features and updates in the MED-V2.0 release, including:
- No dedicated infrastructure required
- Streamlined sign-on to MED-V workspaces
- More options for Internet Explorer redirection
- USB device sharing
- My Documents, Desktop and network printer redirection
MED-V 2.0 isn’t the only new virtualization-focused release from Microsoft released today. Company officials also said that App-V 4.6 Service Pack (SP) 1 is available, as well. Both MED-V 2.0 and App-V 4.6 are part of the MDOP 2011 release.
Microsoft also delivered is planning to deliver the first public beta Community Technology Preview of Windows Thin PC (WinTPC), the thin-client Windows 7 product that is the successor to the Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP) product before the end of March. (False alarm: It’s not out yet. Second false alarm: Microsoft has decided this will be a CTP test build and not a “beta.”)
WinTPC will be available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers as part of their licenses. Customers who don’t have Software Assurance also can buy a Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) license for each device to get access to WinTPC, officials said this week.
