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Review of VMworld 2018 in Barcelona

November 8, 2018November 20, 2018

While waiting at the airport in Barcelona for my wife to arrive, I’m trying to channel everything that happened in the last 5 days. VMworld 2018 in Barcelona just ended and since the very first VMware event I visited (Partner Exchange 2012, PEX, in Las Vegas), the way I experience those events is changing. Visiting PEX 2012 had a primary goal; I was solely there to learn about new technologies (such as the first version of the vCenter Appliance). 6 years later, at VMworld 2018, that primary focus towards education has shifted. In this post, I like to explain how I…

November 7, 2018

Designing a VDI, the VCDX way

Thanks for checking out my session on either the VMworld VMTN theater or the vBrownbag channel. You can find the slides I used in the session here: If you have any questions, you can find me on twitter!

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018

Brian Madden’s VMware EUC Community event at VMworld

In less than a week, Barcelona will be the virtualization capital of the world. People from all over the planet will travel towards the Catalan city to enjoy all that VMworld and the city of Barcelona have to offer. A lot of events are happening as well and in this blog post, I would like to highlight one; The VMware EUC Community Event, hosted by Brian Madden. About half a year ago a Dutch VMware EUC event called VMware EUC TechCon took place and Brian Madden was one of our keynote speakers. When talking to him about some of the things…

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018

Why VMworld 2018 in Vegas was the best edition ever

Let me start with the fact that I said this same thing last year. This VMworld was the best ever. And back then I also meant it. VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas this year was even better. In this post, I would like to explain why this year’s edition was epic on a whole new level. With the VDI Design Guide being launched a couple of weeks ago, I was hoping that I could bring some attention to the book as this is the most important event of the year. What happened during the week was something I would have never…

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

Looking forward to VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas

VMworld is one of the highlights of the year. It’s one of the biggest virtualization conferences on the planet and the place to be if VMware technology and its ecosystem are what drive you. This year will be even more awesome because the VDI Design Guide was launched this month and there are a lot of things happening around the book. I’m feeling very lucky to be able to visit the VMworld conferences in both Las Vegas and Barcelona for the third year in a row. Last year was the first time I presented at both events and even though…

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018

Writing the VDI Design Guide: Why, What and How?

If you haven’t noticed it, check this post. Since early August, the VDI Design Guide is available in the Amazon bookstore. Writing a book isn’t something you should take lightly, that’s what I experienced myself in the last 12 months. But why? And what challenges did I face? Would I do it all over again? And what would I do differently? I would like to answer these and more questions in this blog post. Let’s start with a theme from the book: Why? Why would you spend most of your free time writing a book instead of just writing some…

August 6, 2018August 8, 2018

Finally, the waiting is over: the VDI Design Guide is available!

Twelve months of spending most evenings and weekends in my man cave have come to an end. Since today, the VDI Design Guide is available at the Amazon bookstore! About a year ago, I started my journey to make one of my dreams for the past couple of years come true: become an author. While being at the VMworld conference 2017 in Las Vegas, the first foundation was made. The idea of writing a design guide for Horizon-based VDI solutions came from my personal VCDX journey. In the time that I spent designing, applying, preparing and defending my project, I…

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

Coming soon: The VDI Design Guide

The past year has been a very interesting one. Those of you who followed me on my blog, on twitter or in real-life may have noticed that I’ve been busy with a project called The VDI Design Guide. In the past couple of years, I have collected a lot of information about designing VDI solution. These bits and pieces together formed the basis of what is an almost-finished book. When I started this project, I had a clear image of what the result should look like: a structured guide that is able to run you through all possible steps from building…

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

How to avoid an NVIDIA Tesla P4 to overheat

The biggest part of authoring the VDI Design Guide is research. Research on all kinds of things. Sizing, infrastructure, validation of best practices and last but not least: performance. One of my goals is to give some insights into (as I call it) The Art of the Possible. Pushing the limits of a virtual desktop is part of that and that’s why I decided to see if an NVIDIA Tesla P4 and a Xeon E5-2620 V2 are capable of running the 2016 version of Doom. To give you a heads-up, it works. But I took some hurdles to get it smoothly to work….