Which VMware vSphere licensing edition is right for your business?
Recently I was working with a client who needed to know the difference between the various versions of VMware's vSphere licensing. It had been a while since I…
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What happens if you let VMware Support Expire?
There is a pretty short answer to this question. If you purchase perpetual permanent licenses for your VMware vSphere infrastructure (or Horizon) and let the Support Subscription lapse,…
vSphere Enterprise licensing Plus Throw Back Thursday [2017 Update]!
So the last time I posted about vSphere Enterprise licensing was in 2010! At the time, Enterprise licenses were not available for net new purchasing. You could however…
VMware Enterprise or Enterprise Plus?
You may have heard about the coming licensing changes from VMware. You may have heard about the new vRAM licensing and some of the impacts it will have…
Citrix Provisioning Services Error : Unexpected MAPI error Occurred
Citrix Provisioning Server 5.6 SP1. While changing the Mode on a vDisk, I received the dubious ‘An unexpected MAPI error occurred” error shown below. The details show information…
Terminal Server license server – NOT ACTIVATED!
Written by Aaron Silber: Just ran into an issue where all of a sudden people could not log into the TS Servers any more. When I looked at…
Determine your Office 2010 Version
Moshe Silber sent over a quick tip: I was having an issue at a client adding an Office 2010 key to an existing installation. They have an Open…
Licensing the Free ESXi
So lots of my clients are beginning to look at Hyper-V and the idea of trying out the free Hypervisor from Microsoft in their development environments. I put…
Switching the Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller’s Product Edition (DDC)
If you have ever received a licensing error on your Desktop Delivery Controller like the one below, you have most likely selected the wrong Product type during installation…