Author: Jeff Pitsch

Security

Some Quick Thoughts on Cyber Security with Potential Large Attacks Inbound

Jeff Pitsch

Update: 1/7/2020 – And this comes through my twitter feed.  Almost like someone trying to prove my point:  https://twitter.com/joetidy/status/1214534032756748288 Seems like we have some exciting times coming from a security perspective.  With the US killing of an Iranian General, cyber attacks are incoming.  This is nothing to take lightly now or ever but it always seems there are companies that don’t take security seriously until they are hacked and the public finds out.  The problem, unfortunately, seems to stem from the fact that it takes money to put in real security and maintain that security.  It’s sad because if they … Continue reading Some Quick Thoughts on Cyber Security with Potential Large Attacks Inbound

Future, Personal, Training, VDI, WVD

My 2020 Commitment to the EUC Community

Jeff Pitsch

I’ve been a part of the EUC community since the beginning and I’ve seen it grow into something more than just about technology. People coming together to support and help others in ways I don’t think any one of us could have foreseen about 20 years ago. This community is special and I am extremely proud to be part of it. As such, I want to renew my commitment to the community. What does this mean? First, I am going to try to attend more events during 2020. I’m already committed to the EUC Masters Retreat and E2EVC Madrid. In … Continue reading My 2020 Commitment to the EUC Community

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Windows Virtual Desktop and What It’s Release Truly Means

Jeff Pitsch

Since Microsoft announced Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) at last years Ignite (2018), there has been a lot of conversation around it.  I’ve even written on it and discussed at length through various mediums.  I must admit, I like what Microsoft is doing BUT it’s not necessarily from a technical perspective.  A lot of people focus on it and comparing it to Citrix and VMware Horizon View and others.  I think they are missing the whole point of WVD. Microsoft has traditionally paid, more or less, lip services to Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services.  For years, virtual desktops have not … Continue reading Windows Virtual Desktop and What It’s Release Truly Means

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Owen Health Update – 2 Years On

Jeff Pitsch

Last year I wrote about my son Owen and his battle with Pediatric Folicular Lymphoma.  Next week marks the two year anniversary of him going into emergency surgery and the diagnosis of cancer.  May 30, 2018 he was officially in remission and the overall prognosis going forward is nothing but positive. The story doesn’t quite end there though.  As I stated in the original article, Owen and school were not a good mix.  He hated school, he hated his teachers (except for a couple of wonderful people), he fought every day to not go.  This had been going on since … Continue reading Owen Health Update – 2 Years On

Cloud, Future, Training, VDI

Take the Time and Invest in Yourself

Jeff Pitsch

I’ve been posting on twitter a bit about investing in yourself. This is important in any field but especially tech. Technology is constantly changing and if you don’t keep up, you will be left behind and that is NEVER good. You don’t want to go the way of an Exchange administrator. Remember those? When was the last time you met someone actively managing exchange server on-prem? Are they out there? Sure, but it’s a sliver of what it used to be. I remember sitting in meetings with many of these people and they fought tooth and nail on moving to … Continue reading Take the Time and Invest in Yourself

Cloud, WVD

I think I figured out why Microsoft is moving Remote Desktop Services from server to client

Jeff Pitsch

I wrote a blog on WVD the other day and I mentioned something in it and I want to buckle down on this assertion.  I truly believe I have figured out the reason WHY Microsoft came out with Windows 10 Multi-user.  It has nothing to do with any reason I’ve previously spouted but it comes down to one simple reason (if someone has already spoken about this, I apologize then.  I  simply haven’t seen anyone come out with this assertion). No other cloud vendor can independently run Windows client in their cloud That’s it.  Simple as that.  Windows Server, including … Continue reading I think I figured out why Microsoft is moving Remote Desktop Services from server to client

Cloud, Future

Is Magic Leap a sneak peek into the future of cloud?

Jeff Pitsch

About a month ago, I spent the weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona and attended the EUC Masters Retreat hosted by Thin Client Computing.  Steve Greenberg and company have put together a great weekend of discussion and activities.  As this was my first time, I wasn’t sure what to expect but I’m planning on attending many more.  It was well worth the price of admission. I want to focus on one particular portion in this blog because it really is the piece that has really stuck with me.  It’s like the song that gets stuck in your head and you can’t get … Continue reading Is Magic Leap a sneak peek into the future of cloud?

WVD

Microsoft, Windows Virtual Desktop and Azure

Jeff Pitsch

When Microsoft announced Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) in 2018 during Ignite, there was a lot of hoopla, a lot of discussion and a hefty dose of skepticism. After all say the naysayers, this is Microsoft’s third go around with trying to get Remote Desktop Services (RDS) workloads into Azure and out of customers datacenters. The first two were not good, not good at all. Why should we care this time around? Because of your own point, this IS their third attempt at it AND it is better than the first two. It is the second part that is being missed. … Continue reading Microsoft, Windows Virtual Desktop and Azure

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Why, I Believe, this is the Beginning of the End for RDSH

Jeff Pitsch

A discussion broke out on twitter the other day about Office, O365, RDSH and WVD.  It was regarding Microsoft’s announcement that Office 365 will not run on Windows Server 2019 RDSH.  Office with a perpetual license will continue to be supported on Windows Server 2019 RDSH.  The question became:  Does this, or does it not, signal the end of RDSH? In my opinion (we all have those right?), this is the start of the end of RDSH as we know it.  I will get into why I do truly believe that but first, I would point you to Claudio Rodrigues’s … Continue reading Why, I Believe, this is the Beginning of the End for RDSH

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A Lifetime in 7 Months

Jeff Pitsch

A lot has happened in the time that I was let go from Citrix.  If you simply look at the last 7 months of my employment, it certainly doesn’t look good but as with most anything in this world there is more to the story.  Never judge a book by its cover as they say. Around Thanksgiving in 2017 my 13 year old son started having occasional stomach pains.  These would typically happen during school.  After a week or so of having to pick him up from school because of the pain we took him to his pediatrician.  The doctor … Continue reading A Lifetime in 7 Months