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DDS Lite

DDS Lite. What is it?

Well, after attending RES Software’s Pre-Solutions Breakfast yesterday, I can inform DDS Lite stands for the RES Dynamic Desktop Studio Lite edition.

The DDS Lite program consists of a combination of solutions, comprised of both RES Automation Manager and RES Workspace Manager. It basically provides entry-level task automation, resource provisioning and user workspace composition and -personalization.

To break it down, DDS Lite is basically:

RES Automation Manager:

• Task Automation
• Conditions
• Query Evaluators
• Parameters
• Resource Provisioning

RES Workspace Manager:

• Composition & Personalization
• Desktop Sampler
• Workspace Designer
• Workspace Modelling
• Zero Profile Technology

Based on the information given on monday the 18th of April, the product will be priced at 45€ per concurrent user & 60€ per named user.

RES Automation Manager & Exchange Mailing Lists

The power of Automation Manager & PowerShell. Thanx to Anne Plancius!

Not quite yet the point and click system that it, perhaps, should be. Call it the battle between ‘man and machine’. But with a bit of creativity, some PowerShell frags and a dash of Google, most things conceived can be procured. This little gem of information shows how to use PowerShell commands in conjunction with RES Automation Manager (formerly know as Wisdom) to create Exchange mailing lists.

These PowerShell commands have only been tested in an Exchange 2007 environment, but they could also work in and Exchange 2010 environment. Please feel free to use them at your own risk!

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin

chdir “c:\program files\microsoft\exchange server\bin”

New-DistributionGroup -Name “Managers” -OrganizationalUnit “Contoso.com/Users” -SAMAccountName “Managers” -Type “Distribution”

These commands should be used with the following variable to ensure re-usability and flexibility:

groupname: which is the name of the distribution group you want to create path in Active Directory: in which OU do you want to create the distribution group

Which should result in:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin

chdir “c:\program files\microsoft\exchange server\bin”

New-DistributionGroup -Name “$[groupname]” -OrganizationalUnit “$[path in Active Directory]” -SAMAccountName “$[groupname]” -Type “Distribution”

RES Automation Manager 2011 Released

RES Software has just released RES Automation Manager 2011 (the product formerly known as RES Wisdom).

Apart from the new name the product has been given, some changes have been made to the product.

Just to name a few:

• A new licensing model
• Small Business Server connectors
• The introduction of Service Orchestration!
• Master caching dispatchers
• Exchange 2010 support
• Windows 7 support
• Windows 2008 R2 support
• Citrix Workflow Studio invoking

You can find the RES Automation Manager 2011 download here. Registration is required.

RES Software’s Big Secret? One day left….

Only one day left for RES Software’s big announcement. Be sure to check out the RES Software website tomorrow!

RES Software’s Big Secret

Another date to add to your agenda: October 5th 2010.

On that date RES Software will announce some major changes regarding, well. Err, that’s NDA stuff really.

Let’s just say it’s more than a service release…

RES Software secures patent on VDX technology

RES Software has shared the following press release with the community, which goes out tomorrow. The release covers  the Virtual Desktop Extender. as it’s mainly targted towards the VDI markets:

Philadelphia, PA, August 30, 2010 — RES Software, the proven leader in user workspace management, today announced that it has been granted Patent No. US 7,725,527 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its Virtual Desktop Extender (VDX) technology. VDX serves as a key technology in the successful deployment of virtual desktops because it enhances the remote desktop experience by enabling local applications. This industry-first solution, which also has approval from the European Patent Office, will be demonstrated from August 30 through September 2 at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco in booth #431.

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