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First look
Since the last post the project team has been hard at work on the delivery of the new Windows 7 & Office 2010 desktop solution. Following a series of low level design workshops a detail design was...
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Cloud Desktop
As we approached go live, we realised that we needed a name for this new desktop service. It didn’t seem right just to call it “The Windows 7 Desktop”, as the anytime, anywhere, centralised approach we...
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Library go live
The new University of Lincoln Cloud Desktop is now live and available to all from the Cloud Desktop Terminals on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors in the GCW Library. In total, 265 PCs have been replaced...
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The Cloud Desktop has been live now for two weeks and we have seen a day by day increase in usage as students have returned and inquisitive staff members have tried out the new service. Over the past...
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At the beginning of February, after finally resolving the complexities of software licensing, we quietly opened up access to the Cloud Desktop from personally owned computers and devices. Now it is...
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Behind the curtain
For those that are interested in the technology behind the Cloud Desktop, here is a high level diagram of the Remote Desktop Services Architecture that makes the magic possible. Cloud Desktop High...
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Cloud Desktop usage
Part of the Cloud Desktop solution is a monitoring application called Terminal Services Log which provides powerful and comprehensive reporting on the usage of the service. The Cloud Desktop service...
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UCISA 2013 poster
The below poster was displayed at the UCISA 2013 Annual Management Conference which was held in Liverpool on the 13th – 15th March. The formal poster session is designed to share some of the...
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UCISA 2013 poster winner
Just heard we won best poster at UCISA 2013! Our cloud desktop project @unilincoln_ict @unilincolnjust won best poster at #ucisa13 , well done Leigh Haynes. — Drew Cook (@drew_cook) March 14, 2013...
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Today is my last day working for the University. I have really enjoyed working on the Cloud Desktop project but I must now leave it the capable hands of my colleagues who will continue to roll-out the...
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