WORLDWIDE BEST NON VENDOR, NO MARKETING BS, NETWORKING EUC CONFERENCE, FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS!
WORLDWIDE BEST NON VENDOR, NO MARKETING BS, NETWORKING EUC CONFERENCE, FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS!
MAY 16-18, 2025
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Registration starts in November, 2024
October 31 - November 2, 2025
Lisbon, Portugal
Registration starts in May, 2025
Digital Employee Experience Management for the Work-from-Anywhere Era. ControlUp enables IT professionals to observe, analyze & optimize the digital employee experience, end to end, from VDI and applications to physical endpoints. ControlUp is transforming the way IT manages systems, troubleshoots issues, and delivers a great user experience. Thousands of organizations around the world rely on ControlUp to save time, money, and precious human resources to ensure business continuity.
Website: https://www.controlup.com/company/about-us/
Twitter: @ControlUp
Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is an all-in-one application delivery and VDI solution that allows users to securely access virtual workspaces from anywhere, on any device, anytime. Our cloud-ready software empowers organizations to embrace digital transformation by centralizing management of the IT infrastructure, streamlining multi-cloud deployment, reinforcing data security and improving process automation. Its flexible and scalable architecture allows organizations to quickly adapt to business demands. The key benefits of Parallels RAS include: · Superior user experience on any device, anywhere · Enhanced data security · IT agility and business readiness · Easy to deploy, configure and maintain · Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) Website: https://www.parallels.com/eu/products/ras/remote-application-server/
Twitter: @ParallelsRAS
AWS End User Computing (EUC) services provide secure access to the applications and desktops the workforce needs to get their job done. With AWS EUC services, workers can be productive from any supported device while improving IT agility and organizational security. You can scale up or scale down resources on demand, providing your teams with the resources they need, all without deploying and operating infrastructure.
Website: https://aws.amazon.com/products/end-user-computing/
We’ve always been about new ways of working.
16 million cloud users. Thousands of organizations. They all rely on Citrix to power a better way to work.
When we pioneered remote access, we believed people should be able to work anywhere and in any way they need. Three decades later, that’s even more true than ever.
It’s what drives us to create technology that transcends the constraints of time, place, infrastructure, networks, and devices. And it’s the reason thousands of organizations around the world trust us to keep their apps available, their data safe, and their people productive—wherever and whenever work happens.
Website: https://www.citrix.com
EUC Score by Dr. Benny Tritsch IT Consulting. Your Ultimate Guide to EUC Performance Tests and Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Analysis. Measuring perceived remote end-user experience in an organized, valid and repeatable way.
Website: https://eucscore.com
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome to our 57 E2EVC Event! Short introduction of E2EVC it's Agenda and history
Introduction to rules,acceptance of first comers, history of the event, introduction to presenters, vendors and much more stuff. And it actually never fits within allocated time, so instead of 20 it will be about 45min.
Twitter: @e2evc
09:30 - 10:05
Traditional greeting session! It is now a
wellestablished E2EVC tradition to kick-start the conference with the latest innovations in Digital Employee Experience Management
from ControlUp. As usual, you'll see exciting new ways of monitoring virtualization infrastructure, managing virtualized user workloads, and monitoring user experience.
Eugene will show cool enhancements to the ControlUp powerful toolkit, and share some evidence from the field on how ControlUp can save your troubleshooting day. Geek fun guaranteed!
Eugene is ControlUp old-timer, deeply involved in planning and executing the product's technological vision. His areas of expertise include virtualization, cloud computing, Windows Server, PowerShell, VDI. Eugene has
extensive experience in training IT
professionals, and holds various industry certifications from Microsoft, Citrix, Cisco, Splunk and the Scrum Alliance, as well as a Master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com /in/
10:05 - 10:35
Dive into the extraordinary world of Parallels, where global innovations and dazzling updates converge in ways you've only dreamed of. Witness the magic of a unified solution that effortlessly brings together all your applications—whether they’re on-premises, in the cloud, SaaS, or installed locally. Marvel at the seamless integration and simplicity as you explore ‘endless’ possibilities.
Hold on tight—this is a high-speed adventure-filled ride! If you're already dealing with an overload of awesomeness, we recommend seeking professional guidance before joining the session.
Chris is one of those people who loves walking around and waving his hands about, talking to people about all sorts of things. Remote meetings have put pay to much of this, so E2EVC sees Chris in his natural habitat once
more (watch out!). At Parallels, Chris is an evangelist and a Principal Outbound Product Manager.
He spends time gathering customers’ and partners’ feedback and discussing with IT leaders about how their businesses are coping
with fundamental shifts in working practices alongside rapid changes in the way services are being consumed; how organisations remain competitive in this environment and how they
can deliver simplified, more agile services to allow them to do so.
Chris is proud to be an E2EVC Ambassador. He has lived many cat-like lives previous to this including a Technical Instructor, Solution Architect, Director of Strategy, Field Technologist and Field CTO.
Twitter: @ChrisJMarks
10:35 - 11:05
We serve hundreds of customers using NetScaler (and Gateway) for their daily business needs. All of them unites the ongoing challenge making sure they are protected against vulnerabilities and common exploits and for sure this journey starts with getting a new firmware up and running as soon as possible, with minimal efforts of time and resources. This is where we jump in to help: braincon’s bcEvergreen for NetScaler is a 24x7 enterprise- and ITL-ready patch management service. Our world premiere innovation “Instant Patch” detects new releases in real-time and triggers negotiated updates based on customers’ specifications: fully automated, silent approval, time-based decisions, RFC-based approval, with trigger for workflows and snapshots, integrated into monitoring dashboards, and much more – even targeting administrative staff with minimal to zero technical knowledge.
Join us to understand where we can assist you and your customers to take NetScaler protection to the next level. All session attendee for sure receive their perk where we give away Community Edition licensing for you to discover why and how we set the new benchmark for NetScaler patch management. Never worry about critical update situations, even while you are on vacation (or unavailable elsewhere)… Resellers are also welcome…
Thorsten is an IT veteran with 3 decades enterprise experience, awarded CTP and certified as MCSE, CCE and more, and he is a technologist with true passion for bits and bytes in real world challenges. His business role as CTO with braincon targets hybrid application delivery infrastructures and he has a good sense for deploying non-standard customized solutions. He is focussed on cloud technologies, app networking, mobility and security architectures. For many years now, he's also a frequent event and user groups speaker, legendary known for deep-dive level 400+ sessions.
Twitter: @t_rode
11:05 - 11:40
Dive into the world of generative AI and discover how Ai can "Assist" IT Professionals in the daily grind of End User Computing. This session introduces generative AI and demonstrates how EtherAssist can enhance your daily productivity. Learn practical ways to leverage this cutting-edge technology to streamline your IT operations, improve efficiency, and enhance IT knowledge, scripting, and augmented actions.
Ryan is a technologist with over 17 years of experience in cloud computing, virtualisation, and end-user computing. Recognised as a Microsoft MVP, a Parallels VIPP, and previously a VMware vExpert for over a decade, he is the CEO of EfficientEther LTD, leading initiatives in cloud optimisation, sustainability, and generative AI. His military background influences his disciplined approach, and he is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society. Ryan is also the author of "Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop."
Twitter: @RyMangan
11:45 - 12:15
One of the most used applications within a virtual desktop is the web browser. As business applications move to SaaS and everything uses a web-based admin console, the browser is critical infrastructure. But the regular web browser isn’t really built for the enterprise. What if it was? This session answers that question and introduces the core concepts of an Enterprise Browser. You’ll learn how to balance application infrastructure between VDI and an Enterprise Browser
Paul is a technical lead with Island, working with customers across EMEA and further afield to help them deploy and get the most out of their Enterprise Browser deployments. Prior to Island, Paul spent two decades at Forcepoint and Symantec; and before that, he had a variety of roles at a large Pharma, leveraging Citrix and other technologies to deliver access to security technologies. In vendor land, his roles have spanned consulting, product management, and presales, where he specialized in SASE, Endpoint, and cloud solutions, working with their most significant customers. Some of you may even know him as the original author of "Citrix and terminal server best practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection".
12:15 - 12:50
A lot of things happened in AWS EUC since last time we met in Madrid. Join us to learn more about the latest innovations from AWS EUC: the new products we released, the new features we launched, and what is coming. This is the right place to learn more about the innovations that AWS is driving in the world of End User Computin
Paolo is the General Manager of Display Protocols team at Amazon Web Services.In 2002. he received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy. In 2004, he joined NICE as a Sr. SDE and later SDM. NICE has been acquired by AWS in 2016. After NICE acquisition, he kept leading the NICE DCV team (now Display Protocols organization) and led teams working on different AWS products, including Elastic Graphics, Elastic Inference, and NICE EnginFrame.
12:55 - 13:30
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14:30 - 15:00
The latest and greatest Updates from Nerdio – highlighting new features such as multi identity tenant support, Auto scaling insights and more.
Gavin is Field CTO at Nerdio. Gavin
joined Nerdio in the 1st half of 2023 and is enjoying working with enterprise customers on their cloud transformation journeys. Prior to Nerdio, Gavin was an Account Technology Strategist at Cloud Software Group fka Citrix.
Gavin worked at Citrix for over 6 years and helped to architect and advise on some of the largest and most complex EUC deployments.
Gavin loves speaking at events and has
participated in two virtual E2EVC events in the past. Outside of work Gavin can be found in the dark sanctuary of the cinema watching all of the movies.
Twitter: @technologistG
Neil is proud father and husband,
UK Field CTO working for Nerdio. Blogger, podcaster and all round general community guy. Neil has been in IT for over 20 years, the last 10 of which have been EUC/VDI focussed.
He is the co-founder of the Azure Virtual
Desktop Community and also the UK Azure Virtual Desktop User Group. He is an exCitrix CTA and also an active Microsoft MVP. In his spare time he loves reading, spending time
with his family and hiking when he is not
playing around with the latest Azure Virtual Desktop features!
Twitter: @virtualmanc
15:05 - 15:35
In this session, Benny Tritsch walks you through the new EUC Score toolset features, many of which are freely available to E2EVC community members. He also shows some exciting benchmarking results that he has collected in EUC Score community projects over the last few weeks.
Benny is an IT evangelist and the creator of
the EUC Score Toolset. He is a Subject Matter
Expert in IT virtualization,enterprise mobility,
system analysis and remote end-user
experience benchmarking. Over the last
decade Benny was awarded as E2EVC
Ambassador, Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP), Citrix Technology
Professional (CTP) Fellow, VMware vExpert
EUC, NVIDIA GRID Community Advisor
(NGCA), and Parallels VIPP.
Twitter: @drtritsch
15:35 - 16:05
Announcement Alert! Prepare to be captivated by the unveiling of thrilling new strategies for XOAP. Delve into the intricate details of our Partner Program and explore our strategic positioning within the EUC and Automation Universe.
Get ready for an exclusive insider's perspective as Mario shares expert insights, offering a comprehensive analysis of XOAP's standing relative to other industry vendors.
Seize the moment to gain a competitive edge and unlock the potential of XOAP in revolutionizing your organization's or MSP's automation journey.
Mario brings over 20 years of extensive expertise in Data Center and Cloud projects to the forefront of his role as a Solution Architect for Enterprise Customers. With a career marked by innovation and strategic thinking, Mario has honed his skills in guiding organizations through the complexities of modern IT landscapes. For over 10 years, he has been instrumental in driving Sales Marketing and Customer Development initiatives, leveraging his deep understanding of customer needs and market trends to deliver exceptional outcomes. Mario's wealth of experience and forward-thinking approach make him a trusted advisor and thought leader in the industry.
Twitter: @xoap_io
16:10 - 16:45
This session delves into the current state and options available for End User Computing in the Microsoft landscape focusing on modernization challenges in diverse technology environments, user experience and agility and the myriad of security concerns. Adnan brings his experience from unique high risk industries such as the medical sector to efficiently manage the Microsoft EUC perspective.
This session basically covers approach to work , a lot of tech and a some of the psychological aspect of what we go thru as EUC specialists especially now on the new rollercoaster of Ai dragging us along.
Adnan is Creative Director Cloud
Solutions. He is Microsoft MVP, Trainer,
Strategy with a pinch of tech, Cloud
Infrastructure Architect, Speaker, WorldCitizen,
WPNinjasNL, AWS Azure, EMS, Windows,
Foody M365 #MSFTAdvocate.
Twitter/Instagram/Onlyfans: @Microspecialist
16:45 - 17:20
Is 2024 the year AI finally lives up to its hype, or just another year of over-promises and chatbots We’ll explore AI’s potential to disrupt tech, and maybe even do our jobs—if it ever gets its act together.
James is a Product Marketing Manager and Community Lead. With 18 years of experience in End User Computing (EUC), he is passionate about advocating for its benefits and I enjoy collaborating with my peers across the industry. For the past 6 years, he has been recognised as a Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA)I frequently speak at events across the EUC community. In January this year Gerjon and James created an AI podcast called The Impact of AI: Explored
Twitter: @jamesoregan
Gerjon works as Innovation Officer at RawWorks in het Netherlands, focusing on AI, future Workspace and Cloud. Gerjon has 25 years of experience in the IT business starting as a system engineer working his way up to a IT pro with broad and in depth knowledge. Gerjon is a known presenter on Expertslive, Azure/M365/Citrix User Groups and E2EVC. He has a Podcast called the Impact of AI: Explored with James 'O Regan and as he is a Microsoft Certified Trainer you might have met him in a classroom somewhere.
Twitter: @gkunst
TBA
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Cloudhouse is at the forefront of application migration and configuration monitoring, adept at addressing the most challenging IT scenarios and modernizing IT estates, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
With our two innovative solutions, Alchemy and Guardian, we ensure seamless transitions and robust system integrity.
Alchemy: The Cloudhouse Application Packaging Solution that modernizes IT estates by resolving unfixable applications and transitioning them to supported operating systems.
Guardian: A vendor-agnostic monitoring tool that provides comprehensive insights and integrity validation alerts, ensuring your systems operate at peak performance.
Cloudhouse stands out as AWS Preferred Partner globally for the End of Support Migration for Windows Servers and is a key migration partner for Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop.
Trusted by numerous government departments and major organizations such as the National Australia Bank, Experian, Royal Mail, and NASA, Cloudhouse is a name synonymous with reliability and innovation.
Recognized as one of the UK’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies by Deloitte in 2020, Cloudhouse continues to lead the way in IT modernization.
Headquartered in London since its founding in 2010, we serve hundreds of enterprises across all sectors globally, helping businesses maximize their existing assets. Join us at the E2EVC Conference to learn how Cloudhouse can help you turn your IT challenges into triumphs.
Twitter: @Cloudhouse
LinkedIn
deviceTRUST was founded in 2016 in Darmstadt / Germany by three experienced veterans in the IT and virtualization market to innovatively enable the ever-growing needs for secure and flexible digital workspaces.
deviceTRUST provides the central contextual platform for enterprises, enabling users to work with their digital workspace from any location, with any device, over any network and at any time, giving IT departments all the information and control they need to meet all security, compliance and regulatory requirements.
Twitter: @deviceTRUST
Website: https://devicetrust.com
Island is the pioneer and market leader of the enterprise browser market. Island’s Enterprise Browser is the ideal enterprise workplace, where work flows freely while remaining fundamentally secure. With the core needs of the enterprise naturally embedded in the browser itself, Island gives organizations complete control, visibility, and governance over the last mile, while delivering the same smooth Chromium-based browser experience users expect, boosting both security and productivity. Led by experienced leaders of the enterprise security and browser technology space and backed by leading venture funds – Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, Stripes, Georgian, Cisco Investments, Prysm Capital and Canapi Ventures – Island is redefining the future of work for some of the largest, most respected enterprises in the world. Island is based in Dallas with research and development in Tel Aviv.
Twitter: @island_io
Website: https://www.island.io
Nerdio Manager for Enterprise helps organizations deploy, manage and scale native Azure Virtual Desktop admin experiences with the best-in-class enterprise capabilities, empowering IT professionals to automate, optimize, and secure AVD deployments with ease.
Website: https://getnerdio.com/
Twitter @GetNerdio
YouTube: Nerdio - YouTube
XOAP™, is a game-changing solution that enables organizations of all sizes and budgets to deploy and manage their entire IT infrastructure and workspaces with ease. Whether you need virtual desktops, notebooks or comprehensive server environments, XOAP™ offers a fully automated, flexible and cost-effective solution.
Experience the simplicity of "Infrastructure as Code for everyone", as Sinisa, our Chief Technology Officer, aptly put it. XOAP™ has an open architecture that can easily adapt to different scripting and coding requirements in cloud or hybrid environments. This versatility is packaged in an easy-to-use console, simplifying the management of even the most complicated IT requirements.
Unleash the power of XOAP™ and revolutionize the way you deploy and manage your IT infrastructure.
Website: https://xoap.io
Twitter: @xoap_io
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@xoap_io
GitHub: https://github.com/xoap-io
10:15 - 11:00
Nerdio Copilot – Do Nerds Dream of Electric Sheep
This session will focus on EUC Scripting in the age of AI and how Nerdio Copilot can save the day.
Windows in the Cloud – Image & App management Masterclass by Nerdio (1 Hr Sat)
Learn how to automate your application and image updates and what is the best approach for this in win365, AVD and physical devises.
10:15 - 11:00
Citrix UPM & Nutanix Files Part.
Gaby Grau. Gaby is a Solution Specialist at Nutanix and she's definitely not your average tech geek. With a passion for making IT simple.
She's got 20 years of experience in the tech industry, working for companies like NetApp or Citrix. When she's not helping organizations modernize their IT infrastructure, you can find her in the woods running away from Zombies.
Twitter: @GabyGrau01
Jan Hendrik Meier. Jan is an Expert for Infrastructure- and Virtualisation-Solutions with a focus on SBC/VDI environments. He has a background of more than 20 years experiences with Microsoft- and Citrix-Products. Thus he has an excellent stock of knowledge in this area and combines this with a deep understanding of the technical connections. In the last years he published several books and articles about Citrix Virtual Apps / Desktops and NVIDIA (v)GPUs. He is awarded with the Citrix Technology Award and NVIDIA vGPU Community Advisor.
Twitter: @jhmeier
Website: http://www.jhmeier.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhmeier/
10:15 - 12:15
MASTER CLASS: Troubleshooting EUC Problems Like a Pro.
Master the art of diagnosing and solving End-User Computing (EUC) issues with confidence. In this interactive session, we’ll dive deep into real-life examples of common and complex EUC problems. You'll learn how to leverage best practices, advanced tools, and proven strategies to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently. Whether it's performance bottlenecks, connectivity issues, or application crashes, this hands-on approach will equip you with the skills to address EUC challenges like a seasoned expert.
Perfect for anyone looking to enhance their troubleshooting capabilities, this session will provide practical insights that you can apply immediately.
Delivered by Samuel Legrand:
Samuel is an owner and IT consultant at LegSam Consulting, a French company specialized in Microsoft and Citrix infrastructures as well as ControlUp employee. His main areas of interest are:
11:05 - 11:45
How to deploy and Manage Azure Virtual Desktops.. with XOAP?
In this hands-on demo session, you will learn how to deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktops using XOAP. The session will guide you through the step-by-step process of setting up Azure Virtual Desktops, leveraging the power of XOAP to streamline deployment, management, and scaling. You will see how XOAP simplifies the management of virtual desktops, ensuring seamless integration with Azure infrastructure, and optimizing performance. Whether you're new to Azure Virtual Desktops or looking to enhance your existing setup, this session provides practical insights and live demonstrations to help you get the most out of your virtual desktop environment.
Sinisa Sokolic: Sinisa is a member of the board of RIS AG. He has more than 25 years of experience in large infrastructure automation projects and is leading the development team behind the XOAP product range. Occasionally, he speaks at community events about automation and deployment technologies and is always willing to share his vision of future infrastructure deployment with friends and good colleagues.
Twitter: @sinisasokolic
11:05 - 11:45
Flexing your muscles with Parallels RAS and Bicep.
In today’s EUC world automation is key and in the case of Cloud, Infrastructure as Code is the way. Join this session and learn how to use the magic of Bicep and PowerShell to automate any EUC environment in Azure. We’ll take Parallels as the example use case and deploy Parallels RAS in Azure in under 10 minutes. As bonus material we’ll also address some insights into how this relates to the Azure Marketplace.
Freek Berson, Freek is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetups around the world and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2011. He authored the book “Getting started with Bicep”, and co-authored “RDS – The Complete Guide”. He works at Parallels as an evangelist and Principal Product Manager with a focus on Parallels RAS and Cloud solutions for virtual application and desktop delivery. He maintains his personal blog at http://themicrosoftplatform.net where he writes articles and blog posts related to Bicep, Azure Virtual Desktop, Remote Desktop Services, Azure, Parallels, and much more.
Twitter: @fberson
10:15 - 12:15
Troubleshooting EUC Problems Like a Pro.
Master the art of diagnosing and solving End-User Computing (EUC) issues with confidence. In this interactive session, we’ll dive deep into real-life examples of common and complex EUC problems. You'll learn how to leverage best practices, advanced tools, and proven strategies to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently. Whether it's performance bottlenecks, connectivity issues, or application crashes, this hands-on approach will equip you with the skills to address EUC challenges like a seasoned expert.
Perfect for anyone looking to enhance their troubleshooting capabilities, this session will provide practical insights that you can apply immediately.
11:50 - 12:30
The downsides of modern auth in DaaS: surviving Citrix FAS and SSO expectations -Reloaded-
Let's face the facts in the updated "2nd edition release": modern authentication is becoming the de facto standard for any access strategy. It (typically) satisfies user expectations and todays' security requirements the same way. But it's not best of both worlds per se when attempting to remove legacy authentication from DaaS and CVAD deployments. Do you know about the why and how to deal with authentication flows to ensure smooth controlplane and worker operations? Multiple forest trusts? When to use FAS? How to make sure FAS even works under SLA and failure scenarios? Not to forget this "one more thing": transitioning an existing environment and allowing side-by-side operations...
Thorsten Rood: Thorsten is an IT veteran with 3 decades enterprise experience, awarded CTP and certified as MCSE, CCE and more, and he is a technologist with true passion for bits and bytes in real world challenges. His business role as CTO with braincon targets hybrid application delivery infrastructures and he has a good sense for deploying non-standard customized solutions. He is focussed on cloud technologies, app networking, mobility and security architectures. For many years now, he's also a frequent event and user groups speaker, legendary known for deep-dive level 400+ sessions.
Twitter: @ThorstenRood
11:50 - 12:30
Death by a thousand cuts - The cost of Cloud.
Sean invites you to join him for a session on the true cost of cloud, the role of sustainability in an enterprise organisation, and the economic challenges faced when building at global scale. He aims to cover a number of items that you may or may not have considered when building out your VDI environment in the cloud, and will look into some techniques and technologies that you can use to hopefully cut down on your cloud costs.
Sean Corrigan: Sean has been in the EUC space for over 15 years, wearing all the hats from helpdesk trainee to architect. He has looked after environments ranging from 20 user MSP customers, to his current role at Fortune 500 financial, where he is currently in the process of migrating over 100k users into Azure.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrseancorrigan/
10:15 - 12:15
Troubleshooting EUC Problems Like a Pro.
Master the art of diagnosing and solving End-User Computing (EUC) issues with confidence. In this interactive session, we’ll dive deep into real-life examples of common and complex EUC problems. You'll learn how to leverage best practices, advanced tools, and proven strategies to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently. Whether it's performance bottlenecks, connectivity issues, or application crashes, this hands-on approach will equip you with the skills to address EUC challenges like a seasoned expert.
Perfect for anyone looking to enhance their troubleshooting capabilities, this session will provide practical insights that you can apply immediately.
12:35 - 13:15
Pimp my AVD with Hydra for Azure Virtual Desktop - #All-In-One.
Azure Virtual Desktop is becoming increasingly popular, and more and more customers are using the Microsoft solution. As good as AVD is, some challenges remain for IT. User support, imaging, deployment, and maintenance are still regular tasks for IT. Hydra for Azure Virtual Desktop simplifies and partially automates these tasks. In the session, we create images with a click, bypass the challenges of Sysprep, scale in all directions, and automate the management of the environment. Hydra is free for environments with up to 6 hosts per pool without further restrictions.
12:35 - 13:15
State of FSLogix and Citrix UPM Profile Containers (OCT 2024 Edition).
In this session we are discovering the featureset of both products. Is FSLogix still the route to go? You will see some enduser specific performance metrics comparing the two products. Is FSLogix dead?
Markus Zehnle, Markus is based in Black Forest Germany and has been working in IT for over 20 years. He started in a classical helpdesk role before he moved on becoming an
Consultant with focus on EUC. He is one of the co-founder of Virtualization Community in BadenWürttemberg (@vcbawue) and active member
in World of EUC, IGEL- and ControlUp
Community. When not working he spends most of the time with his two kids in Europa Park, which would be an awesome location for the E2EVC.
Twitter: @markuszehnle
12:35 - 13:15
Modernizing Enterprise Workloads with Kasm: Bringing Simplicity and Security to Every Application.
Discover how Kasm redefines enterprise application management by treating every app or website with the same level of security and ease of deployment. Groundbreaking features like autoscaling VMs, and Kubernetes support, transforming how enterprises approach workload management. Features like RDP gateway capabilities and standalone workspace PWAs provide secure, remote access, while the introduction of managed egress and inline help simplify network management. By simplifying Windows service installation and adding managed egress providers, Kasm reduces infrastructure costs and minimizes security risks. See how treating every application with the same robust security standards allows enterprises to create a streamlined, productive environment that is both cost-effective and highly scalable. Learn how these enhancements can streamline your operations, cut costs, and boost productivity across your enterprise workloads.
Jaymes Davis, James is a seasoned technology strategist with over 20 years of experience in application delivery, virtualization, and cloud-native solutions. Currently the CPO for Kasm Technologies, he specializes in transforming enterprise workloads with secure, flexible, and cost-effective computing solutions. Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including Kasm Workspaces and IGEL, Jaymes focuses on improving productivity, reducing IT complexities, and enhancing security. His expertise spans diverse industries, working with both government and commercial organizations.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaymesdavis
13:15 - 14:15
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14:15 - 14:55
Securing Your Virtual Desktop and RemoteApps Session Hosts.
In this session, we will highlight a number of easily implementable security best practices that reduce the attack surface on session hosts/workers. These best practices have been tested and commended by various penetration testers.
As many organizations integrating a RemoteApp or virtual desktop concept into their modern workplace strategy. During numerous consultations and health checks performed on Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows365, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Omnissa Horizon across various organizations, we often observe that these environments are just configured to ensure that RemoteApps or virtual desktops are technically operational. However, the principle of 'secure by design' is often not applied. This leaves session hosts exposed to threats like ransomware attacks, lateral movement, pass-the-hash, and privilege escalation.
Join our session to learn how you can fortify your session hosts/workers against these vulnerabilities.
Patrick van den Born, Patrick is an independent senior Consultant and IT Architect focused on the End User Computing, Public Cloud, Everything-as-Code, and DevOps area. He is responsible for designing, leading, and implementing End User Computing projects. With experience in automation, everything-as-Code, infrastructure, and EUC, he is capable of transforming organizations towards a DevOps and automation approach.
His expertise include following area: Citrix End User Computing, Microsoft Azure, NVIDIA-Technologies, Hashicorp Terraform, and Hashicorp Packer. He also has a broad knowledge of on-premises VMware and Microsoft Technologies.
He is also active in the community presenting at various events. Iis also a member of TeamRGE and GO-EUC. He was awarded Citrix Technology Professional status by Citrix.
Twitter: @pvdnborn
Stefan Dingemanse, Stefan works as a Freelance Microsoft (Cloud) Consultant at Brainpulse IT. He mainly focuses on advising, building, managing and providing training in the field of the Modern Workplace and the public cloud with products and services such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Endpoint Management, Azure Virtual Desktop / Windows 365, Azure DevOps and automation .
He is also very active within the various communities. For example, he organizes knowledge sessions with the Dutch Virtual Desktop User Group and he is co-founder of the worldwide Virtual Desktops Community together with Neil McLoughlin. Stefan likes to share his passion, knowledge and technical expertise with the public. He is also Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
Twitter: @SDingemanse
14:15 - 14:55
A practical guide on how to get started with user experience benchmarking.
According to Gartner, "Experience Analysis" is an important use case for Digital Employee Experience Management. Learn how to run your own experience analysis tests in a strictly scientific way. In this session Benny Tritsch give you a hands-on introduction into collecting Windows performance counters and recording the endpoint device screen using free community tools. He also presents tips and tricks on how to visualize and interpret this data.
Benny is an IT evangelist and the creator of
the EUC Score Toolset. He is a Subject Matter
Expert in IT virtualization,enterprise mobility,
system analysis and remote end-user
experience benchmarking. Over the last
decade Benny was awarded as E2EVC
Ambassador, Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP), Citrix Technology
Professional (CTP) Fellow, VMware vExpert
EUC, NVIDIA GRID Community Advisor
(NGCA), and Parallels VIPP.
Twitter: @drtritsch
14:15 - 16:15
MASTER CLASS: Introduction to AWS End User Computing. "Turn your desktop applications into SaaS without rewriting code."
Refactoring business critical applications into a modernized, cloud-based SaaS delivery model is often complex and costly. Amazon AppSteam 2.0 is a fully managed desktop and application streaming service that provides a clear path to modernize your application delivery. With its pay-as-you-go pricing, managed streaming infrastructure, and dynamic scaling options, you can worry more about what you want to deliver and less about how you are going to do it. In this master class, we will dive deeper into how AppStream can accelerate application SaaSification for Individual Software Vendors (ISVs) and builders. Participants get their own AWS account to provision resources in for the duration of this hands-on session.
Instructor: Andrew Morgan, Andrew came to AWS in 2019 from a large datacenter environment where he specialized VMware, Cisco UCS, and automation. His AWS career began on the Windows team in Premium Support. By 2020, he was the Lead Subject Matter Expert on Amazon WorkSpaces. He then transitioned to a Solutions Architecture role specializing in End User Computing (EUC). Through his work on EUC services, he developed a passion for the DCV streaming protocol. In 2022, he started his current role as the DCV Developer Advocate.
15:00 - 15:40
Does HCI really stack up?!?
Amid the rapid changes in EUC and the increasing demand from customers to reduce costs, we delve into our recent experience of replacing Citrix and VMware with Azure Stack HCI and AVD. We'll discuss the challenges encountered, the benefits realised, and provide an overall summary. Additionally, we'll compare the Azure Stack HCI with our experiences from other HCI solutions.
Alyn Peden. Alyn is the Technical Director and co-founder of Auxilium IT Consultancy, with two decades of IT experience. His passion for technology began early, leading to a career that started on the Service Desk of a local police authority at 18. Alyn's fascination with application delivery sparked a strong interest in Citrix technology, which has significantly influenced his career. Over the years, he gained extensive experience in various EUC technologies and industry sectors. After several years as an independent EUC consultant, Alyn co-founded Auxilium IT Consultancy, now in its sixth year specialising in Managed Services and EUC consultancy.
Twitter: @Auxilium_ITC
15:00 - 15:40
The EUC Renaissance: Building on the Browser.
Most users spend most of their time inside one application: the browser. SaaS and web technology made application development & deployment simpler, but it hasn’t changed the EUC platform. Until now.
Join this session to learn about the Enterprise Browser and how organizations are using it to build a complete EUC platform that’s radically simpler, more efficient, and easier to support.
Yuval Krigel, Yuval is a Product Manager at Island, where he works on the Enterprise Browser. His area of focus is building solutions to help enterprise customers rightsize their VDI environments and deliver a great end-user experience. Prior to Island, he gained extensive experience as a security researcher and engineer with expertise in IT, operating systems, networks, and cloud technologies. Building on his experience with cybersecurity and product development, Yuval is supporting enterprise organizations in their digital transformation and adoption of innovative Enterprise Browser technology.
LinkedIn: https://il.linkedin.com/in/yuval-krigel
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15:45 - 16:25
Proxmox in a Parallels Universe.
Lessons learned from deploying and managing Parallels RAS into a Proxmox environment.
Jan Tytgat, Jan is a passionate NetScaler engineer with almost 20years of experience working with Citrix and Fortinet technologies, while maintaining a strong focus on security and automation. He was admitted to Citrix PTEC in 2013 and became a Citrix CTP in 2021. As the founder of CoreLayer, he runs a managed services and consulting business in
Belgium, assisting small and large
organizations with their application delivery and security challenges.
Twitter: @jantytgat
TPop opens the EUC Pandoras box… learnings from the field.
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Thomas will in this session open his field experience with EUC around following subjects
- Geolocation in EUC, why use this technology and why is this important.
- Storage accounts in Azure, what to use with FSlogix
- New Windows App from Microsoft to AVD/W365
- How to work deep with Nerdio with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365
- Enhancing AVD with Hydra, why.
- Using Apple Vision Pro from a EUC perspective, is it good?
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise, learn how to build fast and easy AI solution with NVIDIA NIM.
Thomas is an independent technology architect and has been running his own company, Poppelgaard.com, for more than 11 years.
He specializes in providing consultancy within Microsoft, NVIDIA, Citrix, VMware, Nutanix, technologies.
He is also a subject matter expert in gpu, ai, apm, end user computing, remote graphics, security, visual computing, datacenter, cloud
In addition, Thomas actively serves on various advisory boards, boards of directors, and committees.
He is widely recognized within the industry for his expertise in GPUs and workload acceleration. Among his accolades are awards from NVIDIA, Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, and Parallels.
Thomas Poppelgaard. .Thomas is also a renowned keynote speaker and presenter at major international conferences, including E2EVC, NVIDIA GTC, Autodesk AU, HPE Discovery, Citrix Synergy, VMware Explore,CopenX, AI Days.
Twitter: @_POPPELGAARD
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16:30 - 17:10
CI / CD Pipelines and Desired Configuration Management.
In this presentation, Christian and Saša will take you on a journey through modern infrastructure management. Automation today is "slightly" different from automation in the good old days. The shift from sequential list of administrative tasks to declarative description of infrastructure is the key for modern infrastructure management. We will use a few examples to explain why you should care, what it can do for you, what tools you need to get started, and answer all your questions about modern infrastructure management. Even the ones you were afraid to ask.
Saša Mašić. Saša is an Enterprise Architect based in Hamburg, Germany. He spends most of his time on digital transformation, application delivery, data centre infrastructure and infrastructure management projects. Saša started his journey in server-based computing during his bachelor thesis with first contact with virtualisation technology on GSX 1.0 and ESX 1.0 beta. E2EVC has had a great impact on his career since 2005 and he is proud (Alex, please fill in my real achievement here) of E2EVC. It is easy to grow among great people. Always happy and grateful for the opportunity to present at E2EVC. Works for a living, happily married, father of two grown-ups. In his spare time Saša is a basketball coach.
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10ZiG Technology allows you to implement a single-vendor endpoint strategy that provides a secure, standardized and high-performance UX across your whole organisation that is agnostic to the endpoint of choice, the VDI/DaaS/SaaS/WebApp platform, or the physical/geographical location of the employee. 10ZiG does this by offering FREE PC Repurposing, FREE Cloud Ready Management and a wide-range of Thin & Zero Client hardware for AVD, Citrix, Dizzion Frame, Parallels, VMware and more.
Website: www.10zig.com
Twitter: @10ZiGTechnology
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10zig-technology
YouTube: 10ZiG Technology
“With a focus on building enduring business relationships with vendors and clients, Auxilium IT Consultancy excel in EUC consulting across diverse industry sectors within the enterprise. Additionally, we leverage our expertise to provide tailored managed services that cater specifically to SMB clients throughout the United Kingdom, bringing together vendors and clients to deliver exceptional value.”
Website: https://auxilium-it.com
Twitter: @auxilium_itc
CoreLayer is a managed service provider and knowledge center for Citrix NetScaler (ADC) and Fortinet products, providing application delivery and security services to clients ranging from SMB to Enterprises and Governments across Europe.
EfficientEther: AI-driven solutions with two key products: EfficientEther Cloud for cost optimisation and EtherAssist as an AI technical assistant, both enhancing EUC solutions' cost efficiencies and accelerating IT actions.
Website: https://efficientether.co.uk
Flexxible IT helps organizations to intelligently and rapidly transform to modern workspaces while maintaining and improving employees’ digital wellbeing. Our solutions enable IT to quickly scale, simplify the deployment and lifecycle management of their digital workspace infrastructure and deliver users the ultimate experience, while always striving to maintain employee wellness at the forefront.
Website: https://www.flexxible.com
Twitter: @FlexxibleIT
Liquidware is the leader in Digital Workspace Management solutions for Windows workspaces. The company’s products encompass all facets of management to ensure the ultimate user experience across all workspaces – physical, virtual, DaaS or cloud. Enterprises across the globe utilize Liquidware solutions to dramatically decrease time spent managing workspaces, while delivering increased security, flexibility and scalability. Supported platforms include Microsoft physical, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and RDS desktops, Citrix, VMware, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Nutanix Xi Frame.