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You will face problem with current "pilot" VDI rollout activating MS Office 2010. Pls see this link - http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2012/01/problems-activating-microsoft-office.html explaining the solution. You will need to do this in every desktop or the master image. If required, you might also need to deploy KMS. See detail here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624357.aspx .

As many request come in on the comparison between vSphere Replication vs Array-based Replication, I've decided to write this blog based on vSphere Replication 5.5 and Array-based Replication. Feature SRM vSphere Replication Storage array-based replication Replication Component Hypervisor-level Storage-level Storage at recovery site Does not need to match active site, support on local disk as well. Must be the same array type as the active site Supported storage types Any Storage that is supported by vSphere 5.5 ISCSI, Fibre Channel and NFS, as long as supported by VMware. Check Compatibility  here .  Integration with Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Yes Yes, as long as supported by VMware. Check Compatibility here . Cost Low. vSphere Replication is included in vSphere hypervisor and work with any storage, including local disk. High. It is normally sold as an option on top of SAN box. Additional to that, you must purchase the similar box, at least the same firmware that support t

Rack Space w/ Win OS XS S M L vCPU 1 2 4 8 Memory 1 2 4 8 C: 20 40 40 40 D: 20 40 80 Network bandwidth 200Mb/s 400Mb/s 800Mb/s 1600Mb/s USD/hr  0.04  0.08  0.16  0.32 USD/day  0.96  1.92  3.84  7.68 USD/5 years  1,752.00  3,504.00  7,008.00  14,016.00 RM/5 years  5,956.80  11,913.60  23,827.20  47,654.40 USD RM Config Total CPU 0.12 0.408 2 1489.2 Memory 0.12 0.408 2 1489.2 Disk (Storage) 0.012 0.0408 40 2978.4 5956.8

Tried installing vCAC 6.0 on vSphere 5.5 (on ML110 - 1P2C, 8GB with SSD) but failed. However, when I retry on vSphere 5.1, it works. Services seems to start. When setting up vCAC ID appliance, make sure you use <<hostname>>:7444 when first registering the SSO portion. Some reason it does not change after the first time setup. You will need to simply redeploy the vCAC ID appliance and it works.