Architecting EUC Solutions

This book is a great overview of EUC and helps you figure out all the questions you should be asking when designing an EUC environment. It breaks down the different components and goes into detail about how to design for each one. For someone such as myself who is still fairly new to the ins and outs of VDI/EUC (less than a year of experience), this book was a great resource to tie all the different components together. It provides detailed information and examples of each component and is explained in a way that is simple to understand. It did have some minor typos but other than, that the content and the layout was excellent.

I've worked in the VDI/SBC space since 2007 and have seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between. While products have gradually matured over the last decade (brokers, app layering, profile management, etc.) giving architects and admins greater _potential_ for successful deployment, that same maturity results in a great deal of complexity, making it difficult to select and integrate the right components/techniques that will achieve success. Regardless of level of VDI experience, the methodology that Brian lays out is a must read for anyone responsible for planning, building and running next-generation EUC solutions.

EUC requires a lot of forethought as decisions early on can drastically affect the management of the environment down the road. Brian does an excellent job of breaking down a complex set of decisions into a simple and easy to use reference guide. This is a must have for anyone in charge of EUC.

This book is definitely worth reading whether you are an IT architect or an engineer designing (EUC) infrastucture.After having read Architecting EUC Solutions I would say this book is an EUC compendium ‘par excellence’. A book you need in your back pocket and on your desk when you work in EUC. I realize that calling this book a compendium is wrong. This book isn’t “a concise compilation of a body of knowledge“, or what else and Brian may not be by definition a body of knowledge, but he does share his vast knowledge with his readers. To be honest I am still baffled with how much he actually shares, and that is the sole reason why I call this book a compendium anyway. Any points mentioned in this book should come up during your hunt for a design or architecture.Where at first I was a bit annoyed that this book is not a strictly technical or theoretical book (as most of the books about design and architecture which I have bought are) after reading about 30 pages I made a 180 degrees mental turn. I realized that Brian wanted this book to be different. The focus in this book is not the creation of a technical design for an EUC, but how to design an EUC solution. The technical part is a supporting part for the business requirements, which in real life it should be. It should support and service the business it has been deployed for. The moment I realized that the goal of the book is solution driven (The title actually should have been an obvious giveaway from the cover onward), I really wanted to read this book from cover to back.If you are looking for a book which approaches a technical architecture from a business perspective, this book, albeit mostly from an EUC perspective, does exactly that.Kim

Architecting EUC Solutions is a great resource for Engineers looking at implementing an EUC solution. Whether it is a Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, VMware Horizon, or Microsoft VDI solution, Brian Suhr does a great job taking the reader through the project stages (identifying use cases, requirement gathering, POC, Assessments, and implementation).Having been an EUC Architect / Engineer for the better part of the last 8 years, I wholeheartedly recommend this book.

When I saw this book I was interested, almost excited that such a book was being produced as it has been long overdue.Unfortunately this is a big disappointment and an opportunity lost. Riddled with spelling mistakes and some sentences that simply do not make sense no matter how many times you read them, the book is light on detail with some glaring omissions and clear bias.Despite claiming this book is vendor agnostic, you are greeted throughout out the book with quite a few not so subtle product placement/sales pitches for VMWare products whilst other vendors are not given the same attention and in some cases completely ignored.Claims that AppSense is massively more expensive that others is a plain lie in this day and age and to highlight Microsoft's only profile management solution as MSV(!!), when UE-V has been around for a while and is a good solution is shocking.The book claims to be for Architects, there is not the level of detail required for Architects. I cannot articulate how disappointed I am in this book and the inflated price only adds insult to the injury. Money back??

Language of the book is very simple. Author has touched all aspects of the design. Best part of book is Author's rich experience has been reflected in this book. Use cases and how to find them is very explained. This is very small review with respect to the knowledge gained by me in reading this book. Worth buying

Quality information in a compact book, must read for anyone supporting end user computing. I would have enjoyed reading more.