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When it comes to maintaining a secure and seamless computing experience for students, faculty, and staff in secondary education – regardless of location – there is no simpler solution than IGEL. IGEL helps colleges and universities extend the life of their existing PCs, while bringing new devices under unified management and control. The result is simplified IT operations higher education organiza...

[The following blog post is a guest post from Michael Walsh, OnLogic Senior Product Manager] Industrial and rugged IGEL Ready thin clients allow expansion of your IGEL environment out of the office and into more challenging environments on the edge. The benefits of the IGEL OS are many. At a time when crippling ransomware attacks are making headlines, IGEL offers resistance to viruses and other ma...

In this blog, we will discuss  how to: 00:00 Introduction 03:40 Create Active Directory Login Profile 06:15 Test Active Directory Connection 08:00 Configure Session Passthrough 09:30 Configure the screenlock 11:20 Configure a Local user for Emergency 13:30 Check if your user is working actually Host:  Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Seb

Written by Simon Townsend on August 26, 2021 If you tried to acquire new corporate laptops recently, or even looked at buying a new car, you’ve likely experienced the effect of the global chip shortage. With most experts including Intel anticipating chip shortages to continue through 2023, it may be time to consider new options to power your end user computing needs. Fortunately, you don’t have to...

In this video, Sebastian Perusat will walk you through the steps to verify and troubleshoot if the IGEL UMS Profiles you created are being applied to the IGEL OS client. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction  02:30 Assign a setting 02:55 Status Bar of commands 03:30 Not retrieved settings (next reboot a.e.) 04:00 C...

Visibility into endpoint metrics and new digital workspace experience management capabilities deliver critical insight to keep work from anywhere productive   Liquidware has teamed up with IGEL and ServiceNow to provide unparalleled visibility and insight into end-user experience. Leading the Charge in Digital Workspace Management   Monitoring the user experience of your virtual desktop environmen...

In some cases, resetting IGEL OS to factory defaults to help overcome issues, reset the device for moving or transferring to a different location and/or owner. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Seb Perusat

For specific session types on IGEL OS, you can define an action that is executed when the last session of this type is ended. This comes in very handy in many situations. In this session, you will learn the how, when, and why using post session commands on IGEL OS. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Seb Perusat

This week Chris and I fill in for Seb ad cover the work Doug and team have done to make accessing all of the community goodness easier. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney

Today IGEL is excited to announce that HP has joined the IGEL Ready Program, adding several validated HP Thin client devices into the program, all of which can run IGEL OS. IGEL READY PROGRAM One year after the launch of IGEL Ready, over 100 hardware and software vendors have now joined the partner program designed to develop verified and integrated solutions with IGEL technologies. As many alread...

Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video for a deep dive into the IGEL UMS filesystem and learn where critical system files are stored.  In this webinar, Sebastian Perusat will walk you through understanding the IGEL UMS’ filesystem. You will learn where key files, such as certificates and the embedded database, are stored. How to files are shared with the IGEL OS much more. Host: Andy Whiteside Co...

Multimedia Sharing and Remote Conferencing Driving Demand for Unified Communications Solutions that Support Seamless Collaboration IGEL’s survey of end user computing concerns this year revealed the top concern of IT professionals (61%) is delivering a productive, satisfying user experience. Businesses are heeding these concerns and evolving from the concept of remote working to a ‘work is not a p...

Need for an Enhanced User Experience Drives Adoption for VDI and User Experience Management Solutions Earlier this year, during our annual DISRUPT event, we had the opportunity to dig deeper into the issues and challenges IT faced during the onset of the global pandemic. Most specifically, we looked into how end user computing (EUC) professionals addressed the immediate need to move workers from t...

One of the many benefits of the IGEL OS is customizing anything and everything you see. For example, the desktop, boot screen, start menu, icons, colors, and so much more. In this video, Sebastian walks you through the process of IGEL OS customizations.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Sebastien Perusat

Sadly, in 2021, we’re used to the fact that people are constantly trying to get access to our information. We seem to hear reports from major businesses weekly that some database has been hacked, or supposedly secure credentials have been compromised, and personal details have been leaked all over the internet. We’ve got to the stage where we no longer labor under the misapprehension that we, or t...

By default, the IGEL OS is secure by design, but there is always more than can be done. In this session, you will learn the finer details on how to lockdown and enhance security when deploying the IGEL OS via the IGEL UMS.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Sebastien Perusat

Written by David Seeber, IGEL Community INSIDER Hello everyone, I had a recent case where a customer wanted his Bluetooth headset to automatically be in HSP  (Headset Profile) mode . By default, IGEL OS seems to connect Bluetooth headsets in A2DP mode (suitable for high-quality audio but no mic input). However, it's possible to run a command to switch to headset mode.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host...

There is a lot of confusion about the term “digital workspace.” If you have a remote workforce, then you have probably come across this term and may know that it is a way to help your employees have access to all of their applications and services regardless of where they are or what device they are using. Another term that you have probably come across is virtual desktop infrastructure. If you al...

Back in the 1980’s, there was a focused effort to stop the environmental impact of pollution caused by litter and other harmful pollutants damaging our air quality and water. The public service announcement proclaimed: “People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It.” Little did we know then how relevant this slogan would be for the massive volume of e-waste now damaging our environment. The UN is cal...

Have you ever asked yourself these questions when doing some support or admin tasks? Your user is connected via WIFI and is complaining everything is slow. How strong/good is the WIFI Signal of the remote endpoint? Your user is not able to access a resource and you to debug is. What is his Public IP? Your user is complaining that his connection is slow. You would be happy to do a quick Speed test....

26th February -21 During IGEL Disrupt Unite the Dev/PM team released a new firmware for IGEL OS, the brand new 11.05.100. Let us have a look at the new features for Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop – part 2! New login mask modernizing the login experience Ezeep Cloud Printing by ThinPrint Zoom VDI plugin for WVD Fabulatech USB- Webcam- and Scanner-Redirection for WVD Today we will go through the...

IGEL Community member Barry Browne recently wrote a blog article on deploying Custom Partitions via IGEL Cloud Gateway (ICG) that we review in this podcast. "Now that we are all working remotely, we need a way to manage software upgrades on all of our endpoints. For me, the vast majority of the endpoints are running IGEL OS, so we need to be able to not only upgrade the firmware, but also the cust...

In this podcast we cover Doug Brown's video on the IGEL Community that reviews the latest updates to the IGEL UMS and ICG solutions. Deep Dive Video series detailing what's new in the IGEL Unified Management Suite (UMS) 6.07.100, UMS WebApp, and IGEL Cloud Gateway (ICG) 2.03.100.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Sebastian Perusat

26th February -21 During IGEL Disrupt Unite the Dev/PM team released a new firmware for IGEL OS, the brand new 11.05.100. Let us have a look at the new features for Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop! New login mask modernizing the login experience Ezeep Cloud Printing by ThinPrint Zoom VDI plugin for WVD Fabulatech USB- Webcam- Scanner-redirection for WVDThis blog will cover the first two pieces,...

I received a customer's request on how to create a custom partition with which a user running IGEL OS can register the device with an IGEL Cloud Gateway server at any time. The customer wants to store all the data prior so is not required to enter anything.  I looked at it and developed a safe and straightforward solution that does not require a custom partition. It has become a custom profile tha...