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How to configure, set up, and use the IGEL OS command line (CLI) from the IGEL OS desktop and IGEL UMS.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Sebastien Perusat

Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video for a deep dive into how to transfer files from the IGEL UMS to the IGEL OS. Host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Sebastian Perusat

IGEL is proud to be a member of the Digital Workspace  Ecosystem Alliance (DWEA), a non-profit consortium of technology leaders dedicated to providing vendor-neutral tools and resources to help organizations develop their digital workspace strategies. Essential to these efforts is the ability to identify where organizations are in their digital workspace journey today. To help the DWEA assess and...

Recently, in the IGEL Community, Leon Beitsch, IGEL Community VIP, released a white paper detailing how to configure IGEL OS with Chromium. This is a hot topic, and Leon does a great job sharing the fine details on installing and configuring Chromium with IGEL OS.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Chris Feeney Co-host: Patrick Toner

In this video, Sebastian Perusat will walk you through the tasks needed to remove a license from the IGEL OS, including working with the IGEL UMS, License Portal, command-line, and IGEL OS itself. This is a frequently asked question within the IGEL Community, KB, and Support. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction 0...

7SIGNAL is among the gold sponsors of this year’s DISRUPT On Tour 2022 End User Computing Forum, which is making 21 stops in cities across North America and Europe. Alongside IGEL and other leading end user computing leaders, 7SIGNAL will be showcasing the latest innovations and best practices to deliver digital experience monitoring solutions for the hybrid work era. During our session, you’ll le...

Recently, in the IGEL Community, Lars Glöckner, Senior Solutions Architect EMEA at IGEL, posted a tech-tip on configuring Zoom virtual backgrounds on IGEL OS. Make Zoom Virtual Background on Linux available with Citrix, VMware Horizon, and AVD (WVD) when you don't have the supported hardware in place. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Chris Feeney

Recent news regarding the two most historically influential companies within the VDI industry has shone a spotlight on an ever-changing, dynamic environment for organizations looking to deliver secure, controlled, and productive end-user virtual experiences to their people.  Last year, Citrix announced major organizational leadership changes coupled with some significant employee layoffs. And just...

Lenovo is among the Gold sponsors of this year’s DISRUPT On Tour 2022 End User Computing Forum, which is making 21 stops in cities across North America and Europe. Alongside IGEL and other leading industry technology companies, Lenovo will be showcasing the latest innovations and best practices to deliver digital workspace solutions for the hybrid work era. The hybrid work environment is here to s...

This podcast describes how to install the Distributed IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS). Detailed information on the Distributed UMS can be found under Installing an IGEL UMS Server on the IGEL knowledge base.  The following concepts apply: if you plan a new installation of the Distributed UMS if you already have a standard UMS installation but want to switch to the Distributed UMS Host: Patri...

The idea behind Buddy Update is to allow remote IGEL OS endpoints to update from a local Buddy Update Server vs. all remote devices contacting the IGEL OS UMS to download the new IGEL OS version. This results in much less bandwidth usage across slower WAN links. Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: Introduction Topology Create the B...

So, this week you may have noticed I have been busy releasing lots of videos on Linkedin. A series of posts that I have called “Another Day, Another Way.” This week’s focus has been on a common question I am asked, “Ok, so I love IGEL, now how do I get IGEL OS onto my devices?” As you may know, there are many answers to this question and multiple ways we can deploy IGEL OS to an endpoint. For this...

IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you to use IGEL OS drive encryption. You will learn how to obfuscate the corporate identity, hide AD login info, manage lost devices, enhance the chain of trust, and deal with legal compliance.  Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Patrick Toner Co-host: Sebastien Perusat

The COVID-19 pandemic, increasing digital technologies, and the shifting generational perspective on the workplace have made more employees favor hybrid and remote models. According to a recent study by Accenture , 83% of global workers prefer a hybrid work situation, and 63% of high-growth organizations currently have a work from anywhere policy. While hybrid and remote workforces offer numerous...

Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video to learn how to use and optimize IGEL’s Job (scheduled tasks) feature.  IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you to create and optimize IGEL scheduled tasks, known as Jobs. You will learn how to create jobs, the commands required for Jobs, schedule an update, and check the Job’s results.  Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Seba...

The IGEL Community leverages Slack as our daily give and take platform. It truly is a beautiful platform for communicating with each other, and in four years together, we have posted over 300,000 messages.  If you are new to Slack or even a seasoned pro, you might have thought, "Do you ask yourself whether I need all these annoying notifications from Slack?"  Or do you ever get the desire to punch...

With key technologies for healthcare, Imprivata and IGEL have offered integrated solutions aimed at enabling secure, rapid, and productive work for healthcare clinicians, physicians, and nursing staff.  Both companies recently celebrated twenty years and IGEL’s partnership with Imprivata spans more than a decade with many successful customers around the globe who have benefited from adopting SSO+V...

IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you how to use the IGEL Boot Menu. This includes how to log in, the sections explained, the differences between verbose, VESA and emergence boot modes, CRC check, how to reset to factory defaults, and much more. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-host: Chris Feeney Co-host: Seb Perusat

The Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) service emerged in 2019 with the promise of ubiquitous delivery of enterprise-class virtual apps, desktops, and cloud workspaces to organizations around the world. It signalled Microsoft’s full, strategic embracement of the cloud as a viable and powerful source for organizations of any size to literally run some or all their business from the Azure cloud. Shortly af...

IGEL knows that in healthcare, better user productivity, experience and data access translates into improved patient outcomes. That’s why so many healthcare organizations turn to IGEL to power their endpoint environment. An ideal solution to enhance remote endpoint security and optimization, IGEL makes it easier for healthcare leaders to deliver the familiar, secure and trouble-free environment th...

IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you how to install, configure, test, and deploy the IGEL Shared Workspace solution in this video. IGEL Shared Workplace (SWP) allows user-dependent configuration using the IGEL UMS profiles linked to the AD user accounts. Host: Andy Whiteside Co-Host: Chris Feeney Co-Host: Seb Perusat

Written by Simon Clephan on December 7, 2021 I’m often asked why is IGEL investing in IGEL OS (RPI4) as an alternative to the Intel x86-64 bit architecture.  There is no simple answer, but in a nutshell, this is why IGEL OS on ARM: ARM is here to stay (witness Apple’s move to M1) Choice is good – competition is good, it keeps us all honest RPI4 often offers a smaller form factor than the equivalen...

LEARN, SHARE, ENGAGE, & DISRUPT The IGEL Community is where you learn, share, and engage with like-minded customers, partners, and EUC industry experts.   You will have the ability to collaborate with others, interact with IGEL enthusiasts who are more than willing to help, get answers to your questions in minutes, brainstorm ideas, build relationships that will last you a lifetime, and so muc...

Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video to learn how to download, install and configure the IGEL OSC Appliance.  Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction  02:00 Download the Appliance 04:00 Import the OVA into your Hypervisor 06:40 Configuration EULA 06:45 Local IP Address 07:55 Check availability 08:50 Change the Key...

The IGEL UMS allows you to configure the management of IGEL OS devices. In the following video, you will learn how to be notified via email on the status of such items as UMS Views, Jobs, and alert notifications.  Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW. In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to: 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Setup the Mail relay 04:30 Send out a View via Mail 05:44...