What does the "S" today stand for in PVS?
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Rob Beekmans
09/10/2024, 7:19 AMWhat does the "S" today stand for in PVS?
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Julien Destombes
09/10/2024, 7:26 AMFor me PVS = *P*ro*V*isioning *S*ervices
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Rob Beekmans
09/10/2024, 7:27 AMfor me too, for a long time already.. but just stumbled on their blog from last year saying "Service" is dropped.. So it would be PV from now on
Rob Beekmans
09/10/2024, 7:28 AMPerhaps it is *P*ro*V*i*S*ioning 😉
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Jan Tytgat
09/10/2024, 8:05 AMThe S is ilent...
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James Rankin
09/10/2024, 8:11 AMJust be glad they didn't rename it CP 😰
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Jan Tytgat
09/10/2024, 8:13 AMI'd prefer CPP in that case, CoPy Paste (oh crap, MCS is the one doing copy paste)
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Aaron Parker
09/10/2024, 8:47 AMStill see references to Citrix Profile Management as UPM
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Rob Beekmans
09/10/2024, 8:56 AMI still work with AirWatch everyday 😉
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Jeff Riechers
09/10/2024, 2:08 PMcitrix ProViSioning 😉
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Andrew Morgan
09/10/2024, 6:17 PMI could have sworn it was related to streaming in the ardence days, para-virtual streaming, physical to virtual streaming, can’t remember. But I do remember the acronym having a meaning. Is Conor Scolard in here? He’d know.
Andrew Morgan
09/10/2024, 6:18 PM@James Rankin Fun fact, the control plane in workspace one cloud was nicknamed CP, always made me cringe.
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James Rankin
09/10/2024, 7:13 PMOof. Nice to hear you're still around, anyways 🙂
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langsbr
09/10/2024, 11:41 PMI really hope Conor is around to give us the scoop. I am an acronym junkie and always thought citrix was just high when they called citrix provisioning services PVS
langsbr
09/10/2024, 11:42 PMthe only reason i would lean toward s the par-virtual streaming rather than physical to virtual is that PVS was/is widely used in bare-metal environments.
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