XenApp and XenDesktop XenApp and XenDesktop 7.7 brings a number of enhancements that have been asked for since the inception of 7.x, including the (re)introduction of zones. It is important to note that they are not identical to zones in 6.5 (IMA) but they will be improved overtime. Another much […]
If you’re like me, you enjoy a good challenge. One thing I’ve always been interested in with regard to PVS is exactly what is in the .PVP file. From various whitepapers and blogs I’ve read over the years, I understood it to be a collection of outside of the VHD, […]
XenApp does a decent job distributing users out of the box, but one of the things that can catch users off guard is receiving a server that is very busy that is still accepting new connections, or worse, not accepting connections at all, despite having plenty of free resources. Both […]
I spend a lot of time thinking about and discussing Citrix, VMware, RDS, and other end-user computing topics with people from across the world. It’s one of the things that gets me all warm and fuzzy, because there are a thousand different ways to do it and they range from […]
Lots of stuff today, so I figured I would combine some handy links for what I’m lovingly calling “release-ageddon”. NetScaler 11 55.20 – Download – Release notes XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 Feature Pack 2 – Download – What’s New – Citrix Blog XenApp 6.5 Feature Pack 3 – Download […]
Citrix has released Feature Pack 2 for XenApp / XenDesktop 7.6 enabling some exciting new features. Perhaps one of the most anticipated releases is the arrival of Receiver 4.3 as well as Storefront 3.0, which include support for the X1 project, unifying the user experience across platform specific native receivers […]
A lot of content out there on PVS has become somewhat “stale” but it is still good info. I figured I would rehash some notes from the field that are relevant after brushing up on PVS for a recent project. In no particular order below, here are some handy tips. […]
Some ideas take a long time to realize. Unfortunately, one of those has been a good way to manage local administrator passwords. System admins the world round have developed scripts to randomize and change the local administrator password of their systems. Others ensure the local administrator password is disabled, but […]
Users across a wide range of industries have users who fancy icons on the desktop. Until now, your options were Web interface and Receiver for Enterprise 3.4. Receiver 4.2 brought icons on the desktop, but had the unfortunate limitation of placing all subscribed applications on the desktop, regardless of the […]
As previously announced at Citrix Summit 2015, one of the key new features for 7.6 FP1 is Session Recording. Some users may remember SmartAuditor, which offered a way to record sessions and was an invaluable tool for the organizations that deployed it. That functionality didn’t make the transition from IMA […]
