Citrix has announced changes to XenServer 7.3 that can greatly impact users of the Free edition. The full post on XenServer.org explains the reasoning behind the changes, but since many people are not aware, I wanted to highlight the fact that these changes will be effective from 7.3 moving forward […]
Citrix has released XenApp and XenDesktop 7.16, and per their usual cadence, it is packed with a bunch of new goodies. I’ll highlight a few of my favorite features and fixes here, but be sure to look over the release notes for anything that may be important to you! Be […]
I am honored to be among the Citrix Technology Advocates (2017) class of 2017. CTA’s are individuals who are active in the Citrix community, providing feedback and helping others through things such as blog posts, participating CUGC, providing support in IRC or discussion boards and more. A special thanks to […]
Yesterday it was announced that XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR was available! This release brings a host of enhancements but more importantly it is the next long term release for customers who need a more consistent release schedule with long term support. If you’re not familiar with LTSR versus CR, […]
A few years ago I had an issue where I needed to check the size of .vdiskcache. Times have changed and now instead of “.vdiskcache” we have “.vhdx” with our snazzy new “Cache in RAM with overflow” write cache option. Here we have an updated better version. You can […]
Download page Better late than never, PVS 7.12 has been released. Provisioning Services 7.12 includes a number of notable fixes, and a much-anticipated tech preview release of Linux VDA streaming. Additionally, PVS is now capable of clearing cached Windows credentials – a feature I know a few of […]
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy, and were suddenly ecstatic. I fear something awesome has happened.” –Atum wan-Kenobi Download Page New Features Citrix has released XenApp and XenDesktop 7.12, which, along with many other enhancements, includes the […]
CTX136079 includes a download link for PVSDataCollector 2.5.2.1. This utility is used to collect information about the Provisioning Services Farm and is often required when dealing with support. Unfortunately, with 7.8 and 7.9 there is an issue – upon running the utility, you receive an error and it does not […]
When you manage multiple sites you may find that Citrix Director lacks an “at-a-glance” view of the status of multiple sites. This becomes extra apparent in a large pod-based design where multiple sites may exist within the same datacenter or in an active-active datacenter setup. With VDI, it is important […]
Storefront 3.6 brings a few important new features to the table. One of the three new features in the list is the ability to load balance non-identical sites or farms. Prior to version 3.6, all farms should have been publishing identical resources with load balancing enabled. This post will look […]
