This post is a cross-post from MyCUGC.org Citrix Microapps service launched in 2019 and saw a realization of the value brought by the acquisition of Sapho in late 2018. Microapps help to reduce complexity involved with everyday processes in order to drive productivity gains. If you’re not familiar, it is […]
This is a repost of a blog I did over on MyCUGC.org When you’re responsible for the care and feeding of your Citrix environment, it is important to keep tabs on your licensing status. In particular, if you have a license type that expires, it is important to monitor that […]
Citrix has announced a brand unification effort in order to simplify product naming. Here’s what you need to know! Former Name New Name Citrix Provisioning Service Citrix Provisioning Citrix Receiver Citrix Workspace App Citrix Workspace Service Citrix Workspace Citrix Workspace Suite Citrix Workspace Citrix XenApp Citrix Virtual Apps Citrix XenApp […]
Here are my personal tips for Citrix Synergy, whether you are a first time attendee or an alumni! You don’t have to hit every session. Keep an eye out in the App whether or not a session will be Recorded or if it repeats. Recorded sessions get uploaded to YouTube! […]
There are times where you need to configure the bootstrap information (or re-configure) for the servers in the farm. The bootstrap information can be updated in a few different ways. The first place you will encounter the bootstrap information screen is in the configuration wizard while configuring Provisioning Services if […]
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. […]
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 […]
For those of you using PVS, I urge you to take a look at CTX140875. This hotfix pack includes a number of fairly significant updates to problems that may be affecting your environment. In my mind, notably, are the fixes for the BDM/ARP issue, the SOAP server reliability, and vDisk […]
If you are looking to configure COM or LPT redirection in XenDesktop 7.x, you might be at a loss when you find the policies aren’t where you’d expect them. Fortunately, the functionality still exists, however its days are numbered. Citrix has officially deprecated the feature and now requires that you […]
Update 5/16/2017: Thanks to tabularasa for some improvements to this, fixing some missing slashes among other things! In years past, logon scripts were the bane of many logon experiences due to their synchronous nature. Beginning with Windows 7, logon scripts can be processed asynchronously. We glossed over this fact: “Nice […]
