Does Citrix Need to Revamp the Licensing for XenApp and XenDesktop?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Jarian Gibson — 8 Comments ↓

During some recent company events/workshops, some discussions around the licensed features for XenApp and XenDesktop product editions got me thinking about how Citrix could add more value to the products. It also has me thinking, is the value of Platinum edition diminishing as it stands today? In this blog post I am going to write about some ideas on how Citrix could revamp the licensing for XenApp and XenDesktop.

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XenDesktop Remote PC Feature

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jarian Gibson — 8 Comments ↓

Today at Citrix Synergy Citrix announced the Remote PC feature of XenDesktop.  This adds another delivery method to the FlexCast model.  A lot of people’s reaction have been how is this different from what we have already been doing and that this is not a new feature.  This is not a new concept, but addresses challenges with the old/current methods.  In the blog post I am going to go over the challenges with past/current methods, how this is different, and what additional features Remote PC provides to XenDesktop. Read more ›

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Apply Citrix Receiver Theme to NetScaler/Access Gateway 10

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Jarian Gibson — 9 Comments ↓

Citrix has recently released the NetScaler/Access Gateway 10 update.  One of the new features of the NetScaler/Access Gateway 10 update is a new theme that gives the look and feel of the Citrix Receiver.  There were no easily found documentation on how to enable the Citrix Receiver theme.  In this blog post I am going to go over the steps to enable the new Citrix Receiver theme.

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Provisioning Services 6 Black Screen Issue

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jarian Gibson — 13 Comments ↓

Citrix Provisioning Services 6 has an issue with target devices getting a black screen or the target devices stop responding on reboot.  This issue is caused by a DHCP lease issue with Provisioning Services 6.  See Citrix Knowledge Center article CTX132133 – PVS 6.0 Targets Might Boot to a Black Screen and Stop Responding for more info.  So what happens if your Target Devices are having the issue and you are not able to use them anymore?  In this article I am going to go over how to fix your Provisioning Services image.

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HDX Flash Redirection Issue with Internet Explorer on XenDesktop 5.5

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Jarian Gibson — 14 Comments ↓

I have recently come across an issue with HDX Flash Redirection in a few customers environments.  The issue would cause Internet Explorer to completely lockup in an HDX/ICA connection to the desktop.  In this blog post, I am going to go over what I have seen around this issue and the possible workarounds and fixes.

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Upgrading to XenServer 5.6 Service Pack 2

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Jarian Gibson — 24 Comments ↓

With the recent release of XenServer 5.6 Service Pack 2, you have two ways to upgrade depending on which version of XenServer you are upgrading from.  In this blog post I am going to go over upgrading from XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 and XenServer 5.5/5.6.

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With the new XenDesktop CCU License options will XenApp only be sold with XenDesktop?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jarian Gibson — 3 Comments ↓

With Citrix’s recent XenDesktop trade up program announcement and adding concurrent user licenses for XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum, will XenApp licenses no longer be sold in the future?  Will we soon see the end of XenApp being sold as separate product and only sold with XenDesktop licenses?  In this blog post I am going to go over why I think XenApp will start being sold only as part of XenDesktop licenses.
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Using XenDesktop 5 with VMware

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jarian Gibson — 40 Comments ↓

Last year I blogged about using VMware with XenDesktop.  That article was focused on XenDesktop 4 and VMware integration.  With the recent release of XenDesktop 5, it’s time for an updated article.  In this blog post I am going to go over using XenDesktop 5 with VMware.

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Using XenClient to Update Provisioning Services vDisk Images

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jarian Gibson — 3 Comments ↓

In December of 2009 I wrote about Upgrading Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers.  In that blog post I wrote about using the Reverse Imaging, Hyper-V Direct VHD boot, and XenServer Direct VHD boot options for updating Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers.  With the recent releases of Provisioning Services 5.6 SP1 and XenServer 5.6 FP1 I decided to test out using XenClient to update the Provisioning Services images.  In this blog post I am going to go over another option for updating Provisioning Services vDisk images using XenClient.
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