In an earlier blog post, XenDesktop 5 Announced…Lots of New Features, I discussed the new features of XenDesktop 5 and wrote about the Desktop Director. In that blog post I linked to the Citrix TV Tour of Desktop Director video and as I keep watching that video I keep thinking how something like the Desktop Director could be … Continue reading »
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XenDesktop 5 Announced…Lots of New Features
Citrix Synergy has been going on this week in Berlin. A lot of good announcements were made this week at Citrix Synergy Berlin. On of the biggest announcements was XenDesktop 5. On Citrix TV you are able to watch some of the sessions from anywhere. This morning I was able to watch the What’s new in … Continue reading »
Merchandising Server 2.0…Still Room for Improvement
Citrix Merchandising Server and Receiver 2.0 were recently released. Some nice new features have been added and. Merchandising Server and Receiver 2.0 are nice but still have room for improvement on the administration functions and the user experience.
Community Driven Real Time Support
When you are working with Citrix products and looking at different methods of community support like the Citrix forums, Twitter, and community blogs it’s always good to know there is another option. Whether using the Citrix forums and waiting for replies to your posts, using Twitter and being limited to 140 characters, or searching the … Continue reading »
XenDesktop Deployments…Single or Multiple Hypervisor Infrastructure?
While working on a XenDesktop project in a huge VMware shop, I started thinking if a single hypervisor should be used or if multiple hypervisors should be used in XenDesktop deployments. Then I was on a conference call with Scott Lane, Senior Systems Engineer for Citrix in the Great Plains Area and also a co-author … Continue reading »
Using EdgeSight in Provisioned XenDesktop Environments
When using EdgeSight in provisioned XenDesktop environments you have a few options when using the EdgeSight for Virtual Desktops Agent. Monitoring provisioned XenDesktop environments is pretty straight forward and fairly easy to setup with minimal requirements. In this blog post I am going to go over what the requirements are for provisioned XenDesktop environments and how to setup the EdgeSight for Virtual Desktops agent.
Resizing a Provisioning Services vDisk
Resizing a Provisioning Services vDisk is pretty straight forward. You can use VHDResizer with diskpart or attach the VHD in Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 and extend the volume through Disk Management. Carlo Costanzo has a good blog post on using the diskpart method. You can follow Carlo on Twitter @ccostan for VMware and Citrix information. In this … Continue reading »
Using EdgeSight with Provisioned XenApp Servers
Using EdgeSight in provisioned XenApp environments can be tricky if you don’t follow the proper installation steps. Monitoring provisioned XenApp servers is pretty straight forward and easy to setup with minimal requirements. In this blog post I am going to go over what the requirements are for provisioned XenApp servers and how to setup the EdgeSight for XenApp agent.
Goodbye Secure Gateway, Hello Access Gateway VPX
When Citrix started selling the Access Gateway product line, Secure Gateway became an endangered species. The only question was how would you take a free product like Secure Gateway and transition customers to a paid product like the Access Gateway product line? Well Citrix has done it by releasing the Access Gateway VPX that includes an Access … Continue reading »
XenServer “Midnight Ride” Features and Thoughts
Citrix has announced some of the new features in XenServer “Midnight Ride”. This will most be likely be XenServer 6.0. The public beta of XenServer “Midnight Ride” is targeted for mid March. In this blog post I am going to go over some of the new features in XenServer “Midnight Ride” and my thoughts on those … Continue reading »
