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…
Jarian Gibson
Application, Desktop, and Server Virtualization
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XenDesktop Remote PC Feature
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…
HDX Flash Redirection Issue with Internet Explorer on XenDesktop 5.5
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.
With the new XenDesktop CCU License options will XenApp only be sold with XenDesktop?
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…
Using XenDesktop 5 with VMware
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…
Using XenClient to Update Provisioning Services vDisk Images
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…
Tagged with: Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop
XenApp needs an “Application Director” like XenDesktop has the Desktop Director
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…
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…
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…
Tagged with: ESX, Hyper-V, vSphere, XenDesktop, XenServer
Posted in Hyper-V, VMware, XenDesktop, XenServer
Posted in Hyper-V, VMware, XenDesktop, XenServer
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…
Tagged with: EdgeSight, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenDesktop
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenDesktop
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenDesktop
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