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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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 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…
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…
Tagged with: EdgeSight, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenApp
Updating Provisioned XenApp vDisks: To XenAppPrep or not to XenAppPrep?
Over a month ago I was in some conversations with some fellow Citrix consultants on Twitter about how they use XenAppPrep when updating provisioned XenApp servers. There has also been some forum postings on this subject as well. This is also a…
Tagged with: Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenAppPrep
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp
Citrix Products 2010: A Wish List (continued) +1
This week Helge Klein started a Citrix products 2010 wish list. Tim Arenz expanded on Helge’s wish list on his blog earlier today. I want to expand on both Helge’s and Tim’s additions with my own wishes as well. I’m…
Tagged with: Application Streaming, Citrix Receiver, Merchandising Server, NetScaler, NetScaler VPX, Power and Capacity Management, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, VM Hosted Apps, XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
Posted in Access Gateway Enterprise, Citrix Receiver, Merchandising Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
Posted in Access Gateway Enterprise, Citrix Receiver, Merchandising Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
Provisioning Services 5.1 SP1 Licensing and XenApp 5 FP2
Citrix has changed licensing for Provisioning Services with the release of Provisioning Services 5.1 Service Pack 1 and XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2. The license change comes from the new VM Hosted Applications feature in XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2. With this change…
Tagged with: Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, VM Hosted Apps, XenApp, XenApp Feature Pack 2
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp
XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 Features and Release Date Announced!
Citrix has finally announced that XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 will be released on September 29th. XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 will be bring new features such as VM Hosted Apps, Power and Capacity Management, and HDX to XenApp 5. Read more…
Tagged with: HDX, Power and Capacity Management, VM Hosted Apps, XenApp, XenApp Feature Pack 2
Posted in Application Streaming, XenApp
Posted in Application Streaming, XenApp
Give Precedence to Session Sharing Over Load Balancing
Citrix XenApp 5.0 Windows 2003 Hotfix Rollup 4 has new feature enhancement that allows you to give precedence to session sharing over load balancing. Now with this enhancement you can decide to have session sharing override load balancing in your XenApp farm.
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