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

January 18, 2011 2 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

December 21, 2010 31 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

December 21, 2010 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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XenApp needs an “Application Director” like XenDesktop has the Desktop Director

December 6, 2010 2 Comments

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 used with XenApp.  Then I was recently in a XenDesktop one day training class and got to see XenDesktop 5 up close. In this one day of training I was able to get hands on with XenDesktop 5 and its various new features. As I was working with one of the new features, Desktop Director, I thought to myself XenApp needs an “Application Director” just like the Desktop Director. 
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XenDesktop 5 Announced…Lots of New Features

October 6, 2010 8 Comments

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 XenDesktop?  The best desktop virtualization solution is now even better.  I took lots of notes during the session so in this blog post I am going to go over the new features in XenDesktop 5.
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XenDesktop Deployments…Single or Multiple Hypervisor Infrastructure?

June 28, 2010 5 Comments

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 on this post, about the same XenDesktop project and we started discussing thoughts on this. A number of factors came to mind like cost of the hypervisor (VMware licenses for the XenDesktop project are adding a nice chunk of change to the cost of the deployment), hypervisor features, etc. In this blog post I am going to talk about things to consider about different hypervisors for XenDesktop deployments.
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Using EdgeSight in Provisioned XenDesktop Environments

April 27, 2010 8 Comments

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.
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Using XenDesktop with Hyper-V

February 5, 2010 2 Comments

Recently I have worked with Hyper-V and SCVMM in my lab to get more hands on with Hyper-V R2. I also recently started working with XenDesktop and Hyper-V using the lab manuals I received when I attended Citrix and Microsoft VDI Training back in November. Using XenDesktop with Hyper-V is a pretty straight forward process. In this blog post I am going to go over the process of using XenDesktop with Hyper-V.
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Citrix Products 2010: A Wish List (continued) +1

November 12, 2009 10 Comments

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 sure they both don’t mind since Tim encourages other bloggers to continue adding to this list.  Like Tim, I encourage other bloggers to keep this wish list going.  Helge’s are in black and Tim’s are in red.  So here on are my additions in orange.
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XenDesktop 4 should have “Flex Licensing”

October 19, 2009 Leave a Comment

When Citrix XenDesktop 4 was announced I was very excited about all the new features except for one – Per Named User licensing.  I thought all the new features were great and they would make XenDesktop 4 the front runner in VDI solutions except for the licensing change.  The change from Concurrent User licensing to Per Named User licensing has caused a lot conversation and lots people don’t like the change.  I am one of those people.  I have voiced my opinion that if XenDesktop licensing is going to be changed to Per Named User then Citrix should at least offer you another licensing option like Per Device.  Nick Holmquist went even further in stating the Concurrent User licensing should be an option as well and has stated that Citrix should offer “Flex Licensing” to make licensing for XenDesktop as flexible as the product itself.  You can read Nick’s complete article – XenDesktop 4 Licensing – Additional Thoughts for his great take on “Flex Licensing”.  I think having “Flex Licensing” for XenDesktop 4 is a great idea.  In this blog post I am going to voice my thoughts on the Per Named User licensing change, Per Device licensing, and “Flex Licensing”.
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