Just came across this awesome video that reveals some of the myths surrounding Citrix XenApp. Gotta love the ‘branch’ office…
Check it out at YouTube.
XenApp Myth Busting
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Citrix Provisioning Server 5.0 Service Pack 2
Citrix has released service pack 2 for Provisioning Server 5.0. This service pack includes a few hotfixes that are critical to the success of a Provisioning Server or XenDesktop deployment.
Older Citrix Clients with Windows Server 2008
In order to get Citrix clients prior to version 11 to function with Citrix XenApp running on Windows Server 2008 you will need to install a hotfix from Microsoft.
Citrix Password Manager with Non Domain User
If you have a user who is not a member of the ‘Domain Users’ group and still requires access to Citrix Password Manager there is a simple workaround.
Automated Operating System Deployment with Citrix XenServer 5.0
According to the official Citrix XenServer 5.0 release notes which can be found here http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118451 “Support for PXE servers such as Altiris and Windows Deployment Services (WDS) has been improved”
Citrix Announces New Certifications
Citrix has announced new certifications to go along with their new product releases as well as the changes to their course lineup. The new certifications are described here: http://www.citrixtraining.com/courses/certifications/index.cfm Some changes were definitely needed as the Citrix product offerings have significantly increased over the past few years.
Installing Lotus Notes on Citrix Presentation Server
Here are some helpful guides on how to install my ‘favorite’ mail client, IBM Lotus Notes on Citrix Presentation Server. There are very few differences between the installation methods for Lotus Notes versions 6 through 8, but just for completeness I have included links to all of them. The official Citrix article is quite good and includes screen shots of not only the Lotus Notes installation but also the publishing of Lotus Notes. Continue reading
Disable Beep in Terminal Services
One of the most often requested ‘tweaks’ for a Citrix or Terminal Services environment is to disable the console beep that annoys users when a dialog box appears in a session.
Migrating the Citrix data store to SQL Server
Moving the Citrix data store is a fairly straight forward practice. Often times a farm is created with an Access database as a data store, but this does not lend itself well to a scalable, highly available environment. Here are the basic steps involved in moving the data store from Access to SQL Server.
VDI Connection Brokers
There are only a handful of companies that are currently producing a connection broker product. If you dig through the documentation from HP, IBM, and others they mention this “optional” magical box that serves as the bridge between the client devices and the hypervisors. Very few of these vendors who are pushing VDI have come forward and presented a solid connection broker component, which I would consider to be one of the most critical components of VDI. I have listed them here for convenience in evaluating end-to-end VDI solutions.