Personal vDisk is now more robust to environment changes. Virtual desktops with personal vDisks now register with the Delivery Controller even if image updates fail, and unsafe system shutdowns no longer put the vDisks into a permanently disabled state. What’s new in Personal vDisk 7.0.1 In addition, the following issues in Version 5.6.13 have been […]
Citrix has released a new version of their VDI-in-a-Box software. Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 is a simple all-in-one VDI software appliance that enables Windows® desktop administrators to rapidly deliver centrally-managed, personalized virtual desktops to any user, anytime, on any device – for less than the cost of new PCs. VDI-in-a-Box provides built-in high-availability and eliminates over […]
This document provides the installation steps required to setup the personal vDisk feature of XenDesktop 5.6 with either Machine Creation Services (MCS) or Provisioning Services (PVS) running on the Citrix XenServer virtualization platform. This guide assumes the infrastructure aspects for Citrix products have been installed, including Citrix Licensing Server 11.9, Citrix XenDesktop 5.6, Provisioning Services 6.1, etc. […]
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Project Aruba delivers a simple, complete VDI solution with personalized and pooled desktops available both on-premise and as a cloud-service. Project Aruba extends Citrix VDI-in-a-Box with personal vDisk layering technology to preserve personalization of end-user applications and data while IT only has to manage a single instance of the master image. This saves […]
This video is a XenDesktop 5.6 Personal vDisk Feature Overview. It contains a high level description of what PvD does. As this is an overview video, it is suitable for all audiences. {loadposition content_starwind600}
Citrix has released XenDesktop 5.6, with some new features and bugfixes from XenDesktop 5.5. What’s New in XenDesktop 5.6 XenDesktop 5.6 includes the following new features and enhancements: Personal vDisk – This feature is a personalization solution for virtual desktops. Two new types of catalog allow you to preserve the assignment of users to desktops […]
A demonstration of Citrix Personal VDisk in action. This new feature of XenDesktop allows users to truly have their personal desktop, while administrators manage the desktops with single images. See how Personal VDisk allows user installed applications and profiles to remain in place even on stateless desktops. {loadposition content_starwind600}
The updated version of XenDesktop 5.5 includes a good list of fixed issues. Therefore it’s the VDA(Virtual Desktop Agent) that needs to be upgraded! The 5.5 releases includes also some cool new features after Citrix bought RingCube Technologies earlier this month. Here is what’s new in XenDesktop 5.5 Bandwidth Efficiency – Citrix has measured a […]
