This article describes how to get the desired desktop resolution and configure Multi-monitor in case of HDX 3D Pro enabled Desktop in XenDesktop 5.5. Supported Desktop Resolution with HDX 3D Pro in XenDesktop 5.5 While connecting the client requests desktop with certain size (resolution ex. 1920×1200), which should be supported by the GPU on server […]
When starting XenDesktop 5 or 5.5 from the Web Interface screen, the following error message might be displayed:“An error occurred while making the requested connection” Upon examining the broker logs, the following error message is displayed: “The Citrix Broker Service failed to validate a user’s credentials on an XML service.Verify the trust relationships between your […]
Citrix today, released a new version of HDX Monitor 2.0.6 on the web site (https://hdx.citrix.com). Here is what’s new in this update: Event logs for WinXP VDAs are now accessible. CDM drives can now be viewed remotely with firewall enabled on VDAs/XA-Server. A good number of miscellaneous bug fixes. Click here to download Citrix HDX […]
This article describes how to change the Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA) registration port in XenDesktop 5 for both the Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC) and the Virtual Desktop Agent. Two scenarios are covered: The DDC(s) VDA registration port is the default of 80 The DDC(s) VDA registration port has already been changed (not 80) The default […]
I’ve had a few customer contacting me about the MAK issue with XenDesktop 5 and with the use of MCS instead of Provisioning Services, for PoC(Proof of Concept) deployments. There is a official statement from Citrix regarding the XenDesktop 5 Support for Microsoft KMS activation with Machine Creation Services (MCS). MCS does not support or […]
With the release of XenDesktop 5 in December 2010, Citrix has introduced among many other features (see Key Features) a new architecture of the brokering layer. While the brokers of previous releases of XenDesktop where based on XenApp and its IMA core, XenDesktop 5 features a brand new state of the art architecture (see Key […]
This article describes High Availability (HA) features new to XenDesktop 5 and how to implement them. This article is for single farm deployments. Background XenDesktop 5 includes quite a few technology changes from previous versions and as such this article shows some of the new features as well as using XenDesktop with other Citrix products […]
This video provides everything you need to install and configure XenDesktop 5. Here are just a few of the sections included in this tutorial: Installing the XD Controller and Virtual Desktop Agent Building and updating the Master Image using Machine Creation Service Evaluating HDX Technologies Note: Although this video is titled “XD5 Express Edition” the […]
How to install XenDesktop on Windows 7 and configure for a user in about 10 minutes presented by David Fiske, Lead System Engineer at Citrix.
A new version of the Virtual Desktop Agent(VDA) from Citrix was released yesterday, and you should review the long list of Fixes that are incorperated in this update! It’s updated both for x32 bit os versions and x64. Here is a quick overview of what’s fixed in this release: When an application running inside a […]
