Citrix has released a whitepaper for User Profiles for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop. The user’s profile plays a critical role in determining the how successful the user experience is within a virtual desktop or virtual application scenario. Profiles includes if and how user settings are saved, as well as logon time. Even a well-designed virtual […]
Citrix XenDesktop Enables First Tweet from Space 4/6/2010 » SANTA CLARA, CA » Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), announced today that NASA has incorporated Citrix XenDesktop with high-definition HDX™ technology into the recently launched Crew Support LAN, which provides astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) with direct, private access to familiar desktop applications and […]
AppSense recently released their Environment Manager product for Citrix XenDesktop Proof of Concept (PoC) kit. If you don’t already know, Environment Manager is used to personalize virtual desktops across many different delivery methods and is recommended for use in mixed technology XenDesktop environments. The PoC kit has been designed to enable implementation of Environment Manager […]
Citrix Today announced a update to their XenDesktop 4 virtual desktop solution. Feature Pack 1 may be the understatement of the year (and it’s only March!) This is a feature update that adds several new capabilities to XenDesktop 4 that deepen integration with the Microsoft platform and further enhance end user experience, improve scalability, and […]
One of the common questions that Citrix customers implementing XenDesktop 4 for Branch Offices ask is “How much Bandwidth is required to deliver XenDesktop 4?” Even though the typical answer to such a specific question is “It depends” and it is based on available bandwidth, latency, WAN congestion and user/application activities, customers still need some […]
Here is a great support article from the brilliant guys over at Citrix Support! First of all you need to download and install Wireshark on the virtual desktop. (accept all defaults). Then, Copy instsrv.exe and srvany.exe from the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools to the virtual desktop. Caution! This procedure requires you to edit […]
The HDX Monitor is a tool to validate the operation of XenDesktop’s HDX stack including the latest HDX MediaStream for Flash and HDX RealTime features. Install this tool on your virtual desktop to obtain helpful technical details about your HDX experience. The tool is organized into sections that cover the various HDX technologies. Use it […]
Citrix XenDesktop is a desktop virtualization solution that delivers a complete Windows desktop experience as an on-demand service to any user, anywhere. Most large implementations of XenDesktop thus far have been based on Microsoft Windows XP, although that is expected to change quickly as Microsoft Windows 7 goes mainstream in the enterprise. Many early adopters […]
Want to test XenDesktop 4 on Hyper-V, but you cannot find the time to build a test environment? Well look no further, Citrix and Microsoft have teamed up to bring you the Hands on Lab. What is Hands on Lab, you ask? The Hands on Lab is a pre-built environment / training session that is […]
Citrix XenDesktop 4 with HDX RealTime allows users to communicate using the voice chat and video chat features of Microsoft Office Communicator. There are three scenarios where HDX RealTime is used with Office Communicator: 1. Voice chat using Voice-over-IP. This feature of Office Communicator is much like using a telephone; it enables users to chat […]
