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Customize XenApp 6.5 AppCenter
In multi-lingual environments, where let's say the Windows 2008 R2 installation is in English and you add MUI languages packs, the XenApp 6.5 AppCenter console will pick up the language of the current user while many would need the console to use the English language. Also, customers with XenApp Enterprise can't use Citrix Single-Sign On (formely Password Manager) product as it isn't included in the XenApp ...
Convert your Cowboy Consumers to BYOD Champions at Citrix Synergy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock I’m sure you know by now about the Consumerization of IT. Let’s face facts…you probably have a couple of cowboy consumers in your organization…literal outlaws…running around using personal devices and consumer apps with wanton disregard for security and compliance. What’s worse is that some of these lawbreakers may even be executives! Don’t blame them…it’s not their fault that IT ...
Remote PC Access : Part 2 – how does it facilitate a mobile workstyle?
In Part 1 of this blog series we looked at how mobile workstyles have emerged from the earlier days of remote access to meet the needs of both businesses and employees in the mobile-first world. This second part takes a closer look at Remote PC Access, an innovative and unique component of Citrix FlexCast delivery technology for virtual desktops. Remote PC Access delivers fast, secure, remote ...
Citrix Support Secrets: XenApp Migration Webinar Q&A
March 31, 2013 saw the End-of-Life of some versions of XenApp, so we held a special webinar to discuss how to migrate from version 4.5 and 5.0 on Windows Server 2003 to version 6.5 of XenApp. During the webinar a series of questions were asked, see the answers below. Q: Can we Migrate PS4.0 to XA6.5 ? In short no, there is no direct path to migrate from ...
Explaining Citrix Pass-through Authentication
Introduction Pass-through authentication is a simple concept. User credentials are passed to a Web Interface site and then to the XenApp/XenDesktop servers, preventing users from having to explicitly authenticate at any point during the Citrix application launch process. While this authentication method seems straightforward, there are some moving pieces, and this article aims to break these down to provide a more detailed understanding of how this ...
Pedal to the Metal: Bare Metal Scaling of XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktops
The Citrix XenApp (XA) Hosted Shared model combines application and session virtualization, relying on the Citrix XA server to publish familiar Windows desktops and applications. The Hosted Shared model centralizes application delivery and management, securing data and applications in the data center. The Citrix XA server can be hosted directly as a bare-metal server on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system, or it can ...
Microsoft Office 2013: Impact on VDI and SBC Workloads
As a part of the Citrix Global Alliances team, I spend a good portion of my time conducting performance tests to size Citrix software configurations in conjunction with products from our partners. For example, Citrix recently released version 5.2 of VDI-in-a-Box—the first Citrix desktop virtualization product to be supported and validated on the updated version of Microsoft Server 2012 with Hyper-V. A few weeks ago ...
Citrix FlexCast Style: Delivering XenApp on Hyper-V with PVS and McAfee
Follow me @TonySanchez_CTX Architectures—whether physical or virtual—should be flexible enough to adapt to different workloads, allowing them to support changing business needs. Although implementing a new IT architecture takes time and careful planning, the process to test and validate an architecture should be easy. In the case of a virtual desktop architecture, test engineers should be able to follow a repeatable pattern, step by step, ...
Register Today! Citrix Support Secrets Webinar – XenApp Migration
XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 have had a good, long run – almost six years – but all good things come to an end. XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 end on March 31, 2013. As these versions ride off into the sunset this spring, you’ll probably want to move your organization and your apps forward, to XenApp 6.5. So we are running a webinar to walk you through the ...
Configuring Citrix Receiver for Android with CloudGateway2.5/2.6
This article provides information on typical configuration issues that one may face while making Citrix Receiver work with Cloud Gateway. This focusses on what a Citrix Admin needs to do when various errors happen in Citrix Receiver for Android and working with @Work Apps for Android. This blog provides insights to resolve the following issues that one would see. 1. I get an error indicating "Citrix ...