Christian Gehring
Joining GotoMeeting Audio Sessions with one iPhone click
As a frequent GotoMeeting and a seasoned traveller I often need to join GotoMeeting or Citrix Audio Conferencing sessions when I'm on the road. A couple of days ago I've searched for a way to prevent entering cryptographic dial in codes when I'm driving by car or when I'm switching between trains and planes.I've found an cool app called "1-Click-Meeting" for my iPhone in the ...
Control Mobile Features
Installing the Mobility Pack for XenApp adds new Citrix User Configuration Policy settings to control the Mobility Pack features.Under ICA > Mobile Experience:Automatic keyboard display Launch touch-optimized desktop Remote the combo boxUnder ICA > Client Sensors > Location:Allow applications to use the physical location of the client device Keyboard display behaviorThe Automatic keyboard display policy setting determines the behavior of the keyboard during application sessions on mobile devices. ...
My first MobileApp using Mobile SDK
Today I've created my first hosted mobile app running on XenApp. It's no stunning app, but it shows how to handle the API using C#. As an API Reference I've used the following site: http://www.citrixcloud.net/mobilesdk/For development purposes only, I've installed the Mobility Pack, XenApp Mobile SDK and Visual Studio 2010 on my XenApp demo server. First I've created a new C# Windows Form project and referenced ...
How to install Citrix Receiver on Android Emulator for Windows
Since the last few days I am developing content for my upcoming “Mobilize Your Enterprise Apps” workshop in Germany. The aim is to deliver knowledge for software developers to write mobilized and touch-friendly apps hosted on Citrix XenApp using the Citrix Mobility SDK. For testing purposes I am using the Android Emulator with Citrix Receiver for Android on my Windows 7 machine. Here is a ...
Importing and Exporting published Apps using PowerShell
Think about years ago when MFCom was needed to automate management tasks within XenApp farms. How many lines of VBScript Code were needed to publish applications ? Today I will show you a very useful method for exporting and importing published applications using XenApp Commands without writing 50 lines of code.It is recommended to install the latest XenApp 6 PowerShell SDK on your XenApp 6 ...
PowerShell cmdlet fixed for XenDesktop 4.0
Citrix fixed an issue while creating desktop groups using the PowerShell cmdlet „New-XdDesktopGroup" after applying XenDesktop 4 SP1 on Desktop Delivery Controllers. It is strongly recommended to install DDCE400W2K3009. The emergency fix is available for 32Bit and 64Bit DDC's.This command creates a new VM-based desktop group, "testgrp", containing three machines, and published to all domain users.CreateNewDesktopGroup.ps1 $usr = New-XdUser 'domain users' -group $cred = Get-Credential 'root' $hs ...
XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 supports Novell
Novell Domain Services for Windows (DSfW) is now Citrix Ready dor XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 R1. This means that customers can leverage their Novell infrastructure in combination with XenApp 5.0. The functionality is the same as the support we included in XenApp 6.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2.
XenDesktop Support for Novell
Since the last months Citrix and Novell worked closely together to provide a solution for customers with Novell eDirectory in place. For the Desktop Delivery Controller and the Virtual Desktop Agents Citrix announced an official support statement which could be found here: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123281Costumers with a synched Active Directory / eDirectory only have to be aware of their GINA chaining. http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2009/05/07/XenDesktop+and+Novell+eDirectoryFor environments where no Active Directory ...
Windows 7 Search Connector for Citrix Knowledgebase
One of the new exclusive Windows 7 feature is the use of search connectors. Users have the ability to search remote file repositories on the local network or web using Windows Explorer. I've created a Windows 7 search connector to search content into the Citrix Knowledgebase.Download the CitrixKB CitrixKB.zip search Connector and add http://support.citrix.com and http://api.bing.com to your trusted sites in your Internet Explorer. (Tools ...
XenDesktop and Novell eDirectory
Here is a working integration scenario, how to implement XenDesktop in a synced AD / eDir environment. It should only be used when the Novell Clients needs to be installed on the virtual desktop. In several projects I've used this configuration without any issues.The trick is the GINA chaining:Working Scenario:Enable Explicit AD Authentication on default Web Interface site Set ctxgina registry key to msgina.dll on ...