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  2. Please, please make printing better

    By David Wagner · Published on 1 year ago · 2 Comments

    At Synergy 2010 Citrix announced Project Nitro. Project Nitro is a group of projects for the next generation of Citrix HDX technologies focused on increased performance and efficiency. Project Laser is the printing aspect of this effort and has now been released for XenApp 6. It is posted on the MyCitrix download site as the XenApp 6 printing optimization pack. ...

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  3. Why would I need the Encrypted Data Plug-in?

    By David Wagner · Published on 1 year ago · 1 Comment

    There have been numerous questions around when to use the Encrypted Data plug-in. What about whole disk encryption? What about XenClient? To answer those questions, I will cover why we created this plug-in and what customer need is being fulfilled.The whole focus of this plug-in has been towards enabling IT to allow contractors and employees to leverage devices that IT would not ...

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  4. Encrypting only the app data just got simple

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · 1 Comment

    At Synergy 2010 Citrix has announced and made available the Technology Preview for the Encrypted Data plug-in. Leveraging the "Safe Zone" technology, this Receiver for Windows plug-in enables IT to encrypt the endpoint's XenApp application data on the user's device to prevent unauthorized access and protect the data. It uses the highest level of encryption (AES-256 bit) to protect the data. In case of ...

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  5. Why can’t I just have one profile across all OSes?

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · 4 Comments

    One of the common questions or really frustrations is why can't the stupid profile just roam across OS versions and bitness - meaning between both OS versions and across x86 and x64.  And while the idea of a single profile is an optimal approach, there are some challenges to be overcome.  And in reality, often it's not necessarily the entire profile that needs to be ...

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  6. How tired are you of waiting for your profile to load?

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · 6 Comments

    The version 3.x release of Profile management enables streaming of your users' profiles. Version 3.1 (available May 18, 2010) provides the same feature set as the v3.0 release (available back in March 2010) but has a number of fixes in it. Basically the same concept you see in our Application Streaming capability now exists for profiles. Also in this 3.x release is the new ...

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  7. Why Profile management moved away from mandatory based profiles

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · 9 Comments

    While a mandatory based profile solution was the original approach (something we leveraged in the earliest releases), we are not going to return to that method. Let me explain why and get your thoughts and opinions on this.One request that has been commonly voiced has been around a mandatory style implementation. While previously we had leveraged a mandatory profile as the base, for ...

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  8. Web Interface Customization Webinar

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · No Comments

    DABCC will be hosting a webinar Nov 4, 2009 on Web Interface customization leveraging Extentrix Web Optimizer ... details here: http://www.dabcc.com/media.aspx?id=647You can register through the above link. Key topics covered:– Make your Web Interface "look and feel" consistent with your corporate and intranet web sites – Quickly add custom graphics and themes – Simple and easy to use interface and available quick start ...

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  9. Still having problems with profiles? You should be using Profile management v2.1

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · 4 Comments

    You may already know about this feature as it was previously called User Profile Manager. Profile management is the new name for User Profile Manager. This technology is a feature of both XenApp (Enterprise and Platinum Editions) and XenDesktop (Advanced, Enterprise and Platinum Editions). For a more detailed overview of what Profile management is and how it works to improve application virtualization, ...

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  10. Useful Profile Management Tools and Links

    By David Wagner · Published on 2 years ago · No Comments

    I thought I would share some useful links that I tend to end up emailing around. Also a couple links to a some really useful tools for User Profile Manager (brought to you by our friends at Sepago).First is a migration tool that enables customers to migrate from the sepagoPROFILE profile format to User Profile Manager v2 format. It also lets customers migrate ...

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