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Juliano Maldaner

  1. SAML authentication with ShareFile using AD FS 2.0

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 1 month ago · No Comments

    One of the most common questions we receive from Enterprise customers adopting ShareFile is: how to enable single sign-on with ShareFile using Active Directory credentials. Not surprising: single sign-on is not only a huge boost to user experience, but also enhance IT governance.Your first option should be CloudGateway. CloudGateway uses SAML for single sign-on, handles account provisioning, provide admin workflows, integrates with Citrix Receiver, and ...

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  2. XenApp 6 Policy Refresh Explained

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    The new policy model in XenApp 6 allow for configuration via Group Policy and/or IMA - i.e., Citrix policies can be stored as a Domain GPO, or inside IMA.Regardless of the source, XenApp policies refresh following the GPO refresh cycle. Therefore, even if you change policies in Delivery Services Console - which is stored in IMA - policies won't take effect immediately.Citrix policies will refresh ...

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  3. How to move Citrix policies from Farm to a GPO

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 1 year ago · 3 Comments

    Jo Harder posted a great blog yesterday explaining the changes in XenApp 6 management. One recommendation she made - and I agree - was to use Group Policies instead of Farm policies to manage your environments. The main benefit is that these policies will apply to more than one farm, for example, your development and test environments.Well, that's great, but the XA6 migration tool ...

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  4. XenApp 6 Migration TechTalk and FAQ

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 1 year ago · 1 Comment

    We've presented a TechTalk about XenApp 6 migration, with a 30 min demo of the migration tool and recommended process. Check it out here: http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2531We had a large attendance, and very good questions answered at the end of that presentation. I've collected them all here in a FAQ sort-of. Enjoy!Q: What versions does the Migration Tool support migrating from? A: XenApp 4.5 and aboveQ: Do ...

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  5. XenApp and Configuration Manager, Better Together!

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 2 years ago · 7 Comments

    Today at MMS, Microsoft shared our joint vision for a single, integrated view and consolidated management of all enterprise applications with the XenApp Connector for ConfigMgr 2007 R2.I've been working in on this module for a while, and I know we have something special here.The XenApp Connector for ConfigMgr has two components: a service that synchronizes the ConfigMgr and XenApp databases; and a GUI extension ...

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  6. XenApp for 2008 R2 Policies Deep-dive

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 2 years ago · 4 Comments

    In my previous two posts, I've described how XenApp for 2008 R2 configuration can be defined as XenApp Template-based Management, and how it can be defined as Group Policy integration in XenApp for 2008 R2. Today I will cover some common questions I get when explaining this new configuration model. Please feel free to add yours in the comments sessions below, if I didn't cover ...

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  7. Group Policy integration in XenApp for 2008 R2

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 2 years ago · 13 Comments

    It's been over 2 years since my initial post on XenApp/Group Policy integration... how time flies! This feature is finally seeing the light of day with XenApp for 2008 R2 (in Tech Preview right now). I'm really happy with the results, let me describe how it will enhance management of XenApp farms.As I described in my previous post, our primary goal for XenApp management was ...

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  8. XenApp Template-based Management

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 2 years ago · 4 Comments

    The main theme behind XenApp for Windows 2008 R2 management was to enable template-based management of XenApp servers. Instead of configuring individual servers, the new release let you use "templates" to simplify common management tasks and eliminate configuration drift among servers in a silo.Now that the Parra Tech Preview is available, you can finally see how things worked out!As an example, assume I want to ...

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  9. Extend Power and Capacity Management with WMI Events

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 2 years ago · No Comments

    The most common request we get for Power and Capacity Manager is the support for other power management APIs... With XenApp 5.0 Feature Pack 2, we only support Wake-on-LAN and XenServer API. We will extend this list in upcoming versions.In the meanwhile, your only option is to use WMI events to trigger power-on commands to your computer management infrastructure.I've tested the following using Powershell ...

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  10. Power and Capacity Management Configuration Part 2 – Policies

    By Juliano Maldaner · Published on 2 years ago · 5 Comments

    Yesterday I've posted Part 1 of this series, talking about Capacity Estimation. Today I will describe the Power Management schedule policies. PCM use these policies to determine how many servers should be powered down, how sessions will consolidate or spread among the online servers, and when to power on additional servers to handle unexpected load.The load policies for a workload vary during the day - ...

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