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Tag: Hosted Shared Desktops
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XenDesktop 7 Reference Architecture Newsflash: Cisco+Microsoft+EMC
Working closely with key industry partners, Citrix solution architects have been busy preparing for the announcement of Citrix XenDesktop 7 (a.k.a., Project Excalibur). This release marks a new chapter in how Citrix software changes the delivery of Microsoft Windows apps and desktops, transforming them as secure, centrally managed services that users can access on any device, anywhere. The new release is exciting because it follows ...
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Monitoring of XenDesktop 7 with Director and EdgeSight, taking it to the next level
(Co-authored with Lisa Green-Berlin and Jon Eugenio) As we move from the EdgeSight console to Director as our troubleshooting pane of glass, many questions arise. This article will answer those questions and bring to light the functionality that is gained with a complete Director/EdgeSight monitoring solution. The monitoring team has provided a simple document that walks you through the design, setup and functionality of our updated monitoring ...
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XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop sizing example
In this blog series I’m taking a look at scalability considerations for XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktops, specifically: How to estimate XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop scalability What’s the optimal XenApp 6.5 VM specification? XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop sizing example My last post provided guidance on the optimal XenApp virtual machine specification. Now in the last post of the series, I’m going to walk through an example sizing ...
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What’s the optimal XenApp 6.5 VM configuration?
In this blog series I’m taking a look at scalability considerations for XenApp 6.5, specifically: How to estimate XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop scalability What’s the optimal XenApp 6.5 VM specification? XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop sizing example My last post provided guidance on how to estimate XenApp density based on processor specification and user workload. In the second post of the series, I’m taking a look at the ...
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Virtualizing XenApp Hosted Shared Desktops on Hyper-V
My latest adventure into density testing for Citrix solutions centers on XenApp (XA) Hosted Shared desktops. For those unfamiliar with the XA Hosted Shared model, it combines application and session virtualization, relying on a single OS instance on a 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 ...