XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2 followup and Feature pack 2 for XenApp 5.0

So a couple of days ago i clearly stated that i would have loved XenApp 5.0 to be ready for 2008 R2 on the release, did a post about it here. And i wish it was like that as i have many customers whom have been waiting for the R2 release before migrating from the Windows 2003 platform.

But today i came across a post and press release on the Feature Pack 2 for XenApp 5.0 and along with that also a link for a TechPreview signup for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2! top-nice:http://deliver.citrix.com/go/citrix/xar2techpreview

Along with the announcement of the upcomign techpreview which should be available “later in 2009” there were also a lot of news on the content of the Feature Pack 2.

Vinny Sosa did a great blog post on the upcoming feature: What’s in XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 in plain English

On a headline layout the feature pack looks like this:

Dynamic Application Delivery – New options for Application Virtualization

VM Hosted Apps
Windows 7 and Windows Mobile Support
Streamed application performance

Enterprise Class Management – Better management of your application virtualization solution

Power and Capacity Management (we had a danish session on this at DKCUG – http://www.dkcug.dk )
Provisioning Services
Service Monitoring
Workflow Studio 2.0

High Definition experience – Ensuring best performance and usability