Server Based Computing

Remote Desktop Services(TS) and XenApp Tuning document initiative reopened!

On December 1, 2009, in Featured, Remote Desktop Services, Server Based Computing, Terminal Server, XenApp, by René Vester
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A while back a document was created and maintained by our all time favorite Rick.. the man Dehlinger! The idea was to share experiences and knowledge on how to update and tune Terminal Services and XenApp workloads. The document has been used by a lot of people and sadly, like with many things the rate [...]

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Cool news from the RDS Team at Microsoft

On October 30, 2009, in Featured, Remote Desktop Services, Terminal Server, by René Vester
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So there has been a couple of cool announcements from the RDS(formerly Terminal Services) team at Microsoft these last few weeks, i want to mention a few of them as i find them pretty great. Will Windows XP ever really die? Maybe this is the primary platform for VDI even in the future? Microsoft announced [...]

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Yay! Citrix Receiver for Windows and Merchandising server 1.1 is here!

On October 30, 2009, in Access Gateway, Featured, Webinterface, XenApp, XenDesktop, by René Vester
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A while back Citrix announced and released their a way for Citrix customers to distribute and manage the needed clients in the infrastructure. I personally love the idea, and think it is a great initiative, however version 1.0 was a bit limited, so i was thrilled to receive an email from Aaron Videtto, Product Manager, [...]

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I am a Citrix Technology Professional.. wauw

On September 24, 2009, in Citrix Technology Professional, General, Server Based Computing, Virtualization, XenApp, by René Vester
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This week i was contacted by Brad Nunn from Citrix, letting me know i had been given the Citrix Technology Professional(CTP) Award. I am extremely honored and thrilled to be a part of this great crew of skilled and experienced individuals. It is still very new but i am very happy for the opportunity to [...]

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

On September 16, 2009, in Server Based Computing, XenApp, by René Vester
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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 [...]

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XenApp 5.0 not supported on Windows server 2008 R2

On September 6, 2009, in Server Based Computing, XenApp, by René Vester
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Hey folks, Just a small headsup, it seems XenApp 5.0 is not supported on Windows 2008 R2 and i have not heard about any workarounds so far. From Citrix the official answer seems to be that “Server 2008 R2 will be supported in a future Citrix release.” If you want more information check: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122601 To [...]

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Citrix TV and XenApp Expert Series

On August 14, 2009, in Citrix TV, Server Based Computing, XenApp, by René Vester
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Hey folks, For a while now Citrix has been using their Citrix TV to publish a lot of video sessions on different topics. One series of these sessions i would like to bring your attention to is the XenApp Expert Series. They have published 5 episodes of their first season so far… i love the [...]

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Microsoft simplifies TS/RDS CALs between 2008 and 2008 R2

On August 10, 2009, in Server Based Computing, Terminal Server, XenApp, by René Vester
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Microsoft seems to have simplified the approach to CALs a bit in 2008 which we can only be grateful for Up until now it has pretty much been a question of new CALs when upgrading your TS/XenApp environment. However that seems to have changed with 2008. In Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 TS [...]

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Citrix Secure Gateway memory leak

On July 19, 2009, in Access Gateway, Featured, Security, Server Based Computing, Webinterface, XenApp, by René Vester
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Shawn Bass posted a blog post about his experiences with Secure Gateway 3.1.1. Shawn explains that after some period of time the private bytes in use by the secure gateway service climbs to a point where it stops working. Another major problem with this memory leak is that even when the service is no longer [...]

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Ever wondered what ASCII and FFB meant with Citrix in mind?

On July 14, 2009, in ANG, Events, Featured, General, Server Based Computing, Virtualization, by René Vester
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Citrix has for a long time been famous for their impressive use of Acronyms. Rich Crusco published a list of Citrix Definitions which will surely help us all keep up to date on what is what The list can be found here: http://community.citrix.com/display/cdn/Citrix+Definitions I will try to add the feed to my Technotes section of [...]

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