Using Citrix Optimizer

Very good tod@s! I wanted to bring you a very interesting utility for all those who use Citrix XenApp or Citrix XenDesktop environments, is called Citrix Optimizer and we will use it in order to optimize the Operating Systems that we deliver to our users. This tool that is based on OS templates, it will run directly on the VDAs and we can run it through GUI or PowerShell!

What's new in Citrix XenApp and Citrix XenDesktop 7.7

Recientemente Citrix publicó su nueva versión de sus productos estrella: XenApp and XenDesktop, en este artículo trataremos de acercaros las todas las principales novedades. In addition, también han presentado: Profile Management 5.4, Provisioning Services 7.7, Desktop Director, HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.0, Servidor de licencias 11.13.1 y una nueva versión de Citrix Receiver! Citrix Receiver para Windows 4.4, Receiver 13.3 for Linux, Receiver 1.9 para Chrome y Receiver 1.9 para HTML5.

Publishing Citrix XenDesktop Applications to Citrix XenDesktop

I'm Oscar Mas and sometimes, We can see different products that make our lives easier, when delivering applications to our XenDesktop-based desktop servers. Some are well known such as Microsoft's APP-V, which has seamless integration with XenDesktop. Others are not as well-known as might be the case with VMWare App Volumes. But one of the best systems for delivering applications from our XenDesktop servers, is XenDesktop itself. The idea is to deliver applications from a XenDesktop Delivery Group to a XenDesktop Delivery Group, which simply gives us the desks.

Citrix XenDesktop – DFS Namespace

I'm Oscar Mas and when we implemented a system based on XenDesktop, working with DFS Namespace is a must (DFS-N). What this Microsoft Role allows us, is to be able to manage different Storages, creating a single point of access through our DFS-N in a transparent manner, without having to know exactly where the data is located.

XenDesktop – SQL Mirroring with Witness

I'm Oscar Mas and I want to show you how to implement a Mirror system with Witness based on Microsoft SQL Server, which is a perfect and recommended example to have our XenDesktop database in high availability. In this way we will be able to have a mirror with Microsoft SQL failover.

Session Recording in Citrix XenApp 7.6 Feature Pack 1

One of the main novelties brought by the Feature Pack 1 Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop 7.6 was the retrieval of user session recordings in Citrix, being able to record on video any interaction of users with corporate apps; formerly known as SmartAuditor and now as Session Recording. While it is true, for now it is only supported on server OS., so on desktops we will still have to wait!