Tag: XenApp 4.5

ClearType on XenApp

ClearType is a feature designed by Microsoft to improve the user experience and make reading text on monitors more comfortable (especially on LCDs), by smoothing the outline of the text. This feature could not be enabled in XenApp ICA sessions 4.5 running on Windows 2003, Microsoft explains the problem as follows: “The option to enable the Font smoothing feature is not available in the Windows Server version of RDC 2003 that was published. Windows Server 2003 disables the Font smoothing feature on all remote connections by default. These connections include connections established through RDC 6.0.”

Using XenAppPrep 2.0 to clone XenApp servers 4.5 and XenApp 5.0

There is a utility that we can use to clone Citrix XenApp servers 4.5 o Citrix XenApp 5.0, called XenAppPrep, currently in its version 2.0. Its official website (HTTP://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063), we can download it from AKI. We can use it to create Citrix Provisioning Server vDisks (HTTP://www.bujarra.com/?p=763) or to create templates from XenServer or VMware ESX for example. As well as to clone it on a regular basis with a Ghost or whatever…

Configuring Sites in Citrix XenApp 4.5

In this part we will create two sites: one will be the website so that users can connect to the applications without the need for a client and the other will be the Site of the Program Neighborhood Agent that will serve to minimize the incidents of users to us, the administrators., since everything will be automatic, they will simply see an icon in the toolbar and from there they can access the applications or if not,, is configured to be from the Start Menu or from icons on the desktop. IIS Installed Requirement.

Installing the first Citrix XenApp server 4.5

The first thing is to know what we are going to install on a server, whether it will be a single server, where the Citrix database will be stored (you need SQL 2005), whether a web interface will be installed for clients to connect from the LAN (or more important, From the Internet), if we want to have the licenses on this server or on any other server, If we want to rename the disk drives, and of course if we want administration consoles on these servers or directly on any PC/server on the network

Citrix Application Streaming on XenApp

This is the main feature of the version 4.5 from Citrix, Application Streaming, This document explains how to use it. Application Streaming is nothing more than being able to use a Citrix application as if it were installed on our computer but without being, not just execute it (That's publishing an app as normal) otherwise, it would be distributed on the PCs and they could use it without connectivity to the Citrix server. The following steps need to be taken: