Simplicity is Power

Written by Thomas Poppelgaard. Posted in Access Gateway, App Streaming, Branch Repeater, Citrix, HDX, HDX3D Pro, Merchandise, Netscaler, Provisioning, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop, XenServer

I have noticed today that Citrix have updated their webpage, and i noticed a cool new Citrix Advertise “Work on anywhere, On any device, thats the power of virtual computing” yes this is the topics we se over and over at the Citrix Synergy events ;o).

I recommend you look at this cool webpage, where Citrix explains what Virtual Computing, Virtual Desktop, High-Definition Desktop, Virtual Servers and Networking means to them and how Citrix can solve these things.

look more at http://simplicityispower.citrix.com/

HDX Internals – Knowledge Base Articles

Written by Thomas Poppelgaard. Posted in HDX, HDX3D Pro, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop

Derek Thorslund (Principal Product Strategist HDX) from Citrix and his team are doing alot of effort of informing, what HDX is, which component it consists of and how do you configure the HDX components or even optimize them. To get a great overview look at http://hdx.citrix.com/hdx-internals. Here you can learn about the different HDX components like:









If you want to come more under the hood of HDX, look at “HDX Internals – Knowledge Base Articles” which is defined in bellowed topics and articles. Click here to find out more about bellowed

Service Pack 1 for XenClient/Synchronizer

Written by Thomas Poppelgaard. Posted in Synchronizer, XenClient

Citrix just released Service Pack 1 for XenClient 1.0! This update is basically maintenance release that includes over 100 fixes for both the XenClient hypervisor and the Synchronizer virtual appliance. This update brings bug fixes, stability and speed improvements, and it also includes a few new features.

The following new features where added and/or enhanced on the XenClient Hypervisor:

  • Support for additional laptops:
    • Lenovo T510
      • Core i5 and Intel HD Graphics
    • Panasonic Toughbook 52
      • Core i5 and Intel HD Graphics
  • Initial support for Windows 7 SP1 (Windows 7 SP1 Beta)
  • Improved system boot time
  • FlexCast integration – support for Streamed VHDs from Provisioning Services
  • Improved playback and recording support including default volume level enhancements
  • Revamp of VM auto boot experience to provide a close to native boot experience
    • Ability to boot directly to a VM
    • Ability to background launch additional auto boot VMs
    • Authentication to XenClient only when needed
  • Static IP configuration for wired networks
  • Blocking of unsafe configuration changes when a VM is asleep or hibernated
  • Increased reliability of wireless connections
  • Improved support for internationalized text entry
  • Proper handling and reporting on systems with dual batteries
  • Improved reliability of Application Discovery when using Secure Application Sharing
  • Support for Blu-Ray playback from internal and USB connected drives
  • Ability to use raw VHD files created with XenConvert tool
  • Security improvements
The following new features where added and/or enhanced on the Synchronizer for XenClient:
  • Improved support for connecting to Synchronizers with non-standard hostnames
  • Improved cross-browser compatibility of user interface
  • Improved support for internationalized text entry
  • Robustness improvements to VM image transfers
  • Ability to cache AD credentials offline with Dynamic image mode
  • Disk space usage accuracy improvements
  • Ability to upload a VM based on
Download Service Pack 1 for XenClient 1.0 here: http://www.citrix.com/xenclient/tryit 

Merchandising Server 2.1

Written by Thomas Poppelgaard. Posted in Merchandise, Reciever, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop

Use Merchandising Server with Receiver for Windows and Mac 2.1 to simplify client software configuration and version management, improve access to applications and desktops, and enable self service selection of applications

Download Merchandising Server 2.1 for XenServer – Virtual Appliance here

Download Merchandising Server 2.1 for VMWare – Virtual Appliance here

Upgrade existing Merchadising Serer 1.x -> to 2.1 here

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Thomas Poppelgaard

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Hi i have changed the colors. Is this better ?

I have also optimized the load of the articles (text, photo) compression it should be must faster now.

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