This past year brought about many new exciting things in technology. On the Citrix frontier virtual desktops are the hot topic. There are many great options available to organizations such as Citrix XenApp Hosted Desktops, VMWare VDI and Citrix XenDesktop VDI. Discovery of these topics includes performance, costs and reliability. What really makes sense for […]
Archive | December, 2013
Are Citrix XenApp Hosted Desktops the Right VDI Option for You?
If you use Citrix XenApp to deliver virtualized applications to your users, it is possible to deliver locked down published desktops to your users through the same technology. This method allows your users the flexibility that that they need for their virtual desktop without the huge costs tied to a formal VDI solution. This article […]
Citrix Profile Manager for XenDesktop VDI and XenApp Published Applications
Many organizations rely on Citrix technologies for their virtualization needs. This can be done through Citrix published applications or XenDesktop Virtual Desktops. In either case you will likely want to store that profile related and user specific information somewhere. There are a couple of options that you can consider: Microsoft Terminal Services Profles or Citrix […]
Use PowerShell to Create a Load Evaluator for Citrix Server Maintenance
In Citrix you can apply artificial load to your Application Servers to prevent new users from attaching to the server. By doing this you allow existing connections to gracefully wean from the Citrix server you would like to do maintenance on instead of abruptly kicking them off. This can be done through your Citrix XenApp […]