Join us Thursday, June 9th at 10:15 pm EDT for another episode of Current Status. During this episode of Current Status, co-hosts Theresa Miller and Phoummala Schmitt talk with guest Steve Greenberg (@stevegreenberg) and Joe Shonk (@joeshonk) Both of our guests are Citrix CTP’s and come from Thin Client Computing. Recently Citrix Synergy held is annual conference, […]
Why Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop 7.9?
Recently Citrix released its latest update of XenApp/XenDesktop version 7.9 through an announcement at Citrix Synergy. They have been more aggressive with their patching cycles which are a really good thing when it comes to security and new features. In years past when we saw a new update from Citrix we instantly thought of it […]
How Application and Desktop Virtualization can Streamline Your Windows 10 Deployment
Is your organization interested in moving to Windows 10, but are you still suffering from the Windows 7 deployment hangover? While your IT staff may still be recovering from these deployments there is a more simplistic approach that can be leveraged to significantly reduce the time of your next operating system deployment to Windows 10. Also, […]
Where to go for Troubleshooting IT Issues: IT Community!
As we approach the New Year, I am getting close to celebrating 20 years of working in IT. In those 20 years, I have been an IT instructor, a desktop technician, a server engineer, Exchange architect, Citrix architect, and have worn any other “IT hat” necessary to ensure that the job is done right. Never a […]
Installation of the Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Delivery Controller
Technology today is always changing and more and more organizations are looking at what it means to move forward with VDI. The landscape in the space has evolved greatly over the past 5 years. One of the largest issues of the past was performance. So how do you ensure performance within your VDI environment? Well […]
#CurrentStatus Podcast: To Certify or Not to Certify that is the Question..
Is there any value to IT Certification these days? Years ago we faced the issue of paper MCSE’s where Microsoft certification became devalued at that time, because “anyone” could have a career in IT. Most of those people didn’t survive IT and when companies cut back on staffing after Y2K they were to first to […]
Citrix Announces Citrix Workspace Cloud! Learn more about it here!
Citrix has officially released Citrix Workspace Cloud! This is your opportunity to officially use workstations, applications, or mobile/data services from the cloud. This can be used on-premises, in a private or public cloud, or even through a hybrid approach with both on-premises and in the cloud. So every aspect of Citrix products is now available […]
How to Get Started with your Citrix X1 Mouse
by Theresa Miller So if you ever asked me if I would be writing about a computer mouse someday, I probably would have laughed. Yet here we are and I am excited to be able to write about this one. Recently Citrix released a mouse to be used with Citrix Receiver on the iPad and iPhone. […]
Internet of Things, It’s only the Beginning!
by Theresa Miller What is IoT or “Internet of Things”? There is a slow and steady amount of buzz about what this might mean, and lingo such as “Internet of Things” and “IoT” are slowly becoming part of our daily conversations. So what is all the excitement about? The above image found online is a […]
XenDesktop 7.x Database Best Practices
By Theresa Miller As a Citrix administrator, it probable that you are not a DBA. Not to say that you couldn’t be, but let’s assume that you are not. That being said, as a Citrix administrator it is still becomes your responsibility to have some level of understanding of the databases used for XenDesktop 7.x. […]