Logon Simulators – Vendor Options and Breakdowns
Logon Simulators should be part of every production and test deployment. They take away the anxiety from worrying about session launch failures, access problems, and back-end issues. In this video…
Citrix Active-Active Datacenters with App Layering and App-V
Citrix Active Active Datacenter with App Layering and App-V (May, 2018) Citrix Synergy is an annual conference where Citrix, Partners, Vendors, and Customers come together to socialize, present, inform, and…
How to Become a Citrix Jedi
Presenting at the last MyCUGC event was truly an honor. See my full blog on “How to Become a Citrix Jedi” located on the MyCUGC website – https://www.mycugc.org/blogs/cugc-blogs/2018/03/12/how-to-be-a-citrix-jedi
A Citrix Active/Active Deployment – Part 4
The last couple weeks have been a hoot. Here’s the progress that’s been made. XenServer hosts have all been setup (running 7.1) Storage (FC) and NAS have been setup All…
A Citrix Active/Active Deployment Part 3
I’m at the point now where the Datacenter#2 has Networking, Storage, and Hosts ready for me to use. That means it’s VM building time. You pretty much need the identical…
Citrix App Layering – With Extra Frosting
I’ve had the pleasure of using Citrix App Layering for the past few weeks. I have to say it’s pretty addicting. Immediately after using the product I could see it’s…
A Citrix Active/Active Deployment Part 2
Since Part 1 has been published we have learned a little bit more about the overall design of the environment. Let’s recap the initial requirements. Management has instructed the team…
A Citrix Active/Active Deployment Introduction
Ok, where does one begin when talking about an Active/Active Citrix Deployment? I’m frazzled just thinking about it. Do I start with the Profiles, Netscalers, PVS Images, XenApp Sites…? Let’s…
Citrix – Smart Access – Conditional Clipboard Access
SmartAccess and SmartControl let you change ICA connection behavior (e.g. disable client device mappings) based on how users connect. Decisions are based on NetScaler Gateway Virtual Server name, Session Policy…
Citrix Xenapp/Xendesktop 7.9 Database Migration – SQL Express to Mirror
For brand new Xenapp/Xendesktop implementations you are given the option to build out the Site quickly using SQL Express. While SQL Express may be supported, it’s certainly not recommended. Any…