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Leveraging OMS Network performance monitor to detect network loss

So a new interesting feature came up in my workspace (Network performance monitor) which allows us to monitor network performance between different endpoints. You can read more about it here –> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/log-analytics-network-performance-monitor/#installing-and-configuring-agents-for-the-solution But in case we can install the OMS agent on two nodes and the OMs agent will then be used to monitor and […]

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Differentiate TCP profile settings between endpoints using AppQoE

So a new feature that was introduced in 11.1 which I some reason overlooked was the ability to configure seperate TCP profiles using AppQoE actions, which in its essence allows us to configure different AppQoE policies using different TCP profiles based upon which endpoint is connecting using expressions. Now by default when a client connects

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Increasing Microsoft Edge performance using TCP Fast Open on NetScaler

TCP Fast Open (TFO) is a TCP mechanism that enables speedy data exchange between a client and a server during TCP’s initial handshake. By using the TFO mechanism, you can reduce an application’s network latency by the time required for one full round trip, which significantly reduces the delay experienced in short TCP transfers. So

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Exam 70-744 Securing Windows Server 2016

this is a new Microsoft exam which is currently under development, but it alot of interesting points which Microsoft should have focus on a long time ago in terms of training! Security! The exam is of course based upon a training course –> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/course.aspx?cid=20744 But the exam it self focuses on Securing network traffic, DNSSEC,

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The future of RemoteApp and Windows 10 VDI from Azure with Citrix Cloud

So today Citrix announced some pretty big news, that moving ahead Microsoft will stepping down development on their Azure RemoteApp feature in Azure, and that Citrix will taking over with a new feature called XenApp Express or (RemoteApp 2.0) which appears to be some further development of their Citrix Cloud offering. Microsoft will continue to

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Is low latency enough? Optimizing TCP for optimal ICA traffic

So I decided to write this blogpost to actually show the effects of TCP optimization on Citrix. I’ve been stating that you should always change the TCP profile for NetScaler Gateway because the default is BAD. So therefore I decided to do a bit research to see what kind of effect will a simple TCP

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What is Containers and container ecosystem

Having doing alot of work into containers lately, I can happy to say that I finally understand the concept of it all! When I first started reading about Containers I was like, WTF?? is this like a new concept of virtual machines or just some phase? Well it took some time to get used to

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My session at VirtualExpo – Access and authentication methods in Citrix

So for those that haven’t heard of VirtualExpo yet, it is a full day virtual conferce which is arranged by my fellow Norwegian Trond E Haavarstein or @xenappblog. This is the third time the event is going to be hosted, and look forward to a day with alot of good content and great speakers on

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Application availability and Auto-scaling with AVI–Benchmarking

So the last couple of days has been spent on reading up on the latest ADC updates as part of the WhatMatrix.com category for ADC’s which is coming soon! As part of that I’ve looked at alot of the tradisional ADC vendors in the market, which comes from a physical appliance world and has entered

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Configuring AlwaysON on NetScaler 11.1

One of the cool new features in NetScaler 11.1 is a feature called AlwaysON, now NetScaler has had a VPN agent setup for a long time now, and in 11.1 it got a huge overhaul! AlwaysON is a VPN feature which will trigger the VPN agent to logon after a user is a logged into

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