Goliath recently released a free eBook on understanding the logon process to a Citrix environment and they break it down into different pieces where they show how the different processes which are running during a logon. Then they go into how they use their product Goliath Performance Monitor to troubleshoot slow logon issues in a …
Guide to Understanding the Citrix Logon Process for XenApp/XenDesktop Read More »
So like many people I have been watching todays keynote from the comfort of my own chair, and taken notes during the entire keynote. So people don’t have to read all the annoucements from every minor annoucement and rewatch the keynote here is a summary of todays news: XenDesktop 7.9 XenDesktop 7.9 was announced, so …
Summary of todays annoucements at Citrix Synergy Read More »
There is no denying that I have been working alot with Citrix stuff books/blogging/speaking/community stuff, yesterday I was notified from Citrix that I have been awared with a new community title from Citrix called Citrix Technology Advocate (or CTA) I’m grateful and honored that Citrix is recognizing my work I do for the community around …
After spending alot of time trying to understand and grapsping the concepts of Containers and Microservices I decided I wanted to share the understanding I have, hopefully it will enlighten others as well. Also this is going to be from a Microsoft perspective and how the new features in Windows Server 2016 fit into this …
So this question came up a couple of days ago in my inbox, what actually makes customers choose Citrix over plain RDS?Isn’t RDS good enough in many circumstances? and has Citrix out-played its role in the application/desktop delivery marked? Not likely… So this questions has also appeard in my head many times over the last …
After being a unicorn for some time, Citrix did finally release the Docker based NetScaler called CPX! NOTE: CPX can be downloaded from here –> https://www.citrix.com/downloads/netscaler-adc/betas-and-tech-previews/cpx-111-405.html If you have the proper Citrix Partner access. But as of now the CPX can be used in two ways, either be deployed on a Ubuntu host using Docker …
Setting up the NetScaler CPX load balancing on a Ubuntu Docker host with Nginx Read More »
So earlier today, actually two hours after I was done at work and was walking my dog, Citrix actually released a tech preview of their next-generation Insight and Command Center (Yes! they merged it) into a new product which is now in tech preview which is now called NetScaler Management and Analytics Systems which is …
So alot of problems that have been with using MCS versus PVS is the load that it puts on the Storages fabric. With the way MCS works we have an golden image which is our master template, when we createa machine catalog or update a machine catalog we have the option to choose a specific …
Nutanix & Citrix better together with Shadow Clones Read More »
So Storage Replica is a new feature which will make its introduction in Windows Server 2016 (Datacenter only!) but it is a volume based storage replication feature which can work in two manners, either synchronous or asynchrounous. This feature also opens up for a bunch of different use cases, the biggest one is the ability …
Getting started with Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016 Read More »
After having a huge number of questions regarding this topic of the last couple of weeks, I decided to write a blogpost about it, to clarify some of the misconceptions about this feature on NetScaler. NOTE: TCP profiles can be found under System –> Profiles –> TCP TCP profiles is a feature which allows us …
