Netscaler Insight and Integration with XenDesktop Director

This is another one of Citrix hidden gems, Netscaler Insight. This product has been available from Citrix some time now, but with the latest update in became alot more useful. Insight is an virtual applance from Citrix which gathers AppFlow data and statistics from Netscaler to show performance data, kinda like old Edgesight. (NOTE: In …

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XenDesktop 7.1 TechPreview Service Template

Citrix released yesterday a tech preview of their Service Template for XenDesktop 7.1 for System Center Virtual Machine Manager. This template allows for rapid and easy deployment of an entire XenDesktop 7 infrastructure, including setup of Director, License Server, Desktop Delivery Controller and Storefront. It does not by default include Netscaler as part of the …

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Netscaler tips and tricks

So the purpose of this post is to post different tips and tricks with Netscaler, so this is going to be updated from time to time. So it’s what I call a dynamic post Now there are a tons of different areas to explore here, but im going to start easy. 1: Password reset Netscaler …

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XenDesktop 7.1 available!

As Citrix promised, XenDesktop 7.1 is now available for downloading requires mycitrix –>  http://bit.ly/H1i0of but with this release they include support for Microsoft R2 plattforms and Windows 8.1 For those that wish to update from XenDesktop 7 can look at the information at eDocs here –> http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-71/cds-xd-upgrade-xd7-to-7-1.html ill post my experience regarding the update later …

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Microsoft launched RDS RemoteFX clients today for iOS and Android

So big day today Microsoft released System Center 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 and just today they release RemoteFX clients for iOS and Android which are now available at their respective stores. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id714464092?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.rdc.android&hl=en So I haven’t given it a try yet, but if you have get around to try it give me some feedback!

XenDesktop 7 Monitoring from System Center Operations Manager

So a year ago I wrote a blog post regarding Comtrade and monitoring of XenApp enviroments in Operations Manager. This was possible due to a partner called Comtrade which creates management packs and connections to Citrix (Actually most of Citrix products) * XenDesktop* Netscaler* Cloudportal Service Manager* XenApp* PVS* WebInterfaceAnd more are coming in the …

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News from Citrix and Microsoft

Wow this has been a huge day for both Microsoft and Citrix.First of Microsoft announced today publically that they are making RemoteFX clients for all mobile platforms (Maybe part of the Mohoro DaaS?) Which means that Microsoft VDI and with Storage dedup might make MIcrosoft a better alternative and gain some lost grounds there, because …

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