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News of 3 July 2009

VanBragt.Net SBC Centre — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:13:20 GMT

Citrix Web Interface EOL and VMworld US / Europe in the same period. Read More......(read more)

NetScaler Outperforms F5 BIG-IP by 3X or More!

The Citrix Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:31:47 GMT

New Tolly report shows that NetScaler 9.1 with nCore technology significantly outperforms F5's latest software release, BIG-IP v10. The results were astounding. Tolly conducted a battery of standard load balancing and acceleration tests and found Read More......(read more)

How To - XenApp Fundamentals now in Amazon EC2 Cloud

The Citrix Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:30 GMT

The Citrix C3 Lab with Amazon AWS now hosts XenApp Fundamentals on Windows 2003 Server with no installation required. The C3 Blueprint describes how to set up the environment so you can be testing or demoing apps delivered from the Cloud in minutes. XenApp Read More......(read more)

MS App-V and Citrix CDM.SYS can BSOD Citrix servers and Citrix XenApp Multimonitor exception hooking is case sensitive, but why?

shawnbass.com - Server Based Computing blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:35:17 GMT

So I've got a client that I've been rolling out HRP04 for XenApp 4.5 in order to resolve a nasty conflict between Microsoft App-V and Citrix's Client Drive provider cdm.sys that results in BSODs in certain circumstances when users of App-V Read More......(read more)

Is Citrix Web Interface dead?

Thomas Koetzing - SBC specialist — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:23:49 GMT

Citrix released a couple of new components that make me believe they will terminate the further development of Web Interface as we know it. Citrix knows Web Interface is widely used by customers, and therefore, will continue to support it and might even Read More......(read more)

News of 2 July 2009

VanBragt.Net SBC Centre — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:53:20 GMT

Multiple Monitor Support in Windows 2008 R2/Windows 7, XenApp CMDlets VS MFCom performance and Virtualization Migration products overview. Read More......(read more)

Win 2 Grandstand Tickets to the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix

The Citrix Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:34:46 GMT

How can you win 2 Grandstand Tickets to the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix! Attend Citrix iForum Singapore 2009 , stay for the closing drinks and prize drawing, and you could win our major prize of two 3-day passes and access to the Pit Grandstand at Read More......(read more)

Citrix iForum Singapore 2009 - July 28, 2009

The Citrix Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:18:16 GMT

Announcing Asia's inaugural Citrix iForum! Citrix is pleased to announce that iForum is coming direct to the hub of Asia for the first time ever! On July 28th 2009 iForum will be launched at the Suntec Conference Centre in Singapore. Date: 7/28/2009 Read More......(read more)

Re-awarded as an MVP for Remote Desktop Services

VanBragt.Net SBC Centre — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:44:58 GMT

I have been re-awarded as an MVP for Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as MVP for Terminal Server). I am... Read More......(read more)

Automating workflow execution for Citrix Workflow Studio using an ASP.NET Web application

The Citrix Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:19:50 GMT

One of the most common questions I've heard on Workflow Studio is how you can initiate the execution of workflows from an ASP.NET web page. The web is a great platform for delivering applications to end-users, and more and more applications are being Read More......(read more)

Is standard RDP 7 ready for everyday desktop replacement? I’m on a mission to find out!

Brian Madden — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT

I’ve been writing about remote display protocols for over six years now. In that time I’ve written about performance, user experience, bandwidth, and latency. I’ve written about the importance of the display protocol in a desktop replacement environment , where real users will use the protocol every minute of every day. And of course I’ve played with all the various protocols in the lab. But there’s one thing I’ve never done: I’ve never actually used a remote...(read more)

Using Multiple Monitors in Remote Desktop Session

Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Team Blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:15:53 GMT

Introduction: Multiple monitor support for Remote Desktop Services allows users to open a Remote Desktop connection expanded across all the monitors on the client computer regardless of the client monitor configuration. With this feature, the user can Read More......(read more)

Virtualization Management Podcast with visionapp - Announces New OpsQuick Solution - July 2, 2009 - Episode 85

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:43:00 GMT

In episode 85, Douglas Brown interviews Paul Ardoin, Director of Marketing and Chuck Fritz, CEO at visionapp. Doug, Paul, and Chuck discuss visionapp’s application / server deployment / automation solution for... Visit www.dabcc.com for more Citrix Read More......(read more)

Michel Roth (Re-)Awarded 2009 MVP For Remote Desktop Services

Michel Roth -Thincomputing.net (All Content) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:43:07 GMT

I have been re-awarded as an MVP for Remote Desktop Services. I am honoured and thankful and want to thank everyone that made this happen. This was the happy email: " Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Read More......(read more)

Reclaiming unused VMDK space with storage thin provisioning

Michel Roth -Thincomputing.net (All Content) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:41:26 GMT

Storage thin provisioning can save space on a VMware Virtual Machine Disk File (VMDK), but reclaiming that space requires the use of tools described in this article. I have experimented with Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK) thin provisioning since the Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2 Released

Michel Roth -Thincomputing.net (All Content) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:40:35 GMT

Microsoft last week announced the availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. The toolkit is part of Microsoft's "Solution Accelerators" series of free tools for customers and partners deploying Microsoft products. The beta Read More......(read more)

Windows 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApp user or group filtering

Michel Roth -Thincomputing.net (All Content) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:39:23 GMT

The most wanted feature for Windows 2008 Terminal Services is RemoteApp user filtering. You don’t want all users to see all applications on the web portal. This feature will probably be released in Windows Server 2008 R2 but till then, you are out Read More......(read more)

There is now "More" in the Community Spotlight

The Citrix Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:37:53 GMT

We have added a new page to the Citrix Communities for you to be able to see all of the highlights that are in the Community Spotlight . http://community.citrix.com/display/cdn/Community+Spotlight View Online | Add Comment Read More......(read more)

There is now "More" in the Featured Communities

The Citrix Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:37:30 GMT

We have added a new page to the Citrix Communities for you to be able to see all of the highlights that are in the Featured Communities . http://community.citrix.com/display/cdn/Community+Featured+Sites View Online | Add Comment Read More......(read more)

Easy Mutli-Factor Authentication

The Citrix Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:58:55 GMT

PinSafe is a form of multi-factor authentication which is easier to deploy and more cost effective than its token based competitors. It also integrates seamlessly with the NetScaler for both SSL VPN and AAA for Web Applications. It works by providing Read More......(read more)

TechTalk--Deep Dive into ICA Protocol and Acceleration

The Citrix Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:28:24 GMT

That's the title of the July 9th TechTalk . This session is open to genuine propeller heads and geeks only. In this session, I'll explain how ICA functions, including why single session application bandwidth testing isn't accurate, the CGP Read More......(read more)

XenApp cmdlets vs MFCOM

ReneVester.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:29 GMT

So one of the really cool guys on the inter-web Nick Holmquist did a blogpost yesterday… a month ago(thank you Shawn).. on the perfomance of XenApp cmdlets vs. MFCOM. Nick tested with 3 difference scripts MFCOM with VbScript MFCOM within Powershell XenApp Read More......(read more)

News of 1 July 2009

VanBragt.Net SBC Centre — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:29:12 GMT

Group Filtering with the MS TS Web Access and Free Hyper-V Training. Read More......(read more)

Introduction to EdgeSight for XenApp

The Citrix Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:32:04 GMT

Over the past few years I've given dozens of EdgeSight presentations at partner events, Summit, Synergy, IForum or facilitated training for Citrix consultants and SE's across the globe. Usually I start these presentations off in a similar manner Read More......(read more)

How to install Remote Desktop Services in Win 2008 R2 with Screenshots

TechAgility — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:29:29 GMT

So I noticed some good info coming out of the MSDN Terminal Server blog, like:Introducing Remote Desktop Connection Manager and I was reasonably curious if the RDS Brokering would allow you to attach or add Physical devices like BladePC’s or BladeWS Read More......(read more)