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Our BriForum conference is about three weeks away, and I realized that some people are upset that we're planning on selling DVDs. I want your opinion. Should we sell DVDs? If so, for how much?...

Kevin Goodman and Brian Madden created a huge colorful poster that is a very detailed flowchart of all the steps that take place when a user logs on to a Citrix server. You can download that poster here....

Ron Oglesby and I wrote a book about Terminal Services for Windows Server 2003 last year. We're happy to announce that this book is now available as a free download in either PDF or CHM format....

Due to the feedback that received on this article from readers, my colleagues, and Microsoft, I felt it was time to update it to try to provide more of a best practices guide to implementing LanManServer Tuning. The major update is in the Tuning section where I explain how "overtuning" can introduce other performance problems. I've also modified the .adm templates that, when applied, help prevent the file server from running out of NonPaged Pool....

A few weeks ago, a company called Miercom released a report ( download PDF ) that was sponsored by Citrix to compare XenDesktop 4 remoting (ICA protocol) to VMware View 4 remoting via PCoIP. Then last Friday, VMware's Mike Coleman wrote blog post...

Citrix Presentation Server uses Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express instead of MS Access these days for small environments. SQL Express is cool, but automating backups for it isn't necessarily intuitive. In this article, Katie Koepke shows you how to do it....

At VMworld last month, VMware announced several future capabilities of their VDI product, including a bare-metal client-side hypervisor. The idea behind this is that if you have a hypervisor running locally on a client device, you can get the "best of both worlds," combining the centralized management of VDI and performance and flexibility of local compting. Having a local / offline capability will be an important feature of future VDI environments....

A few months ago on Brian Madden TV , Gabe and I briefly mentioned that we were putting together a plan for something like a VDI version of “ Shark Week .” (For those outside the US, “Shark Week” is a week-long event on the Discovery...

A lot of people have long believed that Microsoft has been screwing us. But after last week's radio show and two fantastic articles from Gabe and Jack, it became clear that Microsoft is doing four very specific and intentional things that are holding...

Many people would love to virtualize at least part of their Citrix or Terminal Server farms, but so far the performance just hasn’t been up to par (or close enough to make it worthwhile). In this article, René gives you several tips on optimizing your Citrix or Terminal servers for use on virtualized hardware.

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This article, part of Ron Oglesby's "Scripting for MetaFrame" series, describes the basic best practices of using a KIX logon script in Citrix MetaFrame and Terminal Server environments....

Back in April, I posted a session from BriForum Amsterdam comparing Xen to VMware ESX. The only problem was that enough had changed in the time between BriForum and the release of the video that some people found it wasn't relevant. So, in an effort...

A look back at the last two years since Microsoft purchased Softricity, plus what is on tap this year....

Imagine the scenario where a user could start a virtual desktop session on a shared Terminal Server. Then after awhile, the user could "stream" that session from the Terminal Server to their laptop, and take that session with them offline running in a local Vista VM. This is what Brisbane-based Luflogix promises to deliver in the second quarter this year.

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Do you ever wonder what actually happens when you connect to a Terminal Server or MetaFrame Presentation Server? Do you want to know what csrss.exe and wfshell.exe really do? This article be Thomas Koetzing will set you straight....