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Now Available for Download: Citrix MetaFrame shapes Visio stencil

I created a Visio stencil with all the important parts of a Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server architecture. Several people have seen me use this and have asked about it, so I decided to make it available for download....

Brian Madden on July 19, 2004 : 35 comments , 57,624 views

Understanding Citrix's SpeedScreen Latency Reduction

x has long talked up "SpeedScreen Latency Reduction" as a benefit of MetaFrame Presentation Server, but most people don't actually know exactly what it does or how it works. It's a great feature of Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server that doesn't exist in any other server-based computing product....

Brian Madden on September 06, 2004 : 19 comments , 57,527 views

How Applications use the Registry in Terminal Server Environments (Part 2 of 3)

This technical article explores how applications and the application installation process uses the registry in Terminal Server environments. We'll look at install mode, execute mode, and the oft-overlooked Terminal Server shadow key registry area....

Brian Madden on August 03, 2004 : 51 comments , 57,519 views

Converting PC's into thin clients - a rundown of a suddenly crowded niche

On Brian Madden TV last week, we talked about a number of the PC-to-Thin Client conversion products on the market, and it became pretty clear that there are quite a few products out there. Each of these products fits into one of two categories, so it...

Gabe Knuth on September 29, 2009 : 33 comments , 56,699 views

XenDesktop Tech Preview delayed until early November

The long-awaited (not really) release of the Citrix XenDesktop Tech Preview that was originally slated for October 29th has been delayed until the early part of November. Whoops....

Gabe Knuth on October 30, 2007 : 31 comments , 55,451 views

Creating Custom File Associations to Support Side-by-Side Applications

Have you ever wanted to install both the free Acrobat Reader and the full version of Adobe Acrobat on the same Terminal Server while giving different groups of users access to each application? This article digs deep into how file associations work and how you can use them in Terminal Server environments....

Brian Madden on April 20, 2004 : 29 comments , 54,438 views

When to use VDI, when to use server-based computing, and how the Citrix Ardence dynamic desktop fits into all this

Server-based computing technology works well for many applications, but not for some that are too complex or too resource intensive. VDI, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, can solve a lot of these problems, but it also introduces its own challenges. (For example, how can you store and manage all those disk image files?) Late last year, Citrix bought OS streaming vendor Ardence. They then asked me to write a paper for them that sorts out where VDI can be used, where SBC should be used, and how the Citrix Ardence dynamic desktop fits into all this.

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Brian Madden on March 14, 2007 : 22 comments , 54,173 views

UEM Smackdown: Head-to-head analysis of Appsense, Citrix, Immidio, Liquidware Labs, Microsoft, Quest, PolicyPak, RES, Scense, Tricerat and others - UPDATE January 2012

[NOTE: This article (and white paper) were just updated after originally being published in June 2011.] Are you looking for an independent overview of the User Environment Management solutions and curious about the different features and functions each...

Ruben Spruijt on January 23, 2012 : 3 comments , 54,158 views

Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI): What's real today, what's not, and what's needed

The concept of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has become trendy in the past few months. In this article, Ron Oglesby looks at what can realistically be done today, and what we need from vendors to make this a real solution moving forward. He also explorers the parallels between VDI and server-based computing....

Ron Oglesby on July 20, 2006 : 52 comments , 53,127 views

Understanding the Terminal Server Session Directory

The Session Directory feature built-in to Windows Server 2003 helps users find their disconnected sessions in multi-server pure Windows 2003 environments. This article looks at the Session Directory, how it works, how to configure it, and how you can make it fault-tolerant....

Brian Madden on November 30, 2004 : 27 comments , 52,261 views

The facts about the Citrix Access Gateway, the Generic hardware it's built on, and running it in VMware

There is a lot of (mis)information out there about the Citrix Access Gateway with regards to how it works and whether you can make your own in VMware. In this article I plan to clear up all the uncertainty with real information and real facts, both from the technology legal standpoints....

Brian Madden on February 14, 2006 : 43 comments , 51,992 views

A first look at MokaFive’s mobile data management iPad app (MokaFive for iOS)

[NOTE: This video was originally published on February 27. We just moved it back to the top of the list today since MokaFive announced their iOS solution today . If you're seeing this for the first time, here's a demo of what everyone is talking about...

Jack Madden on April 17, 2012 : 12 comments , 413 views

Understanding the new logon throttling load evaluator options in Citrix Presentation Server 4.5

Citrix introduced new "load throttling" rules in Presentation Server 4.5. This article looks at what those rules do and how they work, beginning with the evolution of why they're needed in the first place....

Brian Madden on May 04, 2007 : 30 comments , 50,128 views

Citrix XenDesktop pricing is out-of-whack (or, The $175 per-user Citrix "Application Tax")

Now that the May 20 release date of Citrix XenDesktop is getting close, it's worth having a conversation about some strange pricing that works out to a $175 per concurrent user (CCU) tax on application publishing.

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Brian Madden on May 04, 2008 : 75 comments , 49,879 views

Configuring and Securing Citrix Shadowing

Everyone knows that Citrix Presentation Server offers shadowing capabilities. However, most people don't spend the time to properly learn about how shadowing works, how it can be configured, logged, and secured, and the full story with setting precedence. In this article, Katie Koepke digs into the stuff that we should've learned years ago....

Guest Bloggers on April 18, 2006 : 10 comments , 48,568 views

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