Jason Conger

Installing and Using the Citrix XenApp 6.5 Mobile Application SDK

JasonConger.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:58 GMT

In this post, we will go over the installation steps of the Citrix XenApp 6.5 Mobile Application SDK, explorer what is added to the XenApp 6.5 server during installation, and compile one of the samples given in the SDK. Read More......(read more)

Setting up an Android Emulator for use with Citrix XenApp 6.5 Mobile Application SDK

JasonConger.com — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:09:57 GMT

One of the coolest SDKs I’ve seen come out in quite a while is the Citrix XenApp 6.5 Mobile Application SDK. As of this writing, only the Android version of the Citrix Receiver is supported so I will show you how to set up an Android emulator with the...(read more)

It is official. I have joined Splunk!

JasonConger.com — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:00:37 GMT

With the new year comes a new direction for me - I have officially joined Splunk as a Solutions Architect. Read More......(read more)

Citrix Synergy Barcelona 2011 Keynote Live Blog

JasonConger.com — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:27:35 GMT

Citrix Synergy 2011 is going on now in Barcelona. I'll be live blogging the event here. Expect to see more information about recent Citrix acquisitions. Read More......(read more)

Citrix Acquires ShareFile – a Citrix Service Provider Perspective

JasonConger.com — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:22:39 GMT

Citrix Systems recently completed the acquisition of a company called ShareFile. In this post, I take the perspective of a Citrix Service Provider (CSP) and dream up some ways that ShareFile could be used to add value to CSP subscribers. Read More......(read more)

Citrix XenApp 6.0 to XenApp 6.5 PowerShell Upgrade Utility Under the Hood

JasonConger.com — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:05:40 GMT

Citrix recently released XenApp 6.5. However, there is not a way to do an in-place upgrade from XenApp 6.0 to XenApp 6.5. This means that the Citrix administrator will have to uninstall XenApp 6.0 components and install XenApp 6.5 components. Citrix released...(read more)

Export and Import Citrix XenApp 6 Published Applications Using PowerShell

JasonConger.com — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:08:16 GMT

Exporting and Importing published applications in Citrix XenApp used to be a tedious process. Now, thanks to XenApp PowerShell Cmdlets, this process is much easier and more flexible. No uber scripting skills needed. Read More......(read more)

Migrate Citrix XenApp 6 Folder Structure Using PowerShell

JasonConger.com — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:46:26 GMT

There are times when you need to migrate all or part of your Citrix XenApp 6 folder structure from one farm to another, or just back up a XenApp 6 folder structure. This post will show you how to accomplish this using PowerShell. Read More......(read more)

Citrix Synergy 2011 Keynote Live Blog

JasonConger.com — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:07:04 GMT

Citrix Synergy 2011 is going on now. I'll be live blogging the event. Read More......(read more)

Citrix XenApp 6 PowerShell SDK: Getting a List of Applications with C#

JasonConger.com — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:44:58 GMT

This post will show you how to use the Citrix XenApp 6 PowerShell SDK to obtain a list of applications from your XenApp 6 farm. We’ll look at how to do this with using the PowerShell Runspace and how to do this using the Citrix XenApp 6 wrapper assembly...(read more)

Citrix XenApp 6 PowerShell SDK: Getting a List of Applications

JasonConger.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:33:00 GMT

Getting Started with the Citrix XenApp PowerShell SDK and C#

JasonConger.com — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:26:09 GMT

At BriForum 2010 , Brandon Shell and I presented a session on how to make the transition from MFCOM to PowerShell . At the end of the session, I presented several examples on how to use the XenApp PowerShell SDK in C#. I wanted to share some...(read more)

MFCOM to PowerShell: How to Make the Transition

JasonConger.com — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:29:00 GMT

As you may of may not already know, Citrix has committed to building their management architecture (and SDK) on PowerShell – not just for XenApp, but for all Citrix products. That's great news for standardization across platforms and aligning...(read more)

News from Citrix Synergy

JasonConger.com — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:25:42 GMT

I'm blogging the Citrix Synergy keynote in real time. I'll be adding to things that strike me as interesting to this post as announcements are made. Unfortunately, I didn’t think about making a crazy cool AJAX out of band update, so...(read more)

Is a User Installed Application Layer Necessary for VDI?

JasonConger.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:54:37 GMT

Layering is an emerging concept for VDI. I am not going to try to explain layering in this post, rather I am going to discuss one aspect of layering – the user installed applications layer. For more information about what layering is, how...(read more)