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  • Citrix XenApp integration and reference guide for Citrix Provisioning Server

    Citrix officialy released the utility and a reference guide for the installation of Citrix XenApp (former know as Presentation Server) inside a Citrix Provisioning Server for Datacenters (Former known as Ardence) vDisk. It details the steps necessary to install and configure XenApp with a CPVS implementation....
    Published Feb 21 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 12,839 views, 7 comments
  • Microsoft RDP vs Citrix ICA vs Citrix ICA+SpeedScreen progressive display

    This Youtube video compares Microsoft RDP, Citrix ICA and Citrix ICA + SpeedScreen Progressive display with each other.See it your self! SpeedScreen Progressive Display is a feature of Citrix XenApp (old school Presentation Server). I am curious if this feature will be added to XenDesktop! When you want to see the same 3D appplication demo running @ XenApp 4.5 within out Solution Showcase environment 'Virtuall' please request access www.virtuall.EU...
    Published Feb 16 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 17,495 views, 9 comments
  • Working together, Application Streaming and Virtualization from CTX and MS

    Tim Graf, a Citrix Sr. Product Manager, wrote a nice article about the cooperative effort that the CTX and MS application virtualization solutions work together. "Citrix views application virtualization as a key element of its vision for XenApp as an end-to-end application delivery system and will continue to enhance its own solution to provide the best experience for admins and users. Supporting Microsoft Application Virtualization also makes it easier for customers to fully leverage their XenApp environments and reinforces our commitment to working closely with Microsoft to help customers realize the value in application virtualization" Joseph Nord, a Citrix product architect for Application Streaming, created a nice technical article about the various deployment scenarios and the dual-mode scenario with Citrix and MS Application Virtualization ...
    Published Feb 14 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 8,087 views, 1 comment
  • How to extend the Windows Server 2008 evaluation period?

    Microsoft created a nice support article. This knowledge base article discusses the extention of the 60 days evaluation period of Windows Server 2008 to 240 days. This is very usefull for test/dev scenario's where you don't want to activate your WS08 licenses....
    Published Feb 11 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 7,228 views, 0 comments
  • Microsoft Calista Virtual Desktop (CVD) demo

    There aren't that much demo's of Microsoft Calista. This video shows a Vista based host using Microsoft Calista utilizing GPU based compression over Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)....
    Published Feb 09 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 9,347 views, 1 comment
  • Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Planning and Design Guide available

    The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guide for Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services and Active Directory is in beta release. This great document describes the design process for Microsoft infrastructure technologies and is a successor of the Windows Server System Reference Architecture....
    Published Feb 05 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 18,005 views, 3 comments
  • Microsoft SoftGrid Sequencing Guide from Microsoft Consulting Services

    Yesterday Microsoft Consulting Services released their Sequencing bestpractices guide. It's a great guide for everyone who is using the SoftGrid (sorry Microsoft Application Virtualization) Sequencer....
    Published Feb 01 2008 by Ruben Spruijt , 9,012 views, 1 comment