Video tour of the new features of Citrix Presentation Server 4.5

As a follow up to my two previous articles this week about Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, I recorded a quick video tour through the new management console.

Article by Brian Madden on January 18, 2007.

Citrix Technical Videos site launches with how-to videos for Presentation Server

Citrix has just launched a Tech Video site that contains how-to videos and explain how many aspects of Presentation Server work. There are currently seven videos that total almost five hours in length covering many topics like printing, SpeedScreen, policies, and licensing. More videos will continue to be added to the site until it becomes a complete video admin guide.

Article by Brian Madden on December 11, 2006.

BriForum 2006 Video: Ron Oglesby on the feasibility of running Citrix in a VM

Since this whole Citrix + VMware and VDI thing is a hot topic right now, I thought it would be a good time to look at one of Ron Oglesby's sessions from BriForum 2006 this past spring. This session was based on Ron's real-world testing and some serious number crunching he did earlier this year.

Article by Brian Madden and Ron Oglesby on August 15, 2006.

BriForum 2006 Sample Video: Rick Mack details an application toolkit for Terminal Services

In this session from BriForum 2006, Rick Mack shows many of the free or inexpensive tools that are available for coping with painful applications in a multi-user environment. This video is provided as a sample of the type of content we have on the BriForum 2006 DVD set.

Article by Brian Madden and Rick Mack on May 16, 2006.

BriForum 2005 Video: Charlotte Kuenzell on how Windows printing really works

Printing is one of the biggest headaches for most administrators, but many people do not know how Windows printing actually works. In this session, Charlotte Kuenzell will go deep into the Windows print system and show what you can do to improve it.

Article by Charlotte Kuenzell on March 27, 2006.

BriForum 2005 Video: Tim Mangan on Measuring Perceived Performance of Virtual Machines

In this session perceived performance--a technique to measure terminal server performance in terms relevant to your users--is explained. Results of recent tests involving both real and "virtual servers" are presented, with an eye toward understanding how to improve perceived performance in the virtual environment.

Article by Tim Mangan on March 20, 2006.

BriForum 2005 Video: Thomas Koetzing on Desktop Design for smaller environments

In this session, Thomas Koetzing will talk about the strategies and techniques that you can use to manage your remote desktops.

Article by Thomas Koetzing on February 06, 2006.

BriForum 2005 Video: Fabrice Cornet discusses antivirus software in Citrix and Terminal Server environments

In this session from BriForum 2005, Fabrice Cornet looks at what vendors really mean when they say that their software is terminal server compatible. He also talks about how ou can install and configure AV software in Terminal Server environments.

Article by Fabrice Cornet on January 09, 2006.

BriForum 2005 Video: Jeroen van de Kamp on Proper Group Policy Design

In this session, Jeroen van de Kamp explains how to design and use Group Policies in Citrix and Terminal Server environments. This session also explains how to get the most out of the powerful (and free) add-on policies known as the True Control Templates.

Article by Jeroen van de Kamp on December 26, 2005.

BriForum 2005 Video: Stefan Vermeulen on Surviving Printing

Here is Stefan Vermeulen's (creator of www.printingsupport.com) presentation from BriForum 2005 last April. In this session, Stefan looks at real-world Citrix printing tuning and best practices.

Article by Stefan Vermeulen on December 13, 2005.