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Kemp Technologies announced today that the newest software update for their entire line of load balancing appliances will make them all "RDP-aware," meaning that they can intelligently load balance between Terminal Servers and/or integrate with Session Directory.

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.

In this article, Yuri Haak discusses the various network adapter teaming options and what makes sense in Terminal Server and Citrix environments. Though it's written for HP servers, the same concepts apply to any server brand.

Citrix's Web Interface is a popular way for users to connect to their ICA applications running on Citrix Presentation Servers. Unfortunately, if a Web Interface server fails then users lose access to their applications. The good news is that you have several options when it comes to load-balancing these two servers, and some of your options are free and easy to set up!

This is the true story of a Citrix administrator's worst day on the job. It's about how the loss of five Citrix servers in his environment brought the remaining twelve down, why the default load evaluator is to blame, and how you can prevent it from happening in your environment. By Ron Oglesby

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.

A lot of people have recently asked me how to configure load-balancing in pure Terminal Server environments. This is a topic that Ron and I covered in our Terminal Server book, so I've pulled out that section for this article.

A year ago, Gabe Knuth and I wrote our first server-based computing software roundup that included a head-to-head comparison of Citrix MetaFrame, Terminal Server, Tarantella (New Moon), Jetro, and DAT Panther. We've just updated the article and the feature matrix, and we've also added coverage of Ericom WebConnect and HOBlink.

This presentation by Ron Oglesby takes a hard look at what Terminal Services on Windows 2003 really does and where it falls short. Ron originally gave this presentation at CUG Tech 2004 in Norway.

This technique, developed by Ken Smith and written up by Scott Chiara, allows administrators of large Citrix MetaFrame farms to easily move servers from an online to an offline state with the ability to centrally see which servers are in which state.

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