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Citrix XenApp is the product that really started this whole "desktop virtualization thing" back in the 1990s. (Well, back then it was called Citrix MetaFrame, then MetaFrame Presentation Server, then just Presentation Server, and finally XenApp.) Citrix XenApp is still Citrix's main product. It's used to extend Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host / Terminal Server environments via server-based computing to users inside and outside of the firewall. I actually wrote two books about Citrix XenApp (well, MetaFrame) in the early 2000s. They're still available online if you want to read them. You can also read the definition of Citrix XenApp at SearchVirtualDesktop.com.

  • Citrix plans to end support for XenApp 6.0 in 2013. What's that? You're still migrating to 6.0?

    A few months ago Andrew Wood wrote a nice blog article about the end of life of a number of key XenApp-related products, and it reminded me of some conversions I've been having with a number of my customers about this topic. Like all big vendors, Citrix...
    by Shawn Bass on January 17, 2012 : 21 comments , 9,671 views

  • Citrix Synergy Barcelona Keynote News and Notes

    Good Morning! While you may just be getting to the office, I've been awake for a few hours, spoke in a session, and attended the Citrix Synergy Barcelona Keynote. This year, there we announcements aplenty. So many, in fact, that not all of them made it...
    by Gabe Knuth on October 26, 2011 : 2 comments , 4,751 views

  • The impact of Application Virtualization solutions in VDI, THE Reality Check

    We ( Sven Huisman , Jeroen van de Kamp and Ruben Spruijt ) are pleased to announce the long awaited release of the Project Virtual Reality Check (VRC) Phase IV whitepaper. As promised: this one does a true deep dive on Application Virtualization in VDI...
    by Ruben Spruijt on June 15, 2011 : 4 comments , 8,463 views

  • Citrix Synergy 2011 Video: Gabe interviews Citrix about What's new in XenApp 7

    At Citrix Synergy 2011 in San Francisco, Gabe Knuth talked to Citrix's Ramesh Krishnaram about what's coming in future versions of XenApp . (Citrix didn't specify *when* these features would come, or what the next version of XenApp would be. But all the...
    by Justin Meisinger on May 27, 2011 : 0 comments , 3,426 views

  • Citrix makes XenDesktop Trade-Up program permanent, adds CCU option

    Today, Citrix announced some changes to their Trade-Up to XenDesktop program that a lot of people already knew about due to a leak on Twitter a few weeks ago. It's official now that Citrix is making the Trade-up to XenDesktop program a permanent way...
    by Gabe Knuth on January 17, 2011 : 2 comments , 7,841 views

  • Citrix announces XenDesktop 5. Here's our full analysis & what you need to know.

    Last week at Citrix Synergy 2010 Berlin, Citrix surprised everyone by announcing XenDesktop 5 , the latest iteration of their main desktop virtualization product suite which will ship by the end of the year. XenDesktop 5 actually has quite a few changes...
    by Brian Madden on October 11, 2010 : 17 comments , 132,688 views

  • What exactly is an "enterprise app store?" (No seriously... what is it?)

    There's a lot of talk about "enterprise app stores." I'm not sure what the exact definition of an enterprise app store is, but the analogy most used is something like "imagine Apple's iPhone App Store, except for corporate IT...
    by Brian Madden on August 05, 2010 : 28 comments , 10,100 views

  • Tool for Publishing App-V on XenApp Farms

    If you use both App-V and XenApp together, once you have deployed App-V virtual applications to your XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 Farm, you will want to publish the shortcuts to users. This can be a slow and tedious process for App-V virtual applications when using...
    by Tim Mangan on May 03, 2010 : 0 comments , 4,948 views

  • MMS wrap-up: XenApp integration into SCCM, Dynamic Memory, and RemoteFX

    Last week, I attended the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas, which is a show that neither Brian nor I have ever attended. In the past, we looked at it as a server management conference, just outside of the scope of what we cover on BrianMadden...
    by Gabe Knuth on April 27, 2010 : 2 comments , 4,462 views

  • Think today... change tomorrow?! Your step-by-step guide to moving today's apps into tomorrow's world

    The adoption of Application Virtualization, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and the availability of Windows 7 create many new and interesting possibilities for the delivery of applications and desktops. Many organizations are on the threshold of...
    by Ruben Spruijt on February 15, 2010 : 0 comments , 10,623 views

  • If you’re free next week, Shawn Bass is giving his 5-day independent Citrix class in Las Vegas

    For the past five years or so, I’ve been teaching my independent 5-day Citrix XenApp master class around the world. About three years ago Shawn Bass started teaching these classes too, and they’ve been well-received wherever we’ve taught...
    by Brian Madden on October 27, 2009 : 0 comments , 3,376 views

  • Now that XenApp can power on/off VMs, who needs XenDesktop?

    Citrix's XenApp and XenDesktop products have always had an artificial and somewhat arbitrary separation of features. The more expensive XenApp delivers desktops from terminal server and apps from terminal server, VDI, and streaming servers, while...
    by Brian Madden on September 30, 2009 : 11 comments , 14,363 views

  • Citrix announces details of XenApp Feature Pack 2, available Sept 29.

    [UPDATE: Since I first wrote this, I learned none of the "core" XenApp features are for Server 2008. The core XenApp updates are for 2003 only.] Yesterday Citrix announced details of the next release of XenApp which will be called “XenApp...
    by Brian Madden on September 17, 2009 : 15 comments , 35,031 views

  • Want to deliver Citrix apps via System Center? It’s coming in 2010!

    The other part of yesterday’s Citrix / Microsoft announcement was that you’ll soon be able to manage XenApp environments via Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Remember that Systems Center is the name for a whole family of products. Citrix...
    by Brian Madden on July 14, 2009 : 3 comments , 6,498 views

  • Application Virtualization Solutions Overview and Feature Compare matrix - UPDATED -

    The whitepaper, Application Virtualization Solution Overview and Feature Compare matrix , will provide new and updated information about the various Application- and Desktop Delivery solutions, Application Virtualization in general and the main Application...
    by Ruben Spruijt on June 28, 2009 : 6 comments , 13,930 views

  • After 18 months with the new names, "XenApp" is as confusing as ever

    When Citrix first announced their new product naming scheme for XenApp / XenDesktop / XenServer, I was excited. I thought the names were great. The were related to each in terms of brand family while each being sufficiently different enough to describe...
    by Brian Madden on June 02, 2009 : 12 comments , 8,043 views

  • What's the difference between the "ICA client," the "XenApp Plug-in," and the "Citrix Receiver?" A guide to Citrix's client names and variants.

    That headline sounds like the setup of a joke.. "Ok, ok, stop me if you've heard this. Three Citrix marketing folks go into a bar and get completely wasted..." Seriously, the article I wrote Friday about the subtlety of Citrix's client...
    by Brian Madden on May 19, 2009 : 4 comments , 27,183 views

  • Citrix drops the word “XenApp” from their ICA client. Could this hint at published apps from XenDesktop?

    It’s been about a year since I first wrote about Citrix’s “ app publishing tax ” (and how they’ve tried to address it ). Since then they’ve done countless promotions, bundling options, deals, and repackaging. But the...
    by Brian Madden on May 15, 2009 : 10 comments , 9,509 views

  • Who's using the Citrix Branch Repeater?

    It's not meant to be a condescending question, "Who's using the Citrix Branch Repeater?" I really just want to know who's got it and how they use it. Since I first heard about the device sometime last year (or was it the year before...
    by Gabe Knuth on April 13, 2009 : 3 comments , 10,191 views

  • Citrix XenApp's new feature pack is really just a licensing change. How significant is this?

    Yesterday Citrix announced a Feature Pack for XenApp 5 . (Interestingly they're just calling it "XenApp 5 Feature Pack," not "Feature Pack 1" or anything.) From what I can tell, there are not any new features per se, but rather...
    by Brian Madden on February 24, 2009 : 9 comments , 8,735 views
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