Nope, they've gone and changed quite a bit. Apart from the colour scheme and renaming some components, they've added extra tools and functionality.But Gareth, you're saying, isn't this a good thing? Absolutely, onwards and upwards, and if I wasn't halfway through creating an introductory CBT training course I would probably be even happier - back to the old drawing board -sigh.So what has changed?>> Here's the Preview KitAnd the BETA >>Well straight out the gates you can see that the branding has been given that new minimalist look, (no more Red Dots) XenDesktop Server is now the Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller, and the Workstation Components are now the Virtual Desktop Components.I think the new names are much more intuitive; however I am rather surprised in what seems a reversal of trends the Server name becoming Citrix Something rather than Xensomething.The next thing I notice, and it has happened more than once (I have a vague recollection of the same issue on the Preview Kit) is that it hangs on the .NET installation. Kill all the processes and run .NET 3.0 straight from the support folder and them try the install again. It isn't always a problem - intermittent issues are my favourite.There is another difference; there is no option to install Web Interface - it is always installed. The Citrix Access Management console is still there, and at first glance is much the same as the preview kit, but once you dig around there are more options.And in spite of all the bad blood, you can still use VMware virtualization Also nice updates to the VDI client This is far more configurable than the previous version, in the preview you could only use 2598.Web Interface was previously version 4.7, seems we're now up to version 5And last but most certainly not least Vista support.The agent depends on WMI, and of course Microsoft in their infinite wisdom have changed all the paths to WMI, such that anything dependant on WMI requires rewriting code. This is an interesting one, insofar as it gives XenDesktop an edge over VDM2 which doesn't currently support Vista.The interface to AD has changed a bit and there is a new MMC - XenDesktop Setup Tool, but more of that later...
Nope, they've gone and changed quite a bit. Apart from the colour scheme and renaming some components, they've added extra tools and functionality.
But Gareth, you're saying, isn't this a good thing? Absolutely, onwards and upwards, and if I wasn't halfway through creating an introductory CBT training course I would probably be even happier - back to the old drawing board -sigh.
So what has changed?
>> Here's the Preview Kit
And the BETA >>
Well straight out the gates you can see that the branding has been given that new minimalist look, (no more Red Dots) XenDesktop Server is now the Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller, and the Workstation Components are now the Virtual Desktop Components.
I think the new names are much more intuitive; however I am rather surprised in what seems a reversal of trends the Server name becoming Citrix Something rather than Xensomething.
The next thing I notice, and it has happened more than once (I have a vague recollection of the same issue on the Preview Kit) is that it hangs on the .NET installation. Kill all the processes and run .NET 3.0 straight from the support folder and them try the install again. It isn't always a problem - intermittent issues are my favourite.
There is another difference; there is no option to install Web Interface - it is always installed.
The Citrix Access Management console is still there, and at first glance is much the same as the preview kit, but once you dig around there are more options.
And in spite of all the bad blood, you can still use VMware virtualization
Also nice updates to the VDI client
This is far more configurable than the previous version, in the preview you could only use 2598.
Web Interface was previously version 4.7, seems we're now up to version 5
And last but most certainly not least Vista support.
The agent depends on WMI, and of course Microsoft in their infinite wisdom have changed all the paths to WMI, such that anything dependant on WMI requires rewriting code. This is an interesting one, insofar as it gives XenDesktop an edge over VDM2 which doesn't currently support Vista.
The interface to AD has changed a bit and there is a new MMC - XenDesktop Setup Tool, but more of that later...