Desktop Virtualization (VDI) News & Support Resources

March 5, 2018

I’ve always had a big interest in printing. It’s something I have written about and presented on extensively in the past. Throughout the years I have had my fair share of failure when it comes to printing in Citrix/RDSH/VDI based environments (who hasn’t?) so I decided to dig in a bit deeper. Not too long […]

Citrix: “What’s Next?” LeasePlan Looks to the Future with Citrix SD-WAN

March 5, 2018

Citrix Systems

Today’s guest blog post comes from Ronan Murray, Operations Services Manager at LeasePlan. With 6,800 full-time employees spread out across 110 offices in over 30 countries, LeasePlan is a truly global company. Accessing a car has never been easier thanks to their full-service lease offering, with a fleet of 1.7 million vehicles… and counting. LeasePlan’s […]

E2EVC Barcelona 2017 – Session: Endpoint Context for an agile Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Video

March 1, 2018

deviceTRUST

Today’s demands for access to enterprise applications and desktops from any device, any location, any network connection, and any time of day or night mean new challenges for IT security and compliance. See how deviceTRUST makes it easy to use the dynamic context of more than 400 properties of the remote device and its users […]

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Focus on Citrix (or VMware, or Microsoft) – not printing!

March 1, 2018

Tricerat

Transforming the physical, virtual and cloud based desktop one step at the time. Father, blogger, author of Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture, public speaker and an above average runner. One of the 50 Citrix Technology Professionals world-wide, CTA, SME, a myCUGC Leader, NTC, ACE, IGEL Tech Insider, EUC/VDI VIP, lover of all things […]

How to configure the Enlightened Data Transport UDP Protocol (EDT) when using the Citrix Cloud – XenApp and XenDesktop Service with the VDA and NetScaler placed in the Microsoft Azure Cloud

March 1, 2018

Christiaan Brinkhoff

Citrix did some great innovations on their product line throughout last the 2 years. One of them was the release of the Enlightened Data Transport Protocol. I’ll always thought to write an article on this specific topic, but it actually never came to writing, that’s gonna change today… “Citrix sessions over 200ms latency long-haul WAN connections? […]

Citrix: Event Logging in Session Recording 7.17

March 1, 2018

Citrix Systems

Session Recording is a key component in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Platinum Edition that enables IT admins to record active virtual app and desktop sessions. It does this by leveraging very flexible policies and then saving the recording file for future viewing when needed. However, when viewing and playback are conducted with the intention of […]

State of the Citrix Market 2018 (Migration Trends)

March 1, 2018

RobBeekmans.NET by Rob Beekmans

Looking for information about how the other organizations are handling Citrix migrations? Interested in what the bottleneck is market-wide for peers? Look no further, a survey held by DABCC and eG Innovations shows the information you are looking for. Several Citrix products are end-of-life or coming to close it. It is interesting to see if […]

Ivanti: What’s New with Ivanti, UEM, and EUC with Jon Wallace – Podcast Episode 301

February 24, 2018

Ivanti

In episode 301, Douglas Brown interviews Jon Wallace from Ivanti and Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Together we discuss what’s new at Ivanti, their Environment Manager solution, how this benefits a Citrix customer along with Jon’s views on the EUC world today! Always great to have Mr. Wallace on the show! […]

NVIDIA Video: Windows 10 VDI with NVIDIA GRID vPC

February 19, 2018

NVIDIA

See the difference of a CPU-only Windows 10 VDI vs a GPU-powered Windows 10 VDI with NVIDIA GRID vPC. http://www.nvidia.com/object/grid-for-office-workers.html This video is via NVIDIA.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet of Things (IoT)

Gartner Provides Seven Steps Security Leaders Can Take to Deal With Spectre and Meltdown

February 16, 2018

Gartner

Security and Risk Management Leaders Need to Take a Balanced Approach to Tackling a New Class of Vulnerabilities Security and risk management leaders must take a pragmatic and risk-based approach to the ongoing threats posed by an entirely new class of vulnerabilities, according to Gartner, Inc. “Spectre” and “Meltdown” are the code names given to different […]

VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition Reference Architecture Update Now Available

February 15, 2018

VMware

The updated VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition Reference Architecture is now available to download! VMware Horizon 7, the leading platform for Windows desktop and application virtualization, includes many integrated components to address a wide range of business requirements and use cases. This updated reference architecture provides guidance and best practices for IT organizations that want to design […]

eG Innovations: Citrix XenAppp / XenDesktop 6.5 EOL, To Upgrade or Not and How – Podcast Episode 299

February 15, 2018

eG Innovations

In episode 299, Douglas Brown interviews Bala Murugan Vaidhinathan, Chief Technology Officer at eG Innovations. Plus, we are happy to have Shashidhar Reddy from Citrix Ready with us to discuss the Citrix Ready point of view! Together we have a lively discussion on the upcoming end-of-life on Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop 6.5. The panel discusses […]

Three root cause analysis methods to help solve VDI issues

February 14, 2018

Liquidware

an issue happened in the first place by analyzing the root cause. The right root cause analysis methods can not only help IT pros pinpoint why VDI issues are happening, but can also prevent those problems from reoccurring and save time, which also saves money. Root cause analysis also helps ensure the long-term success and […]

Citrix Machine Creation Services Demystified Part I

February 14, 2018

Wilco van Bragt

Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) is already available for a pretty long time. Developed as an alternative for Citrix Provisioning Services (and a reaction to VMware Linked Clones). A topic for discussion between the MCS proponents and the PVS proponents. Loved by the easiness to use it, however also not much documentation available about it […]