New Feature Summary
The new XenApp 6 features can be summarized as:
Support for Windows 2008 R2. Performance improvements. Simplified installation through roles and automated installation through worker groups. Server role and user connection policy management through Active Directory. Improved Microsoft App-V integration. Support for Novell eDirectory. Major improvements to audio and collaboration services. Support for Plug and Play on Windows portable USB devices. Support for Multi-user interface. For a full feature comparison list check out the link on Citrix’s website –http://www.
From the time citrix started below are the editions and name changes with year numbers. Citrix was founded in Richardson, Texas, in 1989 by former IBM developer Ed Iacobucci .
Citrix Version Name Year MultiUser 1.0 1991 MultiUser 2.0 1992 WinView 1993 WinFrame 1995 MetaFrame 1.8 TSE(Terminal Services Edition) 1998 MetaFrame 1.8 and MetaFrame 1.8 Feature Release 1 and Metaframe sof solaris, IBM AIX, and HP UX 2000 MetaFrame XP TSE and Metaframe XP TSE FR1 2001 MetaFrame XP FR2 2002 MetaFrame XP FR3 2003 MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.
When you browse xenap5 web interface link, it might give “Http Error: 503 Service Unavailable” error.
Possible Solutions: if your xenapp 5 server is server 2008 64 bit, then you have to disable “Enable 32-bit applications” option to false as given below:
To allow the Web Interface to run as a 64-bit process on IIS 7.0
1. Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) IIS Manager snap-in on the server running the Web Interface.
While installing xendesktop7 on server 2012 R2, you might face an error while installing delivery controller, saying, installation failed with error 1603.
solution: adding the Feature of the Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine solved the problem.
The new FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA) is a collection of services that work together to efficiently deliver hosted applications and server desktops at scale.
The Studio management console allows you to configure and manage your XenApp implementation.
Director is the web-based management console that enables IT support and Help Desk teams to monitor and troubleshoot a XenApp environment.
StoreFront is an integral component of any XenDesktop, XenApp,XenMobile, or VDI-in-a-Box implementation. It authenticates users to Microsoft Active Directory and manages the delivery of desktops and applications from your servers in the datacenter to users’devices.
Very Nice article about IMA by Brian Madden: Remember that a Citrix Presentation Server farm is really just a database (called the IMA Data Store), and Presentation Servers are said to be part of the same farm if they’re sharing the same data store. The data store stores all configuration information for all farm servers. When a Presentation Server starts up (or, more correctly, when the IMA service on a Presentation Server starts up), the following process takes place:
With a specific focus on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) initiatives, smart organizations must see applications as the starting point for the overall design. Think about what makes an organization productive. It is reliable access to a specific set of corporate-sanctioned applications. In the end, it’s all about the application. Of course, you will need to design and build a robust virtual infrastructure with all the bells and whistles to support your virtual desktop initiative, but if you do not consider the applications in the design, the entire initiative may fail.
Probable reasons for application incompatibility Installation: Some apps doesnt work on terminal services enviornment.
Concurrent Resource use: When application is used by multiple users simultaneously, changes made by one user can impact the application performance/settings for the other users. Hence, a proper testing is needed before an application is published in citrix.
Privacy Issues: There might be an organizational confidential application which needs more privacy for every individual user who is accessing the application, and in that case we might encounter privacy issues when that application is published.
How to Configure Auto Launch for a Single Published Application on Web Interface 5.x Summary
This article describes how to configure Auto Launch for a single published application on Web Interface 5.x.
Background
By default, Citrix Web Interface 5.x Auto Launch feature only works for a single published desktop (through either XenApp, XenDesktop, or both). By modifying the code, you can allow a single published application to be auto launched when users log on.
Change client changes the current disk drive, COM port, and LPT port mapping settings for a client device.
Syntax change client [/view | /flush | /current] change client [{/default | [/default_drives] | [/default_printers]} [/ascending]] [/noremap] [/persistent] [/force_prt_todef] change client [{/default | [/default_drives] | [/default_printers]} [/ascending]] [/noremap] [/persistent] [/force_prt_todef] change client [/delete host_device] [host_device client_device] [/?]
Parameters host_device
The name of a device on the host server to be mapped to a client device.
