Archive for the ‘Citrix’ Category

The iPad is Good for Business – and for using Microsoft Windows and Office Applications

Posted on December 20th, 2010 by by Steve Schulte

The Apple iPad phenomenon is truly remarkable. While some suspect this is just a fad, we here at Citrix believe that tablet computing is becoming part of the workplace DNA. And we’re not the only one. That’s because people aren’t just talking about iPads; they’re using them. They’re voting with their dollars and buying these [...]

New Analysis Pack Available from Lanamark Inc.

Posted on September 29th, 2010 by by Michelle Egan

Now it’s easier than ever to optimize Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and Microsoft remote desktop services environments with Lanamark’s new analysis pack – Terminal Services Analysis Pack. Lanamark announced the news today saying this pack is “designed to help enterprises optimize application and desktop delivery while ensureing licensing compliance of Citrix and Microsoft termal server environments.” [...]

Citrix, Cisco and NetApp Work Together to Deliver a New Combined Desktop Virtualization Solution

Posted on September 20th, 2010 by by Steve Schulte

On September 8, 2010, Citrix, Cisco and NetApp joined forces to unveil an exciting new desktop virtualization solution that combines all the benefits of Citrix XenDesktop, with all the power of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), and the strength of NetApp storage for a winning combination.Because it is based on XenDesktop, the new solution [...]

Tools to Help You Move to Virtual Machines

Posted on September 16th, 2010 by by Michelle Egan

David Strom, contributer to SearchVirtualDesktop.com, published a very helpful article for anyone who is looking for conversion tools to move phusical desktops or servers to virtual machines. Let Strom guide you to the best conversion tool for your environment:  http://go.techtarget.com/r/12466872/1667444 For more assistance with virtualizing your environment, contact a CNS virtualization expert.

CNS Adding a New XenDesktop Online Class:

Posted on June 9th, 2010 by by Steve Schulte

This online XenDesktop webinar is an introduction to the concept, a look at the options that exist today, and an in-depth look at the technology and architecture of a XenDesktop implementation, all packed in to a 4 hour webinar.The field of desktop virtualization has been changing fast, and maturing.  To save you time and money CNS [...]

Backing up critical XenApp components

Posted on December 11th, 2009 by by Charlie Messemer

I have a best practice of backing up several key things for any Citrix implementation.  Most of our Citrix servers do get backed up on a regular basis, but outside of the daily backups I like to keep a small thumb drive with some critical configuration information that would go a long way toward building [...]

How to upgrade from Citrix Presentation Server 4 to Citrix XenApp 5

Posted on September 18th, 2009 by by Charlie Messemer

  Citrix can be a lot of different things these days , but the traditional Citrix product that does what we call “application virtualization” has been around for a long time, under the names “WinFrame”, then “MetaFrame XP”, “XP FR3”, Presentation Server 3”, and then “Presentation Server 4”. Presentation server 4 was a robust product, [...]

Redirecting Application Data in Roaming User Profiles for a Citrix / Terminal Services Environment

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by by Charlie Messemer

A small retailer using Citrix Access Essentials, the small business version of XenApp, had a lot of problems as far as profiles. Occasionally a user would call, unable to work, and we’d get them limping along again somehow, but almost every user who logged in was generating event viewer errors relating to roaming profiles and [...]

How often should a Citrix server be rebooted?

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by by Charlie Messemer

My informal survey of hundreds of Citrix administrators over the years yields a “bell curve” for the answer to this question. The vast majority of our peers say they reboot their production Citrix servers every one, two, or three weeks; these are, after all, Windows servers. There are the few, at one tail end of [...]

Invalid System Configuration Error on Citrix Web Interface 5.0

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by by Lawrence Cash

Invalid System Configuration The system configuration is invalid or unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. The error may only be temporary. Try recoonnecting and, if the problem persists, contact your system administrator.” Event Type: Warning Event Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Event Category: Web Event Event ID: 1309 Date: 9/5/2009 Time: 8:02:52 AM User: N/A Computer: xxxxx [...]