Group Policy Preferences are a great addition to your Windows Infrastructure. Originally, I thought Group Policy Preferences were only if you upgraded your domain to Windows 2008. I was wrong (Thank goodness!) and after much searching, I wasn't able to...

Childish? Asinine? Short-sighted? Arrogant? All of these? Those were just some of the words used by many of the VMware partners who attended Citrix's synergy this past week in Houston, TX. At Citrix Synergy (Citrix's client convention), Citrix announced...

https://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/details.asp?dID=36239&downloadID=1339921&pID=186#top Release Date: 4/30/2008 <excerpt from web site> The XenApp for Windows Server 2008 Release Preview will provide you early access to some new...

The goal of this blog is to give some multi-language information concering Citrix Web Interface and Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server). Also some findings I had while deploying Office, the desktop and IE for multi-language users. Hope this helps since...

http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/#wlp_s3portal_pages_downloadPatch_page Without VI 3.5 and Update Manager implemented, downloading all the patches can be a major pain. But with this newly released wizard, it is a major breeze. Select your...

Just did some installations of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solutions from Citrix and VMware and I wanted to a "versus" article to have a comparison between the two. There are some other ones there like Provision Networks (now Quest) and LeoStream,...

Article from http://www.frameworkx.com/ - A Really Useful List of Rundll32 commands for Windows. This is a list of Rundll32 commands, which can be used for directly invoking the specified functions from Start Menu/Run, Citrix Workflow Studio, Scripts,...

Highlights from http://platespin.com/novell/ On February 25, 2008, Novell announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PlateSpin Ltd. The combination of Novell’s platform and automation management with PlateSpin's leading solutions...

That is the question. Do you start building all servers as 64-bit (AKA x64) or do you stick with the standard 32-bit servers you have been doing for years? Tough question as there is no right answer for everyone. In this article, I will dissect some of...

Recently I've had a chance to partake in Partner Training for Citrix XenServer 4.0 (passed the certification test with a 87%) and to be honest... I was simultaneously impressed and disappointed in XenServer 4.0. Yes, I know it has only had a hand full...

http://www.vmware.com/whatsnew/thinstall.html Come on. You knew something was coming down the pipe. So this solves the Application Delivery System part of the stack for VMware (See The Current State of VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) ), but still...

The alternate title was going to be "Citrix Presentation Server (CPS) Configuration Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Desired Configuration Management (DCM) 2.0" but that was way to long. Saw this blurb on Doug Brown's...

So I've been running Vista from 1 laptop for 1 year and a desktop for the last 4 months or so. I mostly use the desktop for work related stuff. One day I needed to work form the laptop about 6 months, and all of my Citrix connections were slow. I'd open...

I recently setup ESX 3.5 and VC 2.5 for a client and I had some good lessons learned that I wanted to share. RTFM Education's VI 3.5 - What Different Guide (This group has quickly become my favorite group of people - Great work!) http://www.rtfm-ed.eu/docs/vmwdocs/Appendix_C_What's_New_and_Different_in_Vi3-5.pdf...

Release Notes: http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/vi3_esx35_vc25_rel_notes.html#whatsnew Download Link: http://vmware.com/download/vi/ Highlights from my reading: Provisioning across datacenters —VirtualCenter 2.5 allows you to provision virtual machines...

What is VDI? Updated on January 15, 2007. Updates in red. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is not a product. You can't call up a company and ask for 5 licenses of VDI. It is concept comprised of multiple solutions or products to achieve a Virtual...

The Windows Server Virtualization Calculators provide two ways to estimate the number and cost of Windows Server Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition licenses needed for your virtualization scenarios to help you determine the most...

SmartAuditor Note: Feature Pack 1 is not like the old Feature Releases (think MetaFrame 1.8 and XP). Feature Pack 1 is only for Platinum Edition. So if you have Advanced, or Enterprise of Citrix Presentation Server, you do NOT have access Feature Pack...

EqualLogic has some great mid level tier storage. We've been using it for most of our clients (after they got a large quote from EMC and NetApp) for VMware and non-vmware implementations. Built-in replication software and automatically grows to SAN by...

<Opinion> I always thought they had some cool technology at Dunes but they had issues marketing themselves and figuring out what they wanted to be for clients. This will be pretty interesting for provisioning production environments and probably...

Let's start with the premise of "Good, Better, and Best" that I've learned from other people I worked with and admired. It is scale that rates solutions, products, actions or whatever into categories that are relative but do not always compare "apples...

So by now most of you have seen that Citrix will be acquiring XenSource ( Press Release ). As a Citrix, VMware and Microsoft partner, this makes life real interesting (as I'm sure it does for many other partners). It has always been a "cat and mouse"...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — 8/15/2007 — Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire XenSource, Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., a privately held leader in enterprise-grade...

Release Highlights Multimedia support: Wyse Multimedia Support can now be installed into compatible guest operating systems, enabling supported devices to receive encoded video streams via RDP/ICA. Support for new or updated guest operating systems, backup...

Just got back from a Boston trip for Ardence training. (Notes on Boston: Great town. Great Seafood. Bring a GPS to travel around.) Ardence is pretty interesting. It is actually a fairly simple solution when you break it down and can be pretty powerful...