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Documenting Citrix Policies

With PowerShell

Posted on May 12, 2010

UPDATE: I had updated this script (updated link in the comments below), but had not updated the post with the new script. This has been done. Disclaimer: This post references PowerShell XenApp Commands that were released as a technology preview for XenApp 4.5/5.0. I have not tested the script against... [Read More]
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- Citrix
- Documentation
- PowerShell
- Scripting
- XenApp
Trending User Login Detail

With EdgeSight

Posted on March 30, 2010

My colleague John Smith has started a second blog at EdgeSight Under the Hood. He delves into the vast amount of data that EdgeSight collects and uses SQL queries to present this information in meaningful ways. Inspired by him, I’m going to write about averaging user login metrics that EdgeSight collects,... [Read More]
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- Citrix
- EdgeSight
- MS SQL
- Repost
- Reporting
- Monitoring
- SQL
- XenApp
E-mail alert when you find a memory dump

Wisdom-Fu

Posted on March 23, 2010

Note: This blog contains screenshots and references to an older version of Ivanti Automation which was developed by a company called RES Software that was aquired by Invanti. RES Software Ivanti is probably best know for their PowerFuse Ivanti User Workspace Manager product which provides powerful and granular control of... [Read More]
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Introducing Citrix XenApp for Windows Server 2008 R2

Citrix TechTalk Webinar

Posted on December 29, 2009

I would strongly recommend that you try to attend this upcoming Citrix TechTalk Webinar about “Parra” or XenApp for 2008 R2. I’ve seen a previous one and I’m very impressed. A fully integrated management console (with Active Directory/GPO editing), PowerShell cmdlets, and full App-V (MS Application Virtualization/Softgrid) support. Webinar details... [Read More]
Stupid Citrix Tricks

Part 2

Posted on September 22, 2009

While there are a variety of products in the virtualization market place, Citrix has provided alerting and monitoring with Resource Manager since the early days of MetaFrame. Despite moving over to EdgeSight and other tools in our environments, we still utilize RM for watching certain metrics and sending e-mail alerts... [Read More]
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Stupid Citrix Tricks

Posted on September 21, 2009

We are currently working on a project to move from published applications to published desktops. With all the logistical issues and complications to make this experience as smooth as possible, one silly annoyance cropped up. When you log into a Citrix desktop via ICA you may see this: Typically, you... [Read More]
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Published Application Consistency

Posted on September 19, 2009

Currently, in my XenApp environment, we maintain nearly 300 published applications and desktops. We also are adding 2 or 3 new applications a month. Managing this many resources is cumbersome especially when you rely on Session Sharing. Session Sharing is described in the Citrix knowledge base article Troubleshooting and Explaining... [Read More]
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Citrix Webinars aplenty

Posted on August 4, 2009

Looks like the Citrix marketing department is ramping up. Check out these webinars if you have time. Subjects cover Provisioning Services, Server and Desktop Virtualization, and Netscaler. Training is always the first cut made to budgets so take advantage. Simplifying Implementation of Provisioning Services In this session, we’ll discuss Best... [Read More]
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Documenting Citrix Policies

With PowerShell

Trending User Login Detail

With EdgeSight

E-mail alert when you find a memory dump

Wisdom-Fu

Introducing Citrix XenApp for Windows Server 2008 R2

Citrix TechTalk Webinar

Stupid Citrix Tricks

Part 2

Stupid Citrix Tricks

Published Application Consistency

Citrix Webinars aplenty