Published by ryangl September 2nd, 2007
in Citrix, Terminal Services and Virtualization.
BrianMadden.com has a nice, short guide for optimizing Citrix or Terminal Services performance on VMware ESX 3.0. Besides the article itself, I would recommend reading the comments, as they provide some good feedback on what to expect in real-life scenarios.
Many people would love to virtualize at least part of their Citrix or Terminal Server farms, but so far the performance just hasn’t been up to par (or close enough to make it worthwhile). In this article, René gives you several tips on optimizing your Citrix or Terminal servers for use on virtualized hardware.
Brian Madden - A short guide to virtualizing Presentation and Terminal servers on VMware ESX 3
Published by ryangl September 2nd, 2007
in Active Directory, Citrix, Group Policy and Guides.
It has always been relatively easy to install/distribute Citrix ICA clients to workstations in the past. This can be done via Citrix Web Interface, the Citrix Automatic Client Update Utility, or even Active Directory. One of the challenges though is how to modify/maintain a client’s settings from a central location once deployed. Fortunately, Citrix has created a Active Directory Group Policy Template called icaclient.adm. This Group Policy Template and be downloaded from the following URL: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX112957&se…125116. This template allows you to control 23 Citrix-specific rules. Among the things available in this template are:
- Trusted Server Configuration
- Session Reliability
- ICA Client Proxy settings
- Kerberos Authentication
- Smart Card Authentication
- Remote client device access such as drive mappings, printer, microphone, clipboard, etc.
- User experience settings such as audio, display, graphics, etc.
Sources:
How to Configure Version 10.x of the Presentation Server Client Using the Icaclient.adm Template
How to Configure Single Sign-on for Web Interface Using Version 10.x of the Presentation Server Client
How to Configure the Trusted Server Configuration Rule
Jason Conger Blog » Blog Archive » Using group Policy to Configure Citrix Client Settings
Published by ryangl September 2nd, 2007
in Citrix and Windows Server 2008.
You have to imagine that this will hurt Microsoft, at least in the Virtualization space. With no true product out to compete with the now public VMware, Microsoft is falling behind quicker than it could imagine. During the time that people wait for WSV, VMware will be closing Enterprise Agreements with their large accounts that will limit what impact, if any, WSV will have. If everyone is running VI3 in the data center, why switch? And that’s only bringing up VMware, not even thinking about what offering Citrix could have for their key named accounts and partners.
Thanks to vmblog.com for this information:
Microsoft revealed Aug. 29 that it will not release Windows Server 2008, the successor to Windows Server 2003, on time.
In a posting to the company’s TechNet site, a Microsoft spokesman confessed that “Windows Server 2008, which we have been saying would Release to Manufacturing (RTM) by the end of the calendar year, is now slated to RTM in the first quarter of calendar year 2008.”
The blogger quoted Program Manager Alex Hinrichs as saying, “It just needs a little more time to bake.”
The delay cannot come as much of a surprise to customers and partners, who have watched the Redmond, Wash., giant stumble out of the gate with new product introductions, most recently Vista.
However, the delay also affects Microsoft’s Viridian hypervisor, which Microsoft previously said would ship 180 days after Windows Server 2008. This delay further pushes the introduction of this crucial piece of technology until the end of 2008 or even 2009, noted John Abbott, an analyst with the 451Group, based in London.
So while the delay may not affect customers, it will certainly have an impact on some partners and at least one big competitor.
Microsoft Delays Windows Server 2008 : VMblog.com - Virtualization Information
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