Tag:Citrix
Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop, An Azure only Windows offering
Last week at Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced Windows Virtual Desktop or WVD shortened. Microsoft was working on a multi-user version of Windows 10 for some time. Among community members, the rumours about how and what, were swirling. I don’t think that many expected Microsoft to step into the multi-user business like they did last week. This …
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Deploying your Citrix workload on-premises; From XenApp 6.5 to today
On the internet, in several mailing and blog, I see messages that migrating from Citrix XenApp 6.5 to Citrix XenApp 7.18. XenApp 6.5 is nearing its end of life date soon and customers will need to upgrade. The idea that upgrading to XenApp 7.18 is a tough job and moving to a competitor is easier …
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(Re-)gain control of your web-data with Avanite and cleanup user profiles – install and config
In my last blog, I wrote about cookie handling by news sites as presented at E2EVC. Avanite was presenting their solution there and I thought it would be a good idea to give it a test ride. Avanite developed a solution called WebData control to clean up user profiles after users have visited websites that …
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Any device, anywhere, any time… Chromebook vs Raspberry Pi
Started working for Citrix a month ago and the mantra of Citrix is that you can work from anywhere on any device at any time. I’ve been in IT since ’93 and worked with Citrix products since ’96. As many know I worked with competitors as well for many years, not bound by a vendor …
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VMware and Citrix offer long term service releases, who is offering what, a short overview.
We live in a 24/7 environment and if we need to believe marketeers everything else needs to move at that speed as well. You are supposed to upgrade and follow suit when an update is released. Some organizations with specific requirements, however, can’t upgrade at that speed. Applications they run are not supporting the new version …
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