13-Jan-2010
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, Merchandising Server, Password Manager, Receiver, Single Sign On, SmartAuditor, XenApp 6
Tags: Citrix Merchandising Server, Parra, Single Sign On, SmartAuditor, XenApp 6
Many new features have been updated with XenApp 6 Technical Preview (Project Parra), UPM, Merchandising Server, Single Sign On, SmartAuditor. I will show you in the post the main part (for me) User Profile Manager 3 Tech Prev, a bit about Merchandising Server 1.2 and Single Sign On 4.8.
User Profile Manager 3 Tech. Prev.
Here is a list of new featured inluded in this TP
- Citrix streamed user profiles. With Citrix streamed user profiles, files and folders are synchronized on the local computer only when they are needed, which speeds up logon and logoff. (Registry entries are cached immediately.) This feature includes the following settings in the ADM file.
- Cache entire profile. Profiles are synchronized locally after logon as a background system task, without any feedback to users.
- Active profile write back. Files and folders (but not Registry entries) that are modified can be synchronized to the user store in the middle of a session, before logoff.
- More supported operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are now supported.
- Diagnostic enhancements. Administrators can now set the computers and groups to be monitored using the Diagnostic Facility in the Daily Management Console. They no longer have to configure logging in the ADM template and force a group policy update (that they may not have permissions for). In addition, new event log messages display the full path to the user store for each user logon.
- For further deployment information, including how to add the ADM file in the download to Group Policy, see the installation topics in the Version 2.1 documentation.
- Installation enhancements. Profile management checks for more errors during installation and, if they are encountered, writes messages to the event log. A new command-line switch installs Profile management without the .ini files that were previously used for configuration.
You can see bellow installation screenshots :
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22-Dec-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
The new Iphone’s receiver version is available and there is a lot of interesting changes !
Self-Serve management
Users can now click on a link from an IT intranet site or email to auto-configure the required settings ( check out the built-in demo for an example )
Personalization
A new Dazzle feature is included allowing users to select favorite apps , and for IT to feature recommended apps.
Improved User Experience
New gestures have been added to improve usability and navigate apps.
Performance
Significant improvement in connection and launch times.
Security enhancements
Support for Secure HDX/ICA 128 bit encryption
Password policy enabling IT to enforce password requirements.
2 Factor Authentication
Integrated support for SMS Passcode authentication allowing Text based One Time Passwords instead of Tokens.
RSA 2 Factor Token or Soft Token authentication ( available in 1.03 )
Multiple Accounts
Users can now access multiple accounts for farms with different credentials and configuration without re-entry.
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23-Nov-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, Microsoft, Presentation Server 4, Presentation Server 4.5, Provisioning Server 5, Receiver, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows XP, XenApp 5, XenApp Plugin
Tags: ICA Client, ICA version, Online Plug-in, Using Edgesight, XenApp Plugin
This information can be very useful, because as you might know, there are build numbers and version numbers, and it become a mess very fast when you try to list all ICA client version connecting your Citrix Presentation / XenApp servers.
4.00.581
4.00.686
4.20.715
4.20.727
4.20.741
4.21.779
6.00.910
6.01.963
6.01.964
6.01.967
6.20.985
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01-Nov-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
10-Aug-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
The new Online Plug-in is available for download in beta, this is the version 11.2. I had to install it just to check how it looks like :
Setup begin with this light windows to uninstall preivous version. It might take a while
Once uninstall is done, the installation begin
and this is the end
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16-Jun-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, Dazzle, Receiver, Windows 7, Windows XP, XenApp 5
Tags: Citrix Dazzle, Citrix Itune, Citrix Receiver, Dazzle, Dazzled, Installation, setup
Here it is ! Use your MyCitrix account to download this self service application store front (http://tinyurl.com/mbeuod) This is only 3Mb msi and I think this is not the same version we saw at Synergy 2009 but here it is.
Some setup screenshots :
20-May-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
I had a new toy and I’m typing this news with it, this is my new Asus eeepc 1000 he. This is really cool, very small and quite powerfull, I have choose to deploy Windows 7 on it and I’m very surprise it works perfectly. This is very very cool with Citrix Receiver I can connect from everywhere at work, when I’m in the train, at a customer office etc etc.
So just to say this new toy took me some time and now I’m late on eveything 
The XenDesktop installation and setup with PVS is almost complete, I just have to type some word and upload the video, it’s very simple and will allow you to setup you own XenDesktop. I have also setup a XenServer 5.5 beta 1 and a Merchandising Server, I would have like to setup a Dazzle server but the beta is not available yet… Everything should popup very soon in here so stay tune !
