Microsoft announced the release of the Release Candidate (RC) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 as publicly available. You can either download the Full Install Package, or a pre-configured VHD. As with the previous release there are a number of improved features for you. With this release you will be able to do: Setup Upgrade New in RC: Upgrade and
Microsoft published a new KB article about troubleshooting failures when refreshing the publishing server on an App-V client. Summary This article covers how to troubleshoot failures when refreshing a publishing server on a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client. Refreshing the publishing server is also known as refreshing the desktop configuration. When an App-V client fails to refresh the publishing server, the
Microsoft published a new KB article about troubleshooting applications failing to stream from an App-V management server. Summary This article covers how to troubleshoot virtualized applications in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) that fail to stream from the management server. When an application fails to stream on an App-V client, the application will fail to launch with the following error: The
Mick Glover, Citrix, published a nice article about VM-hosted apps configurations. What is VM-hosted apps feature? XenDesktop feature first introduced with XenDesktop 4 Designed to support applications which cannot be installed and published on Server operating systems (XenApp) Alternative to application streaming technology which also supports applications which cannot be installed on Server OS’s Uses XenDesktop VDI technology to allows users launch published
Microsoft RDS Team published an article about logon attempt failed messages when connecting through RD Gateway. Single Sign-On (SSO) was working well internally, but externally (by using Remote Desktop Gateway), it was not working and resulted in continuous logon attempt failed error messages: To start working on this issue, first test to see if you are being redirected by going to the
Citrix has released Receiver for Windows 3.0: this replaces the Citrix Online Plug-in for Windows . New features are the following: Unified user experience. Gives end users a common user interface whether using only Citrix Receiver or with any other Citrix Plug-ins. Improved user experience. Improved application launching and reconnection. Internet Explorer 9 support.
Tired of the quaint Windows 7 Basic Theme of your VDI desktop? Looking to deliver a modern experience on your capable Windows XP devices with zero effort? Check out the new Aero Redirection feature in XenDesktop 5.5. HDX RichGraphics Aero Redirection delivers the full Windows 7 Aero Glass experience for VDI desktops. It provides an immersive look-and-feel like the local Windows 7
HDX server rendered audio enables two primary use cases: Unified Communication applications like VoIP, and server rendered media. In XenDesktop 5.5, we have made tons of improvements around supporting multiple audio devices and delivering low latency and high quality audio over any type of network connection. Supporting multiple audio devices with HDX Plug-n-Play In XenDesktop 5.0 and XenApp 6.0 or
Microsoft has published a new Knowledge Base article regarding Microsoft Office when delivered by App-V. Symptoms When a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) virtualized Office package is used in conjunction with a locally installed version of Office, Office documents may open with an unexpected version. Note This behavior can occur on any version of Office (Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010).
Alvin Morales, Escalation Engineer at Microsoft App-V Team, published a nice article about App-V and NLB configuration. Microsoft NLB can be used with App-V to perform RTSP Server refresh and streaming, deploying several servers behind a virtual name. Keep in mind that this only applies to client refresh and stream using RTSP. The App-V admin console cannot be opened using
