Steve Jordahl, Citrix, published an article explains you how reset XenDesktop 5 SQL Express Database. A number of the Citrix products (XenDesktop, Provisioning Server, etc.) are capable of utilizing a SQLExpress database to allow for a simple installation experience. Unfortunately, if your install gets whacked or you want to start over there isn’t a simple, GUI way to delete the
Citrix published an interesting article about using hosted shared desktops or hosted virtual desktops. The debate still rages on, Hosted Shared or Hosted Virtual desktops. So which is it? Hosted Shared or Hosted Virtual? Guess what? The answer, for once, isn’t “It Depends”. The answer is “Yes”, you will mostly likely need them both. For those of you who aren’t
Citrix is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of XenDesktop 5 for download from MyCitrix, or the XenDesktop 5 Express Edition here. With XenDesktop 5, Citrix redefines desktop virtualization forever changing the way IT delivers applications and desktops to business users. XenDesktop combines the flexibility, user experience, and scale you expect from the industry’s leading desktop virtualization infrastructure while making
Microsoft has published an article that introduces the new Centralized Licensing Management work, implemented in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) as a part of the RemoteFX feature, for centrally managing the licensing configuration in a Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment. This post assumes that you have a basic understanding of the following: Windows PowerShell Various Remote Desktop
Microsoft has released a whitepaper titled VDI TCO Analysis for Office Worker Environments. This document details the outcome of a research on the costs of using VDI compared to using PCs, resulting in a conclusion that for office workers in a VDI environment (including VMware), the TCO was higher than that of a well-managed PC environment by up to 11% per user.
How many resources should I allocate to Windows XP virtual desktops? What about Windows 7? This is a big question as it helps define how many servers you will need and how much money your desktop virtualization solution will eventually cost. Citrix wanted to provide you with what some of Citrix consultants recommend (Daniel Feller, Nicholas Rintalan, Doug Demskis and
Citrix has released initial Windows 7 optimization guide for virtual desktops using the hosted VM-based VDI model. What you will see is that other optimization guides probably have many, many more optimizations. Why? Most guides are looking at performance as opposed to the user experience. The settings within this guide are trying to balance the user experience with performance. Some optimizations
How many times did you successfully complete a Proof of Concept (PoC) and you were asked to move it into production? I guess you faced such situations at least once and scratched your head and asked yourself “Should I?” or “Is there a feasible way?”. Usually a Proof of Concept is being used just to prove a concept. After the
With the recent release of the Hyper-V / Windows 7 / XenDesktop whitepaper I thought it would be a good time to go over just a few points on how you can leverage the scalability reports that have been released by Citrix and other vendors. Citrix intentionally follows the same process for scalability testing so that the results can be used
The following registry changes are recommended for all deployment scenarios and would almost always be desirable in a Windows 7 hosted VM-based VDI desktop implementation: Configuration Optimizer Registry Modification (in REG format) Disable Last Access Timestamp Yes [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] “NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate”=dword:00000001 Disable Large Send Offload No [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BNNS\Parameters] “EnableOffload”=dword:00000000 Disable TCP/IP Offload No [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] “DisableTaskOffload”=dword:00000001 Increase Service Startup Timeout No [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] “ServicesPipeTimeout”=dword:0002bf20 Hide
