Microsoft Teams Optimization on Citrix
Since early 2020 there has been massive growth in the number of active Teams users and organizations deploying Teams, to now more than 200 million monthly active users across the globe. With the...
View ArticleCitrix Browser Content Redirection
Browser Content Redirection (BCR) uses Citrix Workspace app to fetch and render web content, massively reducing CPU, GPU, RAM, and network consumption on the Desktop or Server VDA. Article Contents...
View ArticleTroubleshooting the Top 3 Citrix Issues found in Health IT
For several years I have worked with healthcare customers deploying, managing, and supporting Citrix environments that serve applications and desktops to thousands of users. Citrix Virtual Apps and...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot “Citrix is Slow” for Remote Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted how every business on the planet works. Remote working has become the new normal, and IT needs to adapt quickly to support this somewhat new way of working. I say...
View ArticleCitrix Performance Analytics
Performance Analytics is part of the Citrix Analytics service offering from Citrix Cloud. This article explains the newest addition to the Analytics platform, Performance Analytics, which just left...
View ArticleCitrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service
The Virtual Apps and Desktops service is a Citrix Cloud offering that allows an organisation to host all the backend management components needed to run a Virtual Apps and Desktops site, in the cloud....
View ArticleReview of eG Enterprise v7: End-to-End Monitoring for Citrix Workspace
eG Enterprise from eG Innovations, a Global Technology Partner for Citrix, is an end-to-end monitoring solution that amongst many other technology products, monitors the Citrix Virtual Apps and...
View ArticleWhy Troubleshooting Tools are Important to any Citrix Upgrade
The Extended Support end-date for XenApp 6.5 is just under two months away, so the remaining customers, which I expect to be a fair few, should be on their migration journey to the Flexcast Management...
View ArticleGoliath Technologies Delivers Unmatched Troubleshooting Capabilities in New...
Whilst Citrix Synergy 2019 was in full-flow in Atlanta, GA, Goliath Technologies were also keeping busy with the 11.7.8 release of Goliath Performance Monitor, which adds several features that were in...
View ArticleLocal Text Echo
Local Tech Echo has been reintroduced by Citrix in FMA editions starting Virtual Apps 7 1811. If you have a Virtual Apps deployment that provides basic but critical data entry type business...
View ArticleA battle of Synthetic Application Availability Testing: Citrix App Probing vs...
In this article, we touch on what synthetic application availability testing is including reasons why you should consider using it in your Citrix environment. We then discuss two specific products...
View ArticleLaunching App-V applications published through Studio on the same VDA
Citrix Studio integrates with App-V in either Single Admin or Dual Admin mode. The benefits of Single Admin mode is that essentially no App-V Management or Steaming servers are required. This is...
View ArticleWebinar Q&A: Citrix Troubleshooting 101
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployments are performance sensitive. There are many components both datacentre-side and client-side which must be optimally performing together to deliver a...
View ArticleMove Citrix policies to Group Policy
In this article, I show how you can move Citrix policies configured in Studio, to Group Policy. Whilst I am not recommending this is what you do, typically it is advised to manage policies from one...
View ArticleCitrix Federated Authentication Service – Advanced Configurations
In this article, I explain how you can use your own certificate template naming scheme, replacing the default names that are used by FAS. FAS high availability is also briefly explained. Two challenges...
View ArticleAnalysing two approaches to Synthetic Monitoring: App Probing vs Logon...
In this article, we discuss the need for simulated logon monitoring in a Citrix environment, for what reasons do we need to have such monitoring in place, and what products are available out there, to...
View ArticleWindows 10 1803 Optimisation Script
Windows 10 1803 Optimisation Script. Tested on: Windows 10 1803 (up to build 16299.785) Description: This script disables services, disables scheduled tasks and modifies the registry to optimise system...
View ArticleWindows 10 Optimisation Script
Windows 10 Optimisation Script. Tested on: Windows 10 1709 (build 16299.15) Description: This script disables services, disables scheduled tasks and modifies the registry to optimise system performance...
View ArticleWebinar Q&A: How to make Citrix logons faster
It really doesn’t matter if you are using physical workstations or virtual desktops delivered from a secure datacentre or from a public cloud datacentre. User experience is king; and logon performance...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Optimisation Script
Windows Server 2016 Optimization Script. Tested on: Windows Server 2016 build 14393.0. Description: This script disables services, removes scheduled tasks and imports registry values to optimise...
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