In the Desktop Studio there is an option to change Advanced Host Details. It is found under: Configuration –> Hosts –> Host Name –> Change Details –> Advanced. It looks like this:
How-to Register a VDA to a XenDesktop Controller?
There are a lot of questions about how-to register the VDA to the desired DDC or DDC’s. Citrix has its own Policies. And those policies are configurable in the Active Directory and in the Desktop Studio. Which is leading? And what are those settings? Must I use Active Directory Discovery…
Howto create a Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8 Mandatory Profile
In this blog post I’m trying to explain how-to create a mandatory profile for Server 2012 and Windows 8. This is only for a clean windows installation. The Microsoft best practices are saying that you need to update the Mandatory profile after each software installation/update on the system. The Test…
Easy Customizing/Branding The Citrix Receiver for Web
A couple months ago I made a post about customizing the cloud gateway.The real name for that product is Citrix Receiver for Web and is part of the StoreFront Express. Digging deeper in the Receiver for Web I found that it is really easy to modify the appearance of that…
Self Service Plugin / StoreFront / Merchandising Server / Citrix Access Gateway (Part4)
Welcome back, in the previous post, we have configured the CAG and the StoreFront server to enable access to the internal XenApp/XenDesktop environment with a web browser. Now we are going to enable the environment to support internal and external access with the Self Service Plugin (Dazzle). First upgrade all…
Allow users to add (or not) a store in the Citrix Receiver
When installing the Citrix Receiver you can give the following setup switch: ALLOWADDSTORE=A|N|S A = Always, allow adding and removing stores; N = Never, allow adding and removing stores; S = Secure (https) stores allowed. When the client is already deployed the following registry key can be changed to change this…
Self Service Plugin / StoreFront / Merchandising Server / Citrix Access Gateway (Part3)
Welcome back, in this part I’m going to talk about the configuration between the CAG and StoreFront server. While I’m typing this blog there are some new releases. First off all the new version of the Receiver Storefront is v1.1. And there are new Citrix Receivers clients for OSX and…
Shrink/Compact vDisk VHD file
When creating a new vDisk, there is a question if you want the file to be dynamic or fixed. When choosing dynamic, the size of the VHD file would grow when demanding more space. Until the size has reached the size of the disk. In my environment I have a…
Self Service Plugin / StoreFront / Merchandising Server / Citrix Access Gateway (Part2)
In Part1 I was talking (euhh typing) about the Citrix Receiver and the Self Service Plugin. Today it’s time for the Merchandising server (I will type MS from now on). The MS is an virtual appliance which helps you deploy/update/configure/maintain the Citrix Receiver and plug-ins for Windows and OSX systems.…
Use CDViewer.exe instead of wfcrun32.exe in WebInterface
When installing the WebInterFace and updating the Citrix Receiver to the latest version. Users can use the nice cdviewer.exe instead of wfcrun32.exe. The cdviewer.exe has a bar at the top of the session window to simple change resolution/full screen/change preferences/etc etc.
Self Service Plugin / StoreFront / Merchandising Server / Citrix Access Gateway (Part1)
Here’s a little blog post about the StoreFront Express (CloudGateway Express) behind a Citrix Access Gateway and the Merchandising server. What I want is to deliver the Self Service Plugin to the end users as easy/simple as possible. In Part 1 I’m going to show you what the Citrix Receiver…
Home Button Delay iOS Devices
Did you ever noticed a delay when pressing you home button on a iOS device? (iPhone/iPod/iPad). With the delay, I’m referring to that it takes a little time to close the running application. Your iOS device is designed to run smoothly en really snappy. But closing an application can sometimes…