September 17, 2009

CPU and memory load generation scripts

I was asked today how to generate CPU and memory load on a Windows server. I remembered from my VMware ESX training a VBScript which generated […]
September 17, 2009

The password store on Windows 2008 / Vista

I always recommend a profile management system for Citrix XenApp installations; the free Flex Profile Kit is a favourite, but I recently implemented AppSense Environment Manager […]
July 31, 2009

Run cmd as SYSTEM on Windows 2008 Server

Thanks to Jarvis for this one, to run a cmd window as the SYSTEM account on Windows 2008 Server, download PSExec from Microsoft and use this […]
July 30, 2009

Full hard drive on Windows 2008 Server

Today a production XenApp 5 Windows 2008 Enterprise Server ran out of disk space. I only added it to the farm yesterday at which time it […]
May 17, 2009

Client hypervisors, are they the missing VDI link?

Citrix recently announced XenClient, their client side bare metal hypervisor. VMware announced their client hypervisor back in February and I would not be surprised if Microsoft […]
April 28, 2009

Citrix Stats using PowerShell and SQL

Wow, I like what Alain has done with some PowerShell/SQL/Visual Studio tricks. I can see how this could be turned into a farm trending/capacity management tool. […]
April 23, 2009

The cost of live migration: Did VMware miss an opportunity with vSphere?

VMware recently announced vSphere 4, the replacement for ESX 3.5. When I read that new editions had been released for small business I thought VMware would […]
April 23, 2009

The cost of Live Migration: Did VMware miss an opportunity?

VMware recently announced vSphere 4, the replacement for ESX 3.5. When I read that new editions had been released for small business I thought VMware would […]
April 20, 2009

Automated XenServer host & VM shutdown

A client is currently implementing Citrix XenServer 5.0 and had hit a snag trying to get the new XenServer hosts communicating with their APC UPS. They […]
April 19, 2009

XenApp server cloning utilities

Here’s a useful looking utility from Citrix which saves the manual steps involved in preparing a XenApp server for cloning.Download here. I also just found a […]
April 15, 2009

Publishing Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro & LiveCycle Designer

When publishing Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro or Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8 using Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 the application does not display. The session is established and […]
March 20, 2009

CitrixTools.Net

I stumbled upon CitrixTools.Net from a Citrix forum post and was surprised to find several tools they have developed which are very similar to some I […]
March 10, 2009

Cloud, grid and utility computing defined

http://www.katescomment.com/the-definition-of-cloud-computing/ A great definition, although coming from the MD of a utility computing company the statement “Arguably there is only really one cloud, which is the […]

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July 19, 2020

Will Microsoft Universal Print fix cloud printing?

The paperless office has been promised for decades but still hasn’t arrived. True, mankind’s longest-standing medium for recording information was never going to be phased out overnight. But in 2020 we’re still waiting and still printing.
July 9, 2021

Digital workplace change requires the personal touch

In this Q&A, Fidelity Life’s Chief Technology Officer, Dan Wilkinson, reflects on the changes the company has gone through to enable a better digital workplace experience for its more than 300 staff.
August 6, 2021

Windows 365 – what having a PC in the cloud means for you

Windows 365 - what having a PC in the cloud means for you. Microsoft recently unveiled Windows 365 Cloud PC, a new software as a service product that will deliver the Windows operating system via a simple web browser.
October 29, 2021

What Microsoft’s own research tells us about the realities of remote work

As country after country went into lockdown last year, the world’s largest software company faced its own monumental challenge - how to shift a large portion of its 180,000 employees to remote working.