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Ok, the truth first. I normally don’t watch football. I like my baseball and hockey, thank you. (A’s and Sharks for the win!) But when the 49ers were demonstrating so much awesome in one season, even I got caught up in the excitement. But with the Giants taking the win last weekend, my interest in the Superbowl waned and I find myself getting all Peter…

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It’s official!  I’m headed to my first HIMSS tradeshow and it’s one of the largest healthcare IT conference and exhibits in the world. Citrix will have a bigger presence this year and I’m excited about all the education we have to offer just in our booth… Booth #4465. New for this year is that you will be able to experience so many exciting demos that will…

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By Dave Bryant, Senior Product Manager Introduction: RES Folder Synchronization is an enhancement of Microsoft’s File and Folder Synchronization Framework.  RES adds context awareness and filters around the default Microsoft solution in order to enable better control over what is synchronized and under what conditions. Microsoft Encrypting File System (EFS): RES Folder Synchronization works seamlessly with Microsoft EFS if EFS is enabled on both the client and the backend.  EFS, by default, is enabled on Windows XP and higher, including Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2.  Microsoft EFS is a file level encryption and therefore can dynamically encrypt and decrypt files and folders on demand when they are accessed.  To enable EFS, select either the file or folder, right click … READ MORE >>

Virtualization Certification, It used to be just VMware and the VCP, but things have changed as other players get involved and I thought it would be interesting to see what virtualization certification options there are out there. [...]

Virtualization Certification: What Options are Available?|The Virtualization Practice

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Last week we discussed those excellent troubleshooting utilities which can act as savior in support/escalation cases (http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/01/27/excellent-diagnostictroubleshooting-utilities-on-netscaler/). This week’s focus is on the Technical support tools we have in Diagnostics module. Many times when you open up a support case, first thing you would be asked is to provide the “Tech Support File”. What is this file and how you get it? Single place where…

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IPv6 Migration – What, Why and How The first step for a Service Provider is to understand and define the scope of IPv6 deployment: It can range from assigning IPv6 addresses to customers, upgrading the backbone to IPv6 or supporting the content providers migrating to IPv6.  Choice of technology will purely depend on the network segment(s) being migrated to IPv6 and emerging connectivity requirements. Upgrading…

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Another busy month of attacks in January, this time it is about High Orbit Ion Canon (HOIC) that is an app to facilitate DDoS attacks on web servers.  See below for latest blog analysis on this.  It has link to both HOIC and LOIC (Low Orbit ION Canon) with details of the different attack approaches such LOIC using Java script embedded in a web page,…

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Last week, I posted an article that breaks down my thoughts on OnLive Desktop, the desktop virtualization solution offered by cloud gaming provider OnLive. In the article and in the comments, we tried to figure out exactly how OnLive can deploy Windows 7 Enterprise desktops to users, and how that licensing is handled by Microsoft. Without rehashing the entire discussion, OnLive was mum on how they've managed to license both Windows and Office in a way that enables them to deliver them to users...

We spoke with Rick Echevarria of Intel and Mitch Parker of Citrix on their collective perspectives around the partnership and the market for desktop virtualization.

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Thorsten Rood (Please visit the site to view this media) Type 1 hypervisors feel like the ultimate weapon and the long-awaited remaining piece in the puzzle of flexible application delivery concepts. However, Citrix is there, providing an enterprise-targeted mature release of such a technology. In this session, we’ll take a look at what’s in their product and drill down on which things you need to take care...

My son got a new lock for school yesterday, it’s a Master Lock model 1500i.  As opposed to the classic twist dial, this new modern lock has a joystick sequence to open.  Push the “bar”: Up, Down, Left, Right then pull to open.  He brings it home; hey dad, look at this shiny new lock!  As a computer programmer, my immediate response is “wow, that’s…

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When using Package Accelerators with the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 1 (App-V 4.6 SP1) Sequencer you end up with EXACT same package as the one used to create the Package Accelerator. In the case of Microsoft Office, you will end up with all the File Type Associations (FTA) for the latest version of Office (.DOCX, .XLSX, .PPTX) as well as the original Office formats (.DOC, .XLS, .PPT).

File Type Associations can be edited on the Client and on the Management Server, but they can also be edited on the App-V Sequencer. If you created a package from a Package Accelerator, you may have a need to open a package to edit the File Type Associations.

Steps to Follow:

1. Revert your sequencer to the clean snapshot.

2. Copy the package you want to edit locally to the Sequencer

3. Launch the Sequencer

4. Select "Modify an Existing Virtual Application Package"

5. Select "Edit Package."

6. Browse to and Select the package you want to edit and click EDIT.

7. Once the package is loaded browse to the OSD tab and select the application you want to edit from the "Select Application" dropdown.

8. Expand MGMT_FILEASSOCIATIONS>FILEEXENTSIONLIST and then FILEXTENSION until you find the File Type Association you want to delete.

9. Right-click and delete the SHELLNEW first.

10. Right-click and delete the FILEEXTENSION.

11. Repeat as needed for additional File Type Associations.

12. Save the package.

13. Copy the package to the App-V Content Share.

More Information

How to Delete a File Type Association (client) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc817121.aspx

How to Configure Shortcut and File Type Association Behavior http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee956916.aspx

Office documents may not open in the expected version when using multiple versions of Office with Microsoft App-V http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2011/08/25/office-documents-may-not-open-in-the-expected-version-when-using-multiple-versions-of-office-with-microsoft-app-v.aspx

App-V Package Accelerator downloads: www.tinyurl.com/appvpa

Additional posts on Package Accelerators can be found here.

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Connect VM without XenCenter and Windows 8 RemoteFX Wrap-up.

VMTurbo has broken new ground by delivering the first application aware automated service assurance solution for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Red Hat KVM, and Citrix XenServer. This is the first solution that takes advantage of the dynamic nature of these platforms and their control API's to actually ensure something (throughput) that application owners care about. Preemptively assuring throughput (and hopefully response time in the future) may be a more effective approach than waiting for something to go wrong and then trying to pick the one root cause out of the hundreds or thousands of potential candidates. [...]

News: VMTurbo Delivers First Application Aware Service Assurance Solution|The Virtualization Practice

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At their Build conference this past September, Microsoft spend a fair amount of time discussing and demoing their plans for RDP and RemoteFX in Windows 8. I finally took the time to watch the videos from the conference, and I gotta say: RemoteFX and RDP in Windows 8 look AWESOME! In fact my first reaction after watching these videos is "RemoteFX on Windows 8 is so cool! Citrix HDX and VMware PCoIP don't have a chance!!" But of course that's a topic that we've been discussing for almost ten...

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Hal Lange (Please visit the site to view this media) After your application has been sequenced and works fine, there are still some little things that are nice to have: a default INI file, an individual license for users, or the same application with a slight configuration change for a different group. And wouldn’t it be nice to bring a new config on the fly without resequencing? Sure, you could use a new sequence...

I am pleased to announce that Self-paced Online Technical Training is available for Citrix VDI-in-a-Box partners. CVB-200-1W: Getting Started with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5 Learn everything you need to know to implement VDI-in-a-Box. To be specific, here’s what you will learn- Identify a typical VDI-in-a-Box customer environment Discuss key product features Import and configure vdiManager Create desktop images and templates Create and connect to the grid…

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Citrix Marketing Concierge has posted campaigns on VDI-in-a-Box offering a plethora of resources, videos, and even a campaign specifically with a Demo. Now, we bring Americas and EMEA partners a campaign focusing on the whitepaper, “Top 5 VDI Considerations for SMB.” Citrix VDI-in-a-Box is an affordable all-in-one VDI software appliance designed for SMBs. Allowing your customers to deliver centrally managed virtual desktops for less, to…

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Ask your customers! Based on industry estimates, Citrix expects the personal cloud market to be a multi-billion dollar opportunity by 2015. Partners, don’t miss this opportunity! Check out the brand new Cloud Ready Seminar in-a-Box campaign on Citrix Marketing Concierge. This extremely successful Citrix seminar toured the U.S. late in 2011 so now, it’s your turn! Go to the site, customize your invitation, set up…

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Cisco Live! is in full swing and the message is clear. In the year of the London Olympics, ‘good enough’ is not satisfactory. The conference keynotes kicked off yesterday with a presentation from Cisco’s CTO Padmasree Warrior, who quoted some incredible statistics on just why Cisco won’t settle for creating ‘good enough’ networks: by the end of the decade, global annual internet traffic will be…

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