ControlUp version 7.1 is coming

Posted SamLeave a commentPosted in Citrix, Microsoft, Troubleshooting, VMware

As a ControlUp Expert, I do have access to some alpha and beta versions and the upcoming 7.1 version (expected on March 1st 2018) will offer some new interesting features: Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop Published Applications – ControlUp can now be integrated with XenDesktop to offer unprecedented real-time visibility for published applications. All your published apps are now available in ControlUp’s powerful grid, which allows for quick troubleshooting, assessment of current activity and fast drill-down to the session level to […]

VDI Like a PRO survey – 2018 edition

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Independent research organization ‘VDI Like a PRO’, started a survey in 2013, with the goal to provide a yearly insider view of the End User Computing (EUC) community. With the bulk of the questions repeated yearly, the survey not only gathers data about the current status of the industry but also discovers changes and trends. Last year close to 1000 respondents participated in the survey, making this initiative one of the largest researches on the EUC market. Topics in the […]

Citrix acquires Cedexis

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Citrix has just announced that they bought a new company: Cedexis is now part of Citrix! Cedexis is a leader in Internet measurement and optimization. Their Linkedin page says: Founded in 2009, Cedexis is an international company delivering Cloud-based Web Traffic Optimization. The unique family of on-demand tools provide unparalleled visibility and control over global web and cloud deployments — maximizing customer experience around the world while managing costs. Cedexis is the only Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) solution to […]

One year as a Citrix Technology Professional (CTP)

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Last year, I’ve been awarded as a Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and I’m really proud for being renewed this year. This article will try to sum up this year. The official description from Citrix of the program is: “The Citrix Technology Professionals (CTP) Program provides an opportunity for participants to gain deeper insight into Citrix strategies and technologies, including advance knowledge of planned projects. Awardees engage with Citrix leaders to help shape the future of cloud computing technologies that enable […]

Virtualization experts? Where to go in 2018?

Posted SamLeave a commentPosted in Citrix, Microsoft, Nutanix

2017 is already almost over and we need to schedule our priorities for 2018 conferences. When I attended to my first E2EVC a couple of years ago in Brussel (in June 2014), I didn’t realize that this will change my, at least professional, life! I discovered a great bunch of guys and I quickly find out that becoming independent was the way to go for me! Since Brussels, I’ve attended at least 2 events per year in the following cities: […]

My first Nutanix .Next event

Posted Sam2 CommentsPosted in Nutanix

As a virtualization guy, I’m used to heard about HCI (Hyper Converged Infrastructure) since a couple of years now. Nutanix is a, if not the, leader in this area and this week took place their European annual event in Nice (France). Organization The event was sold out with more than 2 200 attendees and almost everything has been perfect in terms of organization. For me, the only “painful” point was the security checks at the convention center entrance. For that […]

Les boîtiers réseaux NetScaler sont l’étoile montante de Citrix…

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This article will be in French since it’s dedicated to the French market. En tant que membre du programme CTP (Citrix Technology Professionnals), j’ai eu l’occasion lors du dernier événement Citrix d’avoir un entretien avec la presse pour résumer mon expérience de ce Synergy à Orlando. L’article a été publié ici sous le titre « Samuel Legrand (consultant) : « les boîtiers réseau NetScaler sont l’étoile montante de Citrix »» : http://www.lemagit.fr/tribune/Samuel-Legrand-consultant-les-boitiers-reseau-NetScaler-sont-letoile-montante-de-Citrix Avec un titre accrocheur et prometteur, j’ai été par la suite […]

E2EVC Prague 2017 – Again, a great event!

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The E2EVC has taken place in Prague from the 9th to the 11th of June 2017. I’m still impressed of how the things are going in this event. It’s the 3rd E2EVC I attended this year and I’m already registered for the 4th one. Here is a recap of this event: E2EVC is a family! Alex, the organizer, is doing his best to make people talk to each other. Everything starts at the airport! The linkedin group is the place […]

XenApp 7.14 – (Really) Manage a DR!

Posted Sam5 CommentsPosted in Citrix

Announced a few days ago, the 7.14 version includes a new cool feature : Now, you can really manage the disaster recovery of a XenApp environment! Before 7.14, the only setting available to manage the load throttling was this one: Concurrent Logon Tolerance setting You can control the number of pending logons a server delivering Server OS machines can concurrently accept by setting the Concurrent Logon tolerance. This helps avoid server performance problems. The Concurrent Logon Tolerance setting is equivalent […]

XenApp / XenDesktop 7.14 – Licensing flexibility

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Announced a few hours age, the 7.14 version is now available and one of the cool feature is to mix license type in the same site. It’s based on a delivery group bases so here are the steps to configure the licensing for a delivery group. By default, if nothing is done, the global licensing configuration of the site is applied to all delivery group. In a PowerShell command line: Add-PSSnapin Citrix* Set-BrokerDesktopGroup -Name ###DGNAME### -ProducCode ###PROODUCTCODE### -LicenseModel ###LICENSEMODEL### Where: […]