How to migrate the SoftGrid Server and the associated accounts to a new domain/forest

This useful tip on moving to a new domain comes from Paul Freitas, one of our top gun support engineers out in Charlotte, North Carolina: ======== Say a SoftGrid Server is running in a production environment and the domain in which it operates is...

News item from The SoftGrid Team Blog on August 21, 2008.

New Microsoft Licensing and Support for Virtualization

This isn't necessarily SoftGrid or App-V specific but since it's virtualization related I figured you would want to be aware of this, especially since it involves changes to our support policy.  My own personal one line summary would be that if...

News item from The SoftGrid Team Blog on August 20, 2008.

Utility Imports-Exports your Published Apps

In the age where Agua or Aero-glass interfaces are somewhat as important as the underlining kernel, same rules have been applying to Scripts and utilities, after all not everyone wants to be using complex scripts and endless command-line...

News item from The Official Citrix Blog on August 19, 2008.

Coming soon - the latest release of XenApp!

Get an in-depth look at the upcoming XenApp release in our first Citrix Delivery Center Live virtual event. Attend keynote sessions with live Q&A, chat live with Citrix product experts, participate in forums, network with other...

News item from The Official Citrix Blog on August 18, 2008.

Citrix Fast Launch, Take 2

Back in april I stumbled upon and brought forward a nice finding on our internal showcase farm, an application named ICAPipe later renamed to Citrix Fast Launch. I posted some demos and an interview with the creators of the tool,...

News item from The Official Citrix Blog on August 18, 2008.

How do I update my base images in XenDesktop?

XenDesktop offers a powerful way to update all virtual desktops just by updating your shared base image.  Most of this functionality is provided via the Provisioning Server component of XenDesktop.  Some storage vendors offer...

News item from The Official Citrix Blog on August 16, 2008.

SoftGrid: Sequencing best practices and anti-virus software

Should I run anti-virus software when I sequence applications or should I not? That's a question we hear all the time. And no wonder, since we mention in our sequencing best practices that our recommendation is to disable all anti-virus and malware...

News item from The SoftGrid Team Blog on August 14, 2008.

Understanding Inter-Isolation Communciation

You will soon have this tool called "Inter-Isolation Communication".  Great!  What do I do with it? Answer: You have less points of maintenance for Application Streaming while retaining isolation and centralized...

News item from The Official Citrix Blog on August 14, 2008.

SoftGrid: Nortel Application Switch Technical Guide

Have you ever seen one of those blogs where all the writer does is post about posts on other people's blogs?  Well that's not my goal here, although for the 2nd day in a row I'm going to have to poach something from Justin Zarb and his world...

News item from The SoftGrid Team Blog on August 14, 2008.

In or around London? Check out the new Microsoft Virtualization User Group

I was cruising the web this morning, just seeing what was new today, and when I stopped by Justin Zarb's Virtual World blog I see that he and a couple of his mates have managed to put together a pretty cool sounding user group for Microsoft...

News item from The SoftGrid Team Blog on August 13, 2008.