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With the new version of Provisioning Server Citrix changed the management console ports from 8000 and 8001 to 54321 and 54322. The reason for this change is so that PVS can be installed on the XenDesktop Desktop Delivery Controller without port conflicts.
The port change breaks the the XenDesktop Setup Wizard because by default the setup [...]

Citrix just released an updated build of the XenDesktop VDA.
I was experiencing slow login times at one of my clients with the previous 3.1 build and this updated build fixed the issue.
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121590
Posted in Citrix, xendesktop Tagged: Citrix, xendesktop

The below is from Brian Madden’s blog.
Citrix will be releasing Feature Pack 1 for XenDesktop 3 at Citrix Synergy in two weeks.
Here is a list of new features.

Multimedia redirection for Flash (or HDX MediaStream or whatever it’s called now). This just means that the remote host will send the raw flash content to the endpoint [...]

Check out my updated User Profiles Best Practices White Paper.
http://www.varrow.com/index.php?id=98

Posted in Citrix, Microsoft, windows2008, xenapp, xendesktop Tagged: Citrix, Microsoft, xenapp

I updated the XenDesktop Virtual Desktop Agent from 2.0 to the latest build of 2.1 at a client’s site today. After the upgrade the Citrix Password Manager Agent stopped working properly. It would connect to AD at login and appear OK but when an application configured for Password Manager was opened the credentials were not [...]

1. Use a volume license Windows XP ISO that already has SP2/SP3 on it.
2. Build a new VM that has at least 512 MB and a 6 – 8 GB drive. You may need more or less depending the applications that will be installed.
3. Attach the Windows XP ISO to the CD/DVD drive and set [...]