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GPU Tech Conference (GTC) 2014 Presentation – If You Build It, Will They Come? Better Question Is, Will They Stay?

I was recently asked to present an session at the GPU Tech Conference 2014, sponsored by NVIDIA (http://www.gputechconf.com). Below is the description of the session with the attachments and images from the slide deck. Click here to listen to the 30 minute recorded session online: http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2014/video/S4948-virtual-development-lifecycle.mp4 Speaker Dane Young (@youngtech), Solutions Architect, Entisys Solutions (www.entisys.com) Building on S4726 (Intro to Virtualization) and S4783 (Virtual is Better than Physical), this session will take the audience through the most crucial phases of the development lifecycle: Pilot, Production Build, and Roll-out. Regardless of your motivations and business drivers to virtualize, if users don't catch [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|March 26th, 2014|Citrix, General Technology, VMware|1 Comment

Windows 8.1 VDI Desktop from Microsoft Xbox One, Courtesy of VMware Horizon View and Blast HTML5!

HTML5 is the way of the future! With HTML5 based web clients and the fact that every modern browser is HTML5 aware, the possibilities for form factors, price points and device flexibility is limitless. Below is my Microsoft Xbox One, using the Internet Explorer browser and the Horizon View 5.3 web client (Blast HTML5) to connect to a Windows 8.1 virtual desktop! Once connected, I get access to all my Windows Apps and Desktop, just like I would from a laptop, desktop, or tablet! Now all we need is for Microsoft to enable native USB Keyboard and Mouse support! Sorry [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|January 31st, 2014|Citrix, Microsoft, VMware|0 Comments

Scale-Out File Server Role and Citrix Provisioning Services vDisk Stores: My Thoughts and Recommendations

Updated: The focus and root cause in this blog post has changed since I initially wrote it. There are tons of good nuggets in the first section, so I decided to leave them so readers could follow my troubleshooting logic... Over the last couple months I've been playing and working extensively with Windows Server 2012 R2. Citrix's release of XenDesktop 7.1 and PVS 7.1 added full support for Windows Server 2012 R2, so I figured it was time to re-evaluate my current standards and deployment preferences around XenDesktop, Provisioning Services, etc. In my current setup, I'm using a CIFS Store [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|January 4th, 2014|Citrix|13 Comments

Citrix Chained Reboot Scripts, now supporting Citrix Cloud, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), and XenApp/XenDesktop 5, 6, 6.5, and 7.x!

Updated 2018.12.22: Revision 1.9 Now Supports Citrix Cloud! One script now works with all current and modern versions of XenApp, XenDesktop, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), and Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops Service from 7.0 and later, through 1811. In zero-downtime 24/7 environments with shift employees, customers rarely want users to be notified of scheduled or mandatory XenApp server reboots. As a result, most of these environments have reboots disabled or this process is done manually. Unfortunately, this isn’t a good process since the XenApp servers are susceptible to memory leaks which can lead to failure and poor performance. [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|December 9th, 2013|Citrix|173 Comments

Using PowerShell and Windows Network QoS Policies to Throttle Web-Based Downloads

I wrote a series of Twitter messages this morning with a couple quick how-to steps, but I figured it would be valuable to summarize in a quick blog post. Back in the day I used web Download Managers to throttle bandwidth usage so I didn't interrupt other traffic on the LAN/WAN. While a LAN/WAN QoS network appliance based approach is the best approach, this capability is built into Windows and PowerShell! Additionally, this can be turned on and off very simply with minimal configuration, so if you're in an internal or customer environment conducting downloads, you can very quickly set some [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|September 27th, 2013|Citrix, General Technology, Microsoft, VMware|1 Comment

Mobile Gov 2013 Presentation – Establishing a Mobility Strategy Based on Use-Case Scenarios

I was recently asked to present an session on “Establishing a Mobility Strategy Based on Use-Case Scenarios” at the Mobile Government 2013 convention, sponsored by Public Sector Partners (www.pspinfo.com/mobilegov2013). Below is the description of the session, followed by the YouTube upload and images from the slide deck. Speaker Dane Young (@youngtech), Solutions Architect, Entisys Solutions (www.entisys.com) With the influx of mobility in the workplace, organizations are asking important questions around usage scenarios. What makes the most sense from a usability perspective? Do users need a full Windows virtual desktop from the mobile access solution? Do users need core applications from [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|April 18th, 2013|General Technology|0 Comments

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 1

Meeting with a colleague earlier this week, I discovered that a significant rebranding/realignment occurred with one of our ecosystem partners, AppSense. Similar to Citrix’s acquisition of Xen, requiring a rebranding of all core products, our friends over at AppSense have finalized their branding initiative to classify three core product families, DesktopNow (Formerly AppSense Management Suite / AMS family includes Environment Manager, Application Manager, and Performance Manager), DataNow (Corporate/secured Dropbox solution), and MobileNow (Mobile Device Management / Mobile Application Management / Enterprise AppStore). While I won’t go into detail on what each of these product families will cover, I felt it [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|January 27th, 2013|Ivanti|9 Comments

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 2

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below. For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into four parts: Part 1: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Installation Part 2: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Configuration < YOU ARE HERE! Part 3: Importing the Base Configuration Part 4: Deploying the Client Communications Agent Click Launch Management Server Configuration once the install has finished: Review the Welcome screen and click Next: Review the prerequisites and click View: Click Repair All to remedy any required prerequisites: Click Refresh: Once all requirements have been [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|January 27th, 2013|Ivanti|0 Comments

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 3

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below. For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into four parts: Part 1: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Installation Part 2: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Configuration Part 3: Importing the Base Configuration < YOU ARE HERE! Part 4: Deploying the Client Communications Agent From the Start Menu, launch the AppSense Environment Manager Console: To provide a starting point for Proof of Concept deployments, I am providing a Base Configuration MSI that can be imported into Environment Manager. This is a collection [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|January 27th, 2013|Ivanti|0 Comments

Rebranding AppSense Management Suite to DesktopNow Requires a Fresh Look at AppSense User Virtualization! Part 4

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below. For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into four parts: Part 1: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Installation Part 2: AppSense DesktopNow Single Server Configuration Part 3: Importing the Base Configuration Part 4: Deploying the Client Communications Agent < YOU ARE HERE! From an AppSense Managed System, navigate to http://%appsenseservername%/ManagementServer in a Web Browser. Click either AppSense CCA 32 Bit or AppSense CCA 64 Bit: Click Run: Click Run: Click Next: Accept the License Agreement and click Next: Click Next: [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|January 27th, 2013|Ivanti|3 Comments