What is VPN and How does it Works

Windows 10 仮 想 デ ス ク ト ッ プ を 試 し て み よ う! -

月末 に は 10 Windows の 製品 版 リ リ ー ス が 迫 る な か, 仮 想 デ ス ク ト ッ プ と し て Windows 10を考える方々も多いと思います。XenDesktopは当然サポートするよね？いつなの？そんな声にお応えすべく、Windows 10 用 の Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA) Tech Preview が 開始 さ れ ま し た .XenDesktop 7.6 の テ ス ト 環境 と Windows 10 companies Insider Preview が あ れ ば, す ぐ に お 試 し 可能 で す.

以下 は こ の Tech Previewの特筆すべきポイント、前提としてご理解いただきたいこと、そして少しだけご注意です。

- VDA は 専 用 イ ン ス ト ー ラ で 提供 し ま す
- Tech Previewに関するすべて（バイナリダウンロード、ドキュメンテーション、ライセンス、フォーラム入口、法的注意など）は一箇所にまとめています。こちらです
- 有効 な SA ま た は ソ フ ト ウ ェ ア メ ン テ ナ ン ス が 必要 で す
-製品インターフェイス、ドキュメンテーション等は基本的に英語です
- 通常 の テ ク ニ カ ル サ ポ ー ト は 提供 さ れ ま せ ん .Tech Preview専用のフォーラムを使って、質問やフィードバックをお寄せください
- Tech Preview 環境 は, 本 番 稼 動 環境 と は 別 に ご 用意 く だ さ い

今 回 Tech Preview の お ま け と し て, 新 / 強化 機能 も お 試 し い た だけ る よ う に し ま し た .Universal Print Server (UPS) on Windows Server 2012 R2,スマートカード仮想チャネルの強化、ビデオフォールバックポリシー、描画/署名タブレットデバイスサポートなどです。

尚, こ の Tech Preview VDAは、VMだけではなく、物理PCデスクトップにも適用可能です。リモートPCアクセスも同時にお試しできます。

Windows 10は今後の方向性を示す、重要なマイルストーンです。モバイル利用も視野に入れ、生産性向上の可能性、デバイス管理効率を視野に入れた仮想デスクトップでの利用を、このTech Preview で お 試 し く だ さ い.使用 に つ い て 所 感, 今後 の Windows 10 導入 プ ラ ン な ど, シ ト リ ッ ク ス と 共有 し て く だ さ い.サ ー ベ イ に て お 願 い し ま す.

Recognizing the strategic value of a Great Experience -

It took consumer corporate IT to teach what we should have known all along: Experience counts. A lot.

Think been to the markets, the changes on providing a better experience based business models in recent years or recreated. About Zipcar and make it easier to get around for people. Apple and Spotify make it easier for people to listen to their favorite music and make new discoveries. Fitbit makes people their fitness goals and therapies integrate naturally into their daily lives more. Amazon continues to shrink for products of all kinds from the window between desire and fulfillment.

turn Everywhere, you see businesses thriving easier by people seamless manner, are things to do.

As we are always listening to all this consumerization people has led to expect from the IT a better experience. The best people demand the best place to work, so if you want to make their talent and creativity work for your business, you can better it would provide. But it is not just a matter of encouraging employee a great experience is much more than just a perk. It also has a real and significant impact on the company's productivity, efficiency and flexibility.

people do their best when everything they need to quickly more accessible and easy and more time driving spend business value, instead of fighting the navigation outdated IT processes, applications, or other engineering barriers. On-Demand translates it into on-demand productivity, which in turn enables on-demand business results, by opening a new office or a new acquisition integration to respond faster to a business opportunity to produce, employee empowerment and satisfaction to driving innovation at the speed of thought.

People have been talking for a few years about consumerization, and both companies and their suppliers, it is important now to understand-for the most part ~~ POS = TRUNC adjusted accordingly. But in recognition of the importance of a great experience is not the same as delivering it. If it's not part of your company's DNA, you can to make marginal improvements to workflows or interfaces to end without achieving the fundamental transformation that is really necessary. It is also a question of scale.

is a great experience for an individual service or app all well and good, but as the saying goes: "One swallow does not make a summer."

An island of quality does not help if it is surrounded by the swampy morass of IT business as usual. Experience has to think holistically as a guiding principle for all IT and supported by an equally comprehensive technology strategy.

At Citrix, a great experience is woven into our design process from the earliest stages of product development, that everything we do to ensure it makes it easier, seamless and satisfying for all involved-IT and Line-of-business alike employee. A well-designed-and-use consumerization strategy continues to bring current process working in new ways and in new information for workers who had been normally held on the outside of

Workspaces -. You have a lot about our vision for the modern workplace is one of Synergy and elsewhere. This is the definition of a large experiential people can access everything they need, wherever they go, on any device they use. Essentially, we have to take care with no user-oriented network or security settings, without the need to transfer files or re-download applications, and an experience that is automatically optimized and customized for the individual.

made technology completely transparent,

Apps - people who need to do work should not think about whether a particular application is available on the device they use or how it would be to find go. There is much more support for mobility as mobile apps people need on-demand access to any kind of app, anywhere, including mobile, Web, Windows and SaaS. Simply put, a mobility driven business approach is not distribution of smartphones and tablets. We help IT a single App Store make available, where people can find each app they need, optimized for each device. Whether they are full-time employees or contractors, and where they work, they can work quickly with a seamless, intuitive and consumer-like experience, regardless of the choice of hardware.

data - the need for device access to data that has the explosion of consumer services such as Dropbox and driven boxing why we should not have the same tools in the business? Therefore, our workplace solutions integrated file sync and sharing are included. People can, if inspiration and collaborate strikes, drive more value to the business, while greater personal satisfaction to achieve

Mobility Management - Enterprise mobility is often a matter of tradeoffs-device and use restrictions that make it harder work to get manual settings, the nerves and delay users, limited functionality, productivity in frustration turns. Our latest Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) technology advances, coupled with integrations and an expanded partner ecosystem, combining a high level of security with a better user experience and more flexibility for the company

Networking -. Everyone knows how frustrating it can to deal with a network connection, just not up to the requirements of the application that you are using. We made an important focus application delivery and network optimization to help it, never mind provide a great experience, where people work, how they connect or what kind of applications they use, even 3D graphics and multimedia demanding.

IT itself - IT professionals earn a great experience also. We have developed our workplace solutions to make it easy to provide the right mix of services for each employee, so that they can quickly empower the workforce longer and more efficiently than ever before. Integrated remote support tools help users stay productive when they are working on. You feel like a hero for the business is the best kind of experience for an IT person

The point is this:. If competitiveness in the support of your employees depends do more for business, quickly and easily, a great experience wins. We are dedicated to our customers every day of the week to help win.

Citrix software-defined networking: more control, more flexibility, fewer restrictions -

software-defined networking (SDN), the core is about separating to make network control packet forwarding and the network itself programmable.

The next generation of NetScaler SDX built platform to do this easily.

It is true, the current platform already allows you without a single instance to consolidate power or insulating multiple NetScaler instances on a single, purpose-built Networking Appliance. And that's pretty awesome.

But next generation NetScaler SDX platform things to the next level and extends this capability via consolidation NetScaler a variety of to deliver adjacent, best-in-class -L4-7 networking services of Citrix and our ecosystem partners.

The NetScaler SDX platform combines best-in-class L4-7 network services in an application control layer, and can integrate this application control with existing transport networks and SDN technologies emerge.

NetScaler SDX provides three important functions: , the contact computing and storage infrastructure at the level of crosslinking.

1. App driven control
2. Prescriptive, automated deployment
3. Consolidated delivery and orchestration

Citrix XenMobile provides zero-day support for Windows 10 compatibility -

Windows 10 is a game changer for enterprise mobility management for both IT and mobile users.

For IT, 10 Windows allows Windows desktops, laptops, smart phones and tablet PCs from a single console to manage EMM.

Mobile users will try to IT, so they can use their Windows desktop applications, not only on one of its Windows-10 units, but more capable of using Windows applications on non-Windows devices be as iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. It is also likely that these users want to use non-Windows applications. In fact, it is a given

XenMobile aimed at the users' needs better than any other enterprise mobility management solution from users access to every app allows (including Windows desktop applications) on any device -. Not only Windows 10 devices -. by integrating XenMobile with XenDesktop and XenApp

For IT administrators, XenMobile administrators to manage 10 Windows tablet 10 mobile devices from Windows. Once Microsoft Windows provides support for 10 Windows Phones, XenMobile will be updated to support as well as the Windows Phone devices.

Even if you are not 100% Windows-business, 10 Windows is definitely something you'll want to learn more information you can read more about along with the value-added benefits bring XenMobile both for the user and the platform 10 of Windows.

Visit XenMobile Windows side here.

Use Podio with Octoblu Anything to trigger, or Brew Coffee -

Recently I asked one of the interns, Ari Sokolov coffee brewing so they made a Octoblu river which brews coffee, if you have a meeting scheduled in Podio!

of course we do not have our interns we make coffee really, but we thought a guide for brewing coffee with Podio would be a great segway be building valuable associated interactions with Podio and Octoblu.

If it painless for beginners automated barista to build this, it makes it easier automation to create currents that integrate services with other Citrix and many third-party services as well. If you are looking Podio quickly connect to an application that you develop or even an idea to prototype, this guide provides to help.

Trade Up! Replace Juniper Junos Pulse with NetScaler Unified Gateway - -

Replace Juniper Junos Pulse with NetScaler Unified Gateway

Juniper customers who replace their Juniper SSL VPN solution must plan to consolidate its various remote access solutions. A comprehensive consolidation strategy must include mobility, security, visibility of traffic and the integration with MDM, MEM and cloud solutions. Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway provides the most advanced and secure remote access solution for any type of application, from a single device.

XenApp / XenDesktop 7.6 network printing considerations -

The pressure is always a challenge in a XenApp / XenDesktop design, like so many other criteria in be eligible.

Note: I use now, but from a print design point of view, it is not much change between XenApp and XenDesktop, unless you are using RemotePC feature of XenDesktop (more on XenApp that at another time?)

on eDocs some scenarios are covered, and there is a question I am often asked by customers if it on a XenApp design work on the site the print server refers. We always say that the data on the XenApp server to be close. Is it the same for the print server location?

Various printing design possibilities

Often in XenApp architecture is the print server in the data center, near the XenApp server. With this construction, the important RAW bandwidth is sent by the print server to the actual printer. It is also worth using SMB protocol between XenApp notes and the print server:

If you add Citrix Universal Print Server component on the Configuration, HTTP SMB replace, but the critical part is the raw bandwidth to the remote printer:

If the print server (here with UPS component) in the branch office is the focus changes from RAW printer data to the traffic than the one to be sent over the wire between XenApp and the print server:

the goal is to determine today which printer driver language provides lower bandwidth usage where the location of a print server is best suited, based on the type of document and printing technology (Microsoft print Server, Citrix UPS, UPS + Citrix UPD) used.

course, only no one prints a single document type, however, based on statistics, you can get in your business, these test results can assist you in your decision.

Lab configuration

I was with Citrix UPS 7.6 (on WS08R2 SP1 compatible as WS2012R2 version is not yet publicly available) with latest hotfixes and XenApp 7.6 on WS2012R2 with latest hotfix (including UPS7.6 hotfixes) to connect to a published desktop. Everything is hosted on XenSerer. The printer is a Canon iRC2030, as IP printer on UPS VM with the UFRII, PS3, PCL 5e and PCL6 driver explained (all 14.02 release other than PS3, version 21.52)

. Note: UFRII proprietary page description language (PDL) from Canon is developed. I recommended, for more information on this technology Canon website

The tests

printer defined as a session printer performed in XenApp and 3 tests :. UPS disabled UPS with native drivers and UPS with UPD driver.

Example DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and PDF documents were used (Share File-Link), all of which come from the Citrix Web site. Microsoft Office 2010 and Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.4 used. Wireshark running on the UPS-VM, sent the amount of data to UPS and to the printer to collect.

The tests are carried out without UPS used as a reference, Bytes and method of transmission to the endpoint deployment (either UPS or printer). However, the duration of the printer is not comprise the actual printing time that the time for the entire print job is necessary to physically print. Why? because I was far away from the printer when I my test run ...

Disclaimer: are the numbers not real life figures, but from a laboratory environment , collected with sample documents. You should perform similar tests to determine what is most appropriate in your area.

Microsoft Network Printing results

DOCX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	13.5	3,639,365	11.8	780 641	14	2471111
PRN	7.7	3,234,527	2.57	1,439,569	2:12	2522645

PPTX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	4.8	2,519,07	4.9	942 156	5.5	1,372,595
PRN	3.9	2,350,864	0.9	1,935,805	0.7	1,391,463

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PDF	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	9.2	1658351	7.3	478 591	8.6	1,150,946
to PRN	1.5	1374404	0.8	523 063	0.8	06 731

Citrix UPS with native drivers

DOCX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	13.3	2,447,651	14	4,711,282	11.1	5,522,323
PRN	3.5	2,921,143	2.6	1,439,798	4.9	2,119,169

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XLSX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	34560	12.5	3,784,939	14.3	6,702,008
to PRN	2.1	2710400	1.8	482 031	2.0	1,511,389

PPTX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	6.2	1,611,616	6.3	2756111	6.8	2,304,349
PRN	2.1	3,330,415	0.9	1,884,01	0.7	1,391,469

PDF	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	8.0	3,382,016	5.6	1,007,188	6.6	1664938
PRN	0.7	1,374,692	0.7	523237	0.7	06 461

Citrix UPS with Citrix UPD driver

DOCX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	21.6	7,372,622	16.8	5,819,772	36.7	14165652
PRN	11.5	3077676	9.9	1,332,327	14.2	2,523,394

XLSX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	7.9	3,456,0	12.5	3,784,939	14.3	6,702,008
PRN	2.1	2710400	1.8	482 031	2.0	1,511,389

PPTX	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	6.2	1,611,616	6.3	2,756,111	6.8	2,304,349
PRN	2.1	3,330,415	0.9	188401	0.7	1,391,469

PDF	PCL5e		PCL6		UFRII
	time	byte	time	byte	time	byte
PS	8.0	3,382,016	5.6	1,007,188	6.6	1,664,938
to PRN	0.7	1,374,692	0.7	523237	0.7	06 461 [1945022[

XenApp server traffic to print

to facilitate reading, a graphical view be easiest to transport XenApp Server shows to print, depending on the type of printer used (PCL5, PCL6 or UFRII) and printing technology.

With a PCL6 driver seems the most logical solution to be UFRII compared to PCL5 and. It is worth mentioning, the overhead generated by UPS via native Microsoft pressure, and I would recommend if you want to evaluate UPS to test with native drivers. Why? Since UPS embeds print traffic in XTE Service (Apache based service), which can lead NetScaler TCP / HTTP optimization and load balancing (which is another topic about a day).

to facilitate reading

Print Server printer traffic

, a graphical representation of the easiest, the movement of the print server to mourn, printer shows on the type of printer used depends (PCL5, PCL6 or UFRII) and printing technology.

PCL6 is the best choice (I can not explain the results with PDF and UPD when on PCL6 printing, even if multiple tests) when the bandwidth optimization between the print server and printer is the ultimate goal.

Summary

were carried out from these tests, UPS will not help to reduce the bandwidth, but also offers a free universal printing solution (more no drivers on XenApp! ) and may benefit from NetScaler load balancing and TCP optimization (confirmed in another blog post ...). PCL6 seems that a suitable choice for everyone in order to limit the pressure range to either the print server or to the printer.

Powering Today's libraries -

Until recently, until I had not been to a library in more than 10 years.

It's not that I do not love books, but with so much traveling as I do, I have to be dependent on my Kindle, iPad, surface ... and, well, you get the picture ,

a few months ago I had the opportunity to visit a couple of library systems in California. IMPRESSIVE! I was blown away. Today's library is so much more than just books. The library concept has adapted to give its patrons access to all information that is available today. Today's library has public computers for patrons to surf the Web, access to the library database, films on DVD or to use the Internet, also do their banking or working on their business books.

Orange County Public Libraries have around 850 public desktop PCs. The OC Community Resources IT team of 25 were distributed before a daunting task these machines by managing 33 branches.

"How true, but others want to see in every public service, some people use it, what they do with it can" says Clyde Gamboa, head of information technology. "People would try to save things, delete things or download programs."

Another Northern California library faced similar challenges. fighting security concerns of viruses and malware only the operating system of the computer keep "gold image" updated with the latest security patches and versions of the software, not just to mention plain old malicious users to delete files or Windows Registry settings ,

media had to change.

are Citrix XenDesktop technical staff have the tools they reduce libraries today complexity and costs of managing their environment.

This allowed Orange County Public Library about $ 660,000 saved on PC purchases alone . Provisioning Service (PVS), with XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum editions include the libraries image management can optimize not only for the new virtualized PC, but also for physical desktops for applications that could make a special hardware required. Orange County was able to reduce the number of images that they had to manage to three.

Now, when someone logs off their session the Virtual Desktop resets to the gold image. No worries about the pesky deleted files or malware that could have gotten downloaded. Each patron personal data is now safer since held no personal information from session to session. XenDesktop also offers the possibility of easy to use personal USB sticks, which can be accessed from the virtual meeting, so that the user's personal files that they need to work.

Orange County repurposed PCs used to access the Citrix XenDesktop system, and we are working with other library systems with inexpensive thin clients to explore, to reach the environment. I have to explore the entire work, to use the $ 35.00 Raspberry Pi2 as a thin client done by colleagues Citrites Muhammad @ Citrix, Yi Lu and @martinrowan.

. For more information on the check in this article Citrix Receiver for Linux on Raspberry Pi 2 with Raspbian Wheezy

It is not here, either do not stop! I work with a number of library systems across the country to explore how we can use other technologies such as Citrix or Melio Share File, to facilitate the supply of images across all lines. I'm going to another blog these projects.

So, stop by your local library and check out more than just a book!

update

create A Taste of Designing mobile experiences - designers and engineers use Citrix human-centered innovation approaches such as Design Thinking compelling user experiences for mobile devices. Only show some recent experiments by our internal incubators, how can the user to improve the design of the overall UX in the middle of the stakeholder map, the introduction of new concepts in the market or applications of existing Citrix products in new industries and for new application scenarios the Cubefree team.

, for example, created a Yelp-like app for mobile workers start with low-fi prototypes, then both the product and the business model during a 3-month Citrix Startup Accelerator program run. The patient Consult team used a similar approach, beginning with doctors and specialists to gain empathy to identify their specific needs, and prototyping an app for secure communication in the healthcare vertical. Not to mention the newly released by Citrix Workspace cloud that focuses on Citrix customer needs and seamlessly integrates multiple offers to satisfy them!

you can have a taste of this user obtained -driven approach through an online course assume that every new employee has to go through as part of Ignite at Citrix -. an internal on-boarding program

Citrix Customer Experience team together with the Learning & Development team was on 30 in-person close run workshops with over 1,000 employees today, and now we have made it possible for you to take it online - self guided and at your own pace. You can either use this online workshop for your team facilitate distributed along with the playback of videos and materials and worksheets, or participants have to see it on your own, as long as they have a partner to pair with the exercises.

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A Taste of Design Thinking for mobile experiences is an immersive, self-service 0-minute online activities a full cycle participants through the design thinking process in the shortest possible time to give, meant. as possible the project itself gives participants the opportunity to the core values ​​of design to learn thinking: human-centered design, a tendency to action, and a culture of iteration and rapid prototyping without trying to communicate all of the methods and activities that the term "design thinking" includes. Participants work through a complete user-centered design cycle, use fast user studies, low-resolution prototyping and high-iteration in the mobile space

• Online Video Training :. Https://www.youtube .com / watch? V = XUzcWelO0n8
• Workshop Slides: https://citrixdesign.sharefile.com/d-s6cb257715d0451aa
• Facilitator's Guide: https: // citrixdesign.sharefile.com/d -s278365004d5497c9
• Worksheets: https://citrixdesign.sharefile.com/d-sa0ad28206824765b
• mobile Sketch Sheet: https://citrixdesign.sharefile.com/d -sd32d7f193274cc49

objectives:

By the end of 2 hours, is a fast, high-diving session participants will have:

1. A high -level design experience that will advance the subscriber may change your mind, how to approach business problems.
2. Perform the entire development cycle of empathy, brainstorming and prototyping.
3. experience firsthand how this process can remove assumptions and reshape how to approach future problems in a customer-oriented process.
4. Learn how to ask questions of discovery to understand customer needs.
5. Learn how rapid prototyping and gaining early feedback can lead to a faster, leaner solutions.

This crash course on a virtual class of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford and gives a few examples of a cross-company collaboration between Citrix Bootcamp based system, Fidelity Investments, JetBlue Airways and Nordström

online workshop participants can tweet photos of their prototypes and feedback. @olga_t @CitrixCX # CitrixDesign

Citrix Share File provides free customer webinars: Register now -

company always a big game before the sale to speak, tell why their product better than any competitors out there [ But what is after the sale, where are they? Here at Citrix to ensure our customers have the best experience after the sale is one of our highest priorities is.

We developed a variety of after-purchase programs that ensure Citrix customers the best possible experience from the very first day of its launch. For example, with Citrix Share File, our Enterprise Services team supports customers support in job scheduling, employee training and the continual introduction.

These best practices for deploying Citrix Share File has made us # 1 with IT professionals, according to IT Brand Pulse the current survey. We even offer free, Share File educational webinars about every 6 weeks. These short 30-40 min webinars are designed to help you (our customers), to improve the most of your services, to increase the user acceptance workflows and realize even greater efficiency in the company.

We provide detailed demonstrations of new features, general applications, cover going industry-specific technology trends, and select topics to the needs of our customers

Below are the next three Citrix Share File Customer Webinars .:

WEBINAR: protection What Matters - your Business Data

• Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 10:30 am PDT
• the hidden risks of learn uncontrolled exchange of business data and how the use of Personal File Sharing and sync tools usage by employees impact data security and compliance. Learn tips on how to avoid these problems and to see a demo and learn how to set up Share File newest security features -. DLP (Data Loss Prevention) system integration limited to sharing documents is based on the DLP classification of

View webinar recording file now

WEBINAR : The Ultimate Secure data Protection - Share File Restricted Storage Zones

• Tuesday, December 8, 2015 10:30 to 11:30 PST
• Learn how Share File Restricted Storage Zones assist with data security can that data sovereignty and compliance requirements. For organizations that increased privacy Share File Storage Restricted Zones provides private data areas have customer-Managed On-Prem implementations. See how files and metadata in a restricted storage area can be encrypted with your key for zero-knowledge provider visibility, and learn how to set up zone authentication for exclusive and limited access to specific internal users and limited sharing based on network access for regulated file sharing managed behind the firewall

reserve your place now

WEBINAR :. Citrix Share File - More than just file sharing

• Tuesday, January 19, 2016 10:30 PT
• Citrix Share File is more than just file sharing -ShareFile mobile productivity with read and write access to data, workflow and collaboration enables and allows users to anyone, and sharing synchronize files across all their devices securely on files. Learn how you can share documents with Share File, digitally sign proposals, projects and invoices with Right Signature and collaborate on projects and design custom document workflows with Podio on a single solution - Share File Platinum Edition . Finally, a solution that mobility goes beyond addressing needs but also drives workflows like approval chains, improves collaboration and offers unlimited cloud storage.

Reserve your place now

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Adjust Storefront 3.0 - The new UI -

I'm sure you've all heard the saying: the only constant is change in this life.

In the infrastructure world, the word "change" can mean a time of excitement and innovation, but also indicate a period of uncertainty. For tens of thousands of Citrix users and administrators, the classic experience of the Web Interface (WI) and Program Neighborhood (PN) has become a way of life. The width of adjustments and unique way that customers stop there, have made their own, never to surprise us.

When the App Store next generation named Citrix storefront was the first time the big question for all was published, was how to carry on the important adjustments during the new experience to adapt.

Now in its third generation, Citrix Storefront 3.0 has to provide a fantastic job of backward compatibility with well-loved features from the PN Agent maintenance or the classic user interface, and in the hands of administrators control in order to introduce to the new features, or even the new look. About 65 new JavaScript API and dozens of other accommodation areas allow administrators responsible for the move from a simple "Remote Access" model to the larger mobile workstation to be. Definitely there is no better time than now that the migration away from the web interface to Storefront 3.0

allows you to plan in this seamless transition, we produce many technical instructions and training. A good starting point is this blog series by our CTO, Richard Hayton that in walking, running why and how of the latest Storefront and receiver. There is a new on-demand rate of Citrix Education, the one offering deep-sea diving in Storefront 3.0, and examines the nitty-gritty of the new features, as well as what a consistent experience to your users on any desktop or need to do mobile device to deliver.

The storefront is of course through our e-learning subscription. The subscription gives you access to over 20 different courses on virtualization, networking or mobility. Click here to sign up for the e-learning subscription for a small annual fee of <$ 2 per day

Finally, there is another saying that Citrix administrators love :. Knowledge Power is!

to get you started, here's a sneak preview of some of the adjustments possible with Storefront 3.0. The first video shows you how to switch from the Classic showcase "Green Bubble" theme to the new unified StoreFront 3.0 theme and show you the way around it.

In the next few blogs in this series (links to which are shown below), you are a little more of the options, the new Storefront 3.0 as you to want to adapt the storefront console , You will see how branding and appearance tweaks implement and how to propagate changes from a storefront server to the rest of the storefront server in a server group

• video. 2 - Changes to a storefront server made propagate to the rest of the storefront server in the server group
• Video 3 - .. custom logos to the login screen and add and change the header background color
• video 4 header - Advertise a set of applications on a specific group of users on special application groups.

New partner: Seven Reasons Why You Should Become Citrix Specialist -

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Technical Webinar: Deep Dive in Citrix Workspace cloud -

, centrally manage more information about the technical side of the Citrix Cloud Workspace, the fastest and easiest way and secure any type of app, desktop or data. Join Citrix Product Management 20 October in a live webinar to deep insight into the workspace cloud platform, services and time-saving benefits for your IT team.

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Workspace cloud: cloud-based IT Control

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to cure the doctor your cloud woes -

I would like to introduce you to a relatively new tool to your Citrix Cloud Platform management toolbox.

Add Meet the doctor. CCPDoctor or "The Doc", as I like to refer it-is a powerful tool that can highlight potential problems in your Cloud Platform environment.

The Doc works on all major lines of code (the time of writing, 3.0.7, 4.2.1, 4.3, 4.5 and 4.7 will soon be released). It also comes with some sweet features baked into certain annoying administrative tasks a breeze.

I'll be a few core functions and dive look into a really cool feature to cover that all should make life easier for the administrator. It begins to download all of the CCPDoctor utility, unzip, and that the latest, by having Update.

Here are the steps that you get there.


wget http://ccpdoctor.com/CCPDoctor-latest.zip
unzip CCPDoctor-latest.zip
cd CCPDoctor
./CCPDoctor.pl -update
[you’ll need to accept the license agreement before proceeding]


now that we have the latest version of the Doc up and running, I'll walk you through two of the most popular features in CCPDoctor utility. is first used to diagnose potential problems with-in your Cloud Platform deployment. This is achieved by doing the following:


./CCPDoctor.pl -troubleshoot
or use short -t

Issue .:


[root@ms-node] # ./CCPDoctor.pl -t
Cloud Platform doctor [1.12] [Read only] [06-Oct-2015 02:44AM PDT]
log file: / var / log / Cloud / management / CCPDoctor.log
========== verification Cloud Platform management Server version 4.2.1 ==========
OK: No new updates were found CCPDoctor (online version : 1:12 Local version: 1.12)
OK: integration.api.port is zero,
disabled on this system access unauthenticated admin Cloud Platform ... snip ...
ERROR: The configuration file Java process heap -Size below the recommended 8Gb (about half the total memory)
defined as -Xmx2g that will be unstable, go This will lead to slower reactions and the environment is forward when the resources in the cloud has increase.
to fix this, edit and change /etc/cloudstack/management/tomcat6.conf -Xmx2g to -Xmx8g, and add also the parameters -Xms8g
After changing it, they start the Management Service for this to accept ( '# service CloudStack management-stop "then start)
-OR-
Run.' ./CCPDoctor.pl --troubleshoot --fix memory.sh 'or' ./CCPDoctor.pl - troubleshoot --fix all 'next potential problems to fix this (remember, start management service in order for the changes to take effect) automatically


here the output for test OK shows that patterning have passed, warning and error referred Known issues. with eRROR and wARNING cases you will help text explains the problem, impact, and obtained as to rehabilitate. These problems can be set manually and some have an option where the doctor for you automatically can fix. another cool aspect of the auto fix feature is that you tell the doctor can fix a specific issue or have the doctor to fix all the problems it has revealed. Demonstrated below:


./CCPDoctor.pl --troubleshoot --fix memory.sh
or
./CCPDoctor.pl --troubleshoot --fix all


another common use for the physician is to carry out the tuning. Tuning will point common performance enhancements, you could take various setup changes achieved.


./CCPDoctor.pl -tune
... Sample Output ...
WARNING: There are data older than 0 days that could be cleaned up
this cleanup to improve the overall system performance
older data can be cleaned using the following SQL commands:
... snip ...
Please make sure to back up your database to take before the application of
- oR -
Run "./CCPDoctor.pl --tune --fix old_usage.py" or "./CCPDoctor.pl - melody --fix all" to fix them automatically.


In the same manner as troubleshooting designated starting with OK and Warning to see. Warnings are accompanied by helpful text, which will lead to the proposed tuning changes and how they are intended to influence the system. Similar to fix, you can have the doctor fix specific issues or all. There will be some problems, the doctor can not automatically fix, as they could make access to a remote machine configuration file required ... in this case, instructions will help you perform to address the problem.

Now for my favorite feature, because really, if you can automate tasks numbing time-consuming brain, it is a win ... and that's the Collect Logs feature. Not only can the doctor access relevant log files, it can also add database dumps. The real magic occurs when a case ID, including, if it was submitted an incident with assistance. CCPDoctor can automatically log files to upload, and they collect your support case. More "win" icing party add logs can be automatically collected by the system VMs. No more fumbling with passwords and hosts hopping, ssh'ing and scp'ing protocols at intermediate locations to have only compress and upload your own ... one by one. CCPDoctor does so with a few more keystrokes

collect use
Example protocols include .:
./CCPDoctor.pl --collectlogs
or shorthand with
./CCPDoctor .pl -c


[root@ms-node] # ./CCPDoctor.pl --collectlogs
Cloud Platform doctor [1.12]
fileLocation log: / var / log /cloudstack/management/CCPDoctor.log
=============== collecting MS logs ================
OK: No new CCPDoctor updates were (online version: 1.12 Local version: 1.12) found
Please enter your username Citrix: XXXXXX
Please enter your password:
trying to validate the credentials, please wait ... [1945006OK]: have a username and password accepted
OK: saved username and password encrypted in the config.ini
OK: Debugging Tools collection mode is [Normal]
OK: found cloud installation on this system
collecting data from the system subsystem (with df, top, netstat, route, etc.)
data from the database subsystem (using mysqldump) collecting
collecting data from the logs subsystem (management -server.log, catalina.out, access_log, etc.)
compressing /tmp/cloud-bugtool_2015.10.06-02.39.01.HwTk9q/ccp-42-ms. , , Please wait (this may take a while)
OK :. Diagnostic file: /tmp/cloud-bugtool_2015.10.06-02.39.01.HwTk9q.zip
Cleanup ...


Here is an example of a case number and a specific system VM specifies protocols to collect from. After the log collection is completed, your log files will be uploaded and attached to the housing:


./CCPDoctor.pl -collectlogs -case 12345 -collectsvm 25
Cloud Platform Doctor [1.12]
fileLocation log: /var/log/cloudstack/management/CCPDoctor.log
=============== collecting MS logs and logs of SVM ID 25 === =============
OK: No new updates were found CCPDoctor (online version: 1:12 Local version: 1.12)
trying to validate the credentials, please wait ... [1945006OK]: user name and password encrypted from config.ini were checked
collecting cloud.out of example 25
copying file /var/log/cloud.log-20151002, Save as / tmp / svm_25 / _var_log_cloud.log- 20,151,002
... snip ...
Cleanup ...
initiating the upload, please wait ...
Upload of 21 MB now..........11%..........23%..........34%..........46%..........58%..........69%..........81%..........92%.......
OK: now the upload completion ...
OK: .. All done


I recommend to explore these and other features of the utility CCPDoctor

Throwing a look in the help text, accessed to use the / help-flag on the command line to uncover other useful functions. Remember, here at Citrix we can hear feedback about the doctor always interested in good and bad email to ccpdoctor@citrix.com. Happy optimization and safe ride through the clouds!