Articles & Tutorials

A discussion of the different management tools, custom or third party, which are used for either very specific tasks in a Citrix and WTS environment, or large management tools which monitor your Citrix or Terminal Services farm.

Articles & Tutorials / Management Tools

Using 2X ApplicationServer to Publish Applications, Part 6: Date - Oct 24, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; This article concludes the series on 2X ApplicationServer by showing you how to configure a published desktop, and how to publish an individual document.
Using 2X ApplicationServer to Publish Applications, Part 5: Date - Oct 03, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; How to create and configure application groups.
Using 2X ApplicationServer to Publish Applications, Part 4: Date - Sep 19, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; How to fine tune published applications.
User Desktop Management using the Citrix Content Publishing Feature: Date - Sep 05, 2007; Author - Josef Zeiler; How administrators can provide access to published applications in environments, where published desktops have to be used in order to provide an “enterprise desktop” user environment.
Using 2X ApplicationServer to Publish Applications, Part 3: Date - Aug 29, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; How 2X ApplicationServer can be used to host individual applications in a terminal service environment.
Using 2X ApplicationServer to Publish Applications, Part 2: Date - Aug 01, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; How 2X ApplicationServer can be used to host individual applications in a Terminal Service environment.
Using 2X ApplicationServer to Publish Applications, Part 1: Date - Jun 20, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; The benefits of being able to host individual applications in a Terminal Service environment and the basic architecture involved in running 2X Application Server in an organization containing multiple Terminal Servers.
Managing Multiple Sites with Citrix Web Interface 4.5: Date - May 23, 2007; Author - Duane Bradley; How to configure and manage multiple sites with Web Interface 4.5 and a few of the best practices involved.
Using ThreadMaster to Tame Rogue Applications: Date - Apr 25, 2007; Author - Duane Bradley; ThreadMaster provides a method to control a rogue application that is both easy and free.
Migrating User Settings with the Flex Profile Kit: Date - Mar 21, 2007; Author - Wilco van Bragt; How you can use Flex Profile Kit to migrate user settings.
Delegation of Control within the Citrix Management Console: Date - Feb 28, 2007; Author - Wilco van Bragt; How to control the actions that can be carried out by using the delegation model within the Citrix Management Console.
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Tools (Part 2): Date - Feb 21, 2007; Author - Rick Mack; Taking a look at the Standard User Analyzer and Application Compatibility Administrator.
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Tools (Part 1): Date - Jan 17, 2007; Author - Rick Mack; Introduction to the tools, specifically looking at the Application Verifier.
Using Citrix Resource Manager: Date - Aug 17, 2006; Author - Wilco van Bragt; In this article I will describe the benefits of Resource Manager, the configuration of Resource Manager, and how to best use Resource Manager during system administration.
Freeware Tools for the Terminal Server Infrastructure (Part 2): Date - Jun 23, 2006; Author - Wilco van Bragt; In Part 2 of this article series I continue the discussion on the best freeware tools, focusing on Security, Troubleshooting, Policies, Profiles, and more.
Setting up Citrix shadowing from A to Z: Date - Jun 20, 2006; Author - Stefan Vermeulen; In this article I will describe Citrix shadowing.
Freeware Tools for the Terminal Server Infrastructure (Part 1): Date - Jun 08, 2006; Author - Wilco van Bragt; Beside the standard tools provided in the product there are also many wonderful tools available for the Terminal Server field. In this article I will describe the most used favorite tools and software, which are available for free.
Terminal Server and the Profile Challenge: Date - Nov 30, 2005; Author - Wilco van Bragt; Profile problems? "No, we never have problems with our profiles." This is almost the standard answer I get when asking, “Do you have problems with your profiles?” when administrators tell me about some strange problems. This article will discuss the potential profile challenges which need to be tackled in a Terminal Server environment.
Using the Terminal Services through Internet Information Server: Date - Oct 21, 2005; Author - Brien M. Posey; Although the Terminal Services can be used as a management tool, sometimes firewall port issues or the unavailability of a Terminal Service client can make using the Terminal Services impractical. However, there is a Web based Terminal Service client included with Windows Server 2003. This client allows you to remotely access a Windows 2003 Server through a Web browser.