Author Archives: Murugan B Iyyappan

About Murugan B Iyyappan

Working as a Senior Consultant - Citrix solutions architect with 20+ years of experience in the IT industry. Expertise in Citrix products and Cloud VDI platform.

What are the Ports does Citrix commonly use?

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Murugan B Iyyappan

License Manager Daemon TCP 27000 handles initial point of contact for license requests License Management Console TCP 8082 Web-based administration console Citrix Receiver TCP 80/443 Communication with Merchandising Server ICA TCP 1494 Access to applications and virtual desktops ICA with … Continue reading →

Posted in Citrix XenApp | Tagged Citrix Ports, ICA Ports, IMA ports | Leave a comment

What is new in Citrix Presentation Server 4.5?

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Murugan B Iyyappan

1. Health Monitoring and Recovery HMR performs two functions: a. It conducts tests against the servers in your farms. b. If a particular test fails, it performs some action. PS 4.5 has some preconfigured tests. You can use the SDK … Continue reading →

Posted in Citrix XenApp | Tagged Administrator Configuring Logging, Application streaming, Citrix 4.5, Presentation server 4.5, Resource Manager, what is new in Citrix 4.5 | Leave a comment

Application launch process in XenApp 6

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Murugan B Iyyappan

The application listing and displaying process is as follows: 1. A user launches the Web Interface, it returns the logon page. 2. When the user types in credentials, it is forwarded from XML then to IMA service in HTTP (or HTTPS) form. 3. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Citrix XenApp | Tagged Citrix Application, Citrix Authentication, How application is launched in Citrix, How application is launched in Xenapp, How Citrix Works, IMA, XML Broker | Leave a comment

Installing Windows 8 in VHD with Windows 7

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Murugan B Iyyappan

It is really amazing that now we can boot our computer between the existing Windows 7 installation or Windows 8 without sacrifice disk space! Using a Dynamic Virtual Hard Disk (VHD), you can install Windows 8 to a single file … Continue reading →

Posted in Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop | Tagged Installing Windows 8, Installing Windows 8 in VHD, Installing Windows 8 in Windows 7, VHD, Window 7, window 8, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8 in VHD | 1 Comment

Troubleshooting Client Drive Mapping

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Murugan B Iyyappan

This article will give you a vast idea about many common client drive mapping inquiries and issues along with their respective explanation or resolution. Client Drive Mappings Do Not Create For Any User If the ICA-tcp port properties are set to “Inherit User … Continue reading →

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