Category Archives: Citrix XenApp

Worker (Session Host Only) or Controller modes in Citrix XenApp 6.5

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Murugan B Iyyappan

In XenApp 6.5 we have 2 roles for the servers, a Worker role (session host only) and a Controller role. The default role for a XenApp server is a Controller role. The controller server is responsible for farm management tasks … Continue reading →

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What’s new in Citrix XenApp 6.5

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Murugan B Iyyappan

Instant App Access featureWell, the important key feature of XenApp 6.5 is Instant App Access. It creates an ICA session with the servers as the user logs into Citrix Receiver, reducing significant session creation time. When the user launches an … Continue reading →

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Installation issue with Citrix XenApp 6.0 and XenApp 6.5

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Murugan B Iyyappan

While launching the published application in XenApp 6.0 in Windows 2008 R2 SP1, users may face a deadlock and the server become unresponsive. The sessions already connected might get disconnected and prevent servers from accepting new connections. To fix the … Continue reading →

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Difference between Machine Creation Services and Provisioning Services

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Murugan B Iyyappan

XenDesktop 5 has two different features to provide single image management i.e., Machine Creation Services and Provisioning Services. Machine Creation Services can only provide hosted VDI desktops (pooled or dedicated). If we want to utilize a hosted shared desktop model, … Continue reading →

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