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There are how to guides, general help, tips and info provided by a technology enthusiast (Andy Barnes), certified by VMware, Microsoft and Trend Micro. VMware has also presented me with the VMware vExpert Award in 2009 for my continued contribution to the VMware community.
 
Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 Whats New

XenDesktop 5.5 includes the following new features and enhancements:

 

HDX MediaStream

  • Second Generation Flash Redirection. Adobe Flash content can be redirected to the user device for local rendering in many more cases than before, resulting in even higher server scalability and a great user experience. Flash Redirection now supports WAN-connected users. Good results with video playback have been observed, even at high latency.

 
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XenServer VM Stuck Powering On / Off - xe-toolstack-restart

On a few occasions I have been faced with a virtual machine running on a XenServer either not powering off (staying yellow), or not powering on.

 

The first thing to try is to force the VM to power off with the following command:

xe vm-shutdown vm=SERVER01 --force

 
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XenDesktop 5.5 Updating a Catalog of Desktops

 
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XenDesktop 5.5 Creating an Assignment

 
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Citrix Web Interface / Desktop Director / IIS Initial Web Page Slow to Load

 

After restarting the server or the IIS service, the time to load the first web page for the Citrix Web Interface or Desktop Director may take upto 2 minutes.

This is due to a CRL check being sent to verisign.

 

However a setting in the .Net framework that IIS uses for both the Citirx Web Interface and Desktop Director can be changed to disable this check and remove this delay.
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Remove/Disable the Citrix XenDesktop Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA) Welcome Screen

 
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XenDesktop 5.5 Web Interface and Accessing Desktops

 
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XenDesktop 5.5 Creating a Catalog

 

 

 

 
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DISCLAIMER: All advice, tips, guides and other information on this website is provided as-is with no warranty or guarantee. While most information is correct to the best of my knowledge, I am not reponsible for any issues that may arise in using the information, and you do so at your own risk. As always before doing anything; check, double check, test and always make a backup.

 

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