Citrix Presentation Server Articles
Designing Citrix Application Security
The purpose of this article is to present a common sense approach to Setup application security for Citrix published applications.
Program Neighborhood Agent
Providing the best end user experience with either the full Program Neighborhood or the PN Agent. Clearly there are good reasons to use one over the other.
The Citrix Developer Network Script Repository
Citrix Developer Network Script Repository has some nice MFCOM Script Samples.
Citrix WhitePaper on Server Cloning Presentation Server 4.0
Server cloning can provide more rapid deployment than a scripted installation. A few steps are required for cloning servers. These steps vary depending on the type of data store used for the farm
x64 bit Presentation Server 4.0 Performance Comparison - Citrix PDF
Comparison between Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 versus Citrix Presentation Server x64
Presentation Server 4.0 Migration Guide
In June 2005 Citrx released a document outlining the migration to Presentation Server 4.0. This document covers the recommended path to migrate to PS4.0.
Unable to Connect with ICA After Installing Microsoft Rollup 1 for Windows 2000
If users connecting with ICA sessions receive a blue background and the Windows GINA does not display after installing Microsoft Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 on Metaframe XP and MPS 3.0 Servers.
Print Driver Replication - Best Practice
A powerful feature of Presentation Server is that it allows Printer Driver Replication to all Servers in the Farm.
Moving the Citrix Data Store...to another Server
If you decided to upgrade your MS SQL server with brand new hardware, because the server was getting old and outdated. Here is an outline of how we moved the Citrix Data Store Database from one MS SQL Server to the new Server we purchased.
Enterprise Wide Upgrade of Citrix Program Neighborhood
There are many different ways to upgrade the ICA Client Program Neighborhood. This article covers the approach we took in upgrading existing ICA Client 6.31 clients to Version 9.0 using a central deployment method.
Citrix Releases Service Pack 4 for MetaFrame XP
The service pack comes as a Windows Installer MSP file, which can be installed using Installation Manager.
Unable to Connect with ICA After Installing Microsoft Rollup 1 for Windows 2000
If users connecting with ICA sessions receive a blue background and the Windows GINA does not display after installing Microsoft Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 on Metaframe XP and MPS 3.0 Servers.
Print Driver Replication - Best Practice
Introduction: A powerful feature of Presentation Server is that it allows Printer Driver Replication to all Servers in the Farm. When should you turn on Auto-Printer Replication?
Moving the Citrix Data Store...to another Server
If you decided to upgrade your MS SQL server with brand new hardware, because the server was getting old and outdated. Here is an outline of how we moved the Citrix Data Store Database from one MS SQL Server to the new Server we purchased.
Enterprise Wide Upgrade of Citrix Program Neighborhood
There are many different ways to upgrade the ICA Client Program Neighborhood. This article covers the approach we took in upgrading existing ICA Client 6.31 clients to Version 9.0 using a central deployment method.
Automating the Upgrading to FR3
Many have already made the important jump to MetaFrame Feature Release 3. And for good reason, it will stablize problems in your Farm and improve Data Store performance.
Citrix Releases Service Pack 4 for MetaFrame XP
The service pack comes as a Windows Installer MSP file, which can be installed using Installation Manager.
Re-Package the ICA Client for deployment
You can configure the MetaFrame Presentation Server Client Packager for “silent”
user installation.
MetaFrame Depolyment Methods
There are 4 easy methods to install MetaFrame XP. (Technically there are other methods, but for the sake of simplicity this article will only discuss items in the list below.)
Awesome Load Evaluator Technique
This article will help you to simplify supportability and reduce end user downtime for applications in your Citrix Farm, as well as save you valuable support time. Citrix Farms large and small will benefit from this information. However large Citrix Farms will benefit the most from using this technique.
NFuse Web Server Debugging, Analysis Tool
This tool is an Active Server Page (ASP)
script for use by Citrix web server administrators. The purpose of this
tool is to inspect a web server running Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS) and report on its status as an NFuse Classic web server, a
Citrix Secure Gateway Secure Ticket Authority (STA), or a MetaFrame server
providing the Citrix XML Service through IIS.
MDAC Requirements for MetaFrame XP