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Imagine yourself in a situation where you have to capture the entire XenApp 6.5 Farm information to understand what the customers have in their environment. The traditional way to understand the environment is  to sit down multiple times with the CTX Architects/Admins to understand the details of infrastructure and even then missing on important details. This script will document whatever you see under the Citrix AppCenter Console and the output can be copied to a txt or word document. My Testing results I ran the script in my environment and generated the output as per the figures mentioned below. I am listing down certain requirements and things I learnt during the execution: Step 1: Download the Citrix XenApp 6.5 PowerShell SDK and simply go through the typical installation Downloaded the Citrix XenApp Group Policies and place the files under two folders C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules, in a new folder named Citrix.GroupPolicy.Commands C:\Windows\S...

With the recent launch of XenDesktop 5.6 Feature Pack (FP) 1 Citrix released a great feature known as the Remote PC . The Remote PC feature allows end-users to access their laptops/desktops on any device (Tablets, Mobile Phones or even other remote laptop and desktop) and anywhere (in the office, home and road). Citrix launched this feature for enterprises that are yet not ready to move into VDI mode and this solution allows end-users to continue using their desktop/laptop devices. The device that will be accessing the office desktop/laptop will require Citrix Receive to be installed beforehand. Architecture for Remote PC to work: Many of you would ask what is the difference between RemotePC VS traditional RDP? RDP Remote PC Works well on Microsoft platform. However, no standard or official applications are available on cross platforms such as iOS, Android and Blackberry You can access your desktop on m...

Recently, I am setting up a poor man’s lab of Citrix XenApp 6.5 (64 bit). The reason to call it a poor man’s lab is because of the equipment in use. Though, I am complaining about the equipment I will tell you “my way” of efficiently setting up XenApp on a desktop class  Dell machine. My configuration is as follows: Desktop Configuration: Preparatory Steps: Install Windows 2008 R2 with Hyper-V as the choice of operating system on the Desktop. Connect the desktop with internet to get all the Windows Updates My next big thing was to create a Windows 2008 R2 EE template to create multiple VM’s and not waste time in creating individual virtual machines Create a new Virtual Machine with Windows 2008 R2 EE SP1 and install all the Windows Updates Install Features such as .Net 4 and Telnet Client from the “Add Features” as its reusable component on all VM’s  Enable the ICMP inbound rule under the Windows Firewall port else you would be clueless during your...