Back in XenApp 6.5, publishing applications from Individual or a specific servers in Citrix XenApp was not a big deal but Citrix discontinued that along with other options in XenApp 7.x (7.0 – 7.11). In XenApp 7.12, Citrix resurrected that option but not exactly similar to 6.5. You might have been using Tags to create Power management schedules, restricting desktop launches to certain machines within a Delivery group or to filter Citrix Policies based on tags attached to Virtual Machines. Now you can leverage tags to force applications to open only from tagged machines within a Delivery Group with the […]
Category: XenDesktop
File Type Association in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
File type association is a process of attaching an extension (.txt) with a handler (notepad.exe). File Type Association in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop is no different from windows operating system. In this article, we will see how to use Citrix WEM (Workspace Environment Manager) to configure per user FTA. I will also share some other methods like GPO, Logon Scripts, etc. The easiest and hassle free method to configure FTA is through GPO. All you have to do is export FTAs using DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) and push the Default Association Configuration File using a Group Policy Object. […]
Change Date and Time in a Citrix Session
To answer How to change Date and Time in a Citrix Session requires proper assessment of the business requirements. Changing the Date and Time may be required for a single application, all applications published from a Delivery Group, all desktops in a Delivery Group, or a set of users.
Saved Credentials do not persist in Citrix Session
If users report that their saved credentials in Google Chrome or Internet Explorer launched through Citrix are not roaming with their sessions, however, within an active session, saved credentials persist then there are strong reasons to doubt that files and folders that hold saved username and password are not part of users’ roaming profile. Roaming saved credentials is easier now but it wasn’t the case few years back. You can find an interesting battle of thoughts to achieve the persistence of saved credentials right here. Comments from Eastwood Clinton and Jeremy are worth a mention. That was past, let’s see […]