Beta New Virtualization Solutions exams on Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 now available! Take them at no cost to you for a limited time! -

Citrix Education is pleased to announce the availability of the 1Y1-201 Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 solutions beta test and 1Y1- announce 301 Deploying Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 solutions beta testing.

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for a limited time for downloading the 1Y1-201 exam with the Citrix Certified Associate is connected - virtualization (CCA - V) certification and the associated 1Y1-301 Certified Professional with Citrix - virtualization (CCP - V) certified. For more information about these certifications can be found here. Both the 1Y1-201 1Y1-301 and Beta tests, the capacity and the registry is not booked for the two test available: UPDATE. Thanks for your interest!

Obtaining scores on these beta exams will pass over the related certifications count.

for more information on the process of upgrade paths from Citrix Certified Stay tuned Enterprise Engineer (CCEE) to the CCP - V and Citrix Certified Integration Architect (CCIA) for Citrix Certified Expert - Virtualization (CCE - V) ,

introducing the Beta exam 1Y1-301 is not associated with the expiration of the update path, and as such the current CCEE and CCIA certificants continue to use the update path, defined here .

Carrier-Grade Cloud with Citrix Cloud Platform 4.5 -

During this Citrix Summit this year we published Citrix Cloud Platform 4.5 (supported by Apache CloudStack). Citrix Cloud Platform (CCP) has long been regarded by many as the most mature and robust option has announced an Infrastructure as a Service IaaS cloud for construction. This list of organizations that can help to secure this claim (see chart below). Version 4.5 takes the carrier-grade characteristics of an already great platform and makes it up to 11!

really show Big names like Disney and Autodesk, as best of breed companies who choose this technology. That being said, perhaps most say something about the type of customer, decide the CCP, as many as telecommunication companies (telcos) and service providers (SPs) are categorized.

CCP has the heart of running public clouds for companies such as KDDI, Datapipe, NTT, BT and KT for years. During this time, the team learned a tremendous amount about what is needed really to operate a cloud on a large scale with stringent availability requirements.

Many of these findings came together in spring 2014, when we started the CCP 4.5 project. When planning for 4.5, we decided to attack them on a number of fronts:

• depth analysis of issues - we checked feedback we of service providers in the had reported last 12 months and targeted specific remedies for the main
• improved upgrade - reduced We improve and simplify the upgrade process for from one version to another move, and on the way the upgrade time for the Virtual router by an order of magnitude. This is crucial for an operating environment with real availability requirements
• Assuming static code analysis -. We have to ferret it coding practices that could lead latent error
• We enacted new code coverage tool areas of code to mark the test is not good, so we could target additional tests there
• Suppose stringent code review process - we put this measure in place that new code to ensure was always checked by several developers
• Improved automated testing - we made a massive increase in the number of automated test cases that we run every night
• Improved patch process - we have also overhauled and our patch release process streamlined to help us, the latest updates synchronized to the customer as soon as possible
• Releases receive - We released CCP 4.5 and XenServer 6.5 on the same day - support each other with both products. This means that customers can use one of the latest hypervisor with the latest IaaS day

All of these factors came together to ensure that CCP 4.5 is the best version we've ever done and that it is the best possible choice for customers, the business-critical, carrier-grade cloud infrastructure to run. We are in 2015 with more releases following are the build on that to ensure that CCP is the best choice.

See XenServer 6.5 live in action on February Citrix XenServer Masterclass -

Citrix has recently announced XenServer 6.5, the latest version of the industry-leading virtualization platform for desktop, server and cloud.

Citrix Masterclasses free live webinars are where customers and partners can product demonstrations, learn more about best practices and ask experts about the technical side of the products to see. There is even a Live Q & A throughout the webinar so that you get advice and feedback for its own server virtualization implementations.

Join our presenters Marc Trouard-Riolle (Sr. Product Marketing Manager, XS), Enzo Raso (Sr. Product Manager, XS) and Andrew Halley (Sr. Dir., Engineering, XS) in the current presentation of Citrix XenServer Master Class series as the new and improved Citrix XenServer 6.5.

Citrix XenServer discuss is the leading open platform hypervisor management, powered by Xen, the most productive hypervisor cloud infrastructure hosting world. In this session, we will discuss how XenServer can host and manage your desktop, server and cloud workloads with ease.

• Learn what the Citrix XenServer v6.5 new
• understanding is how. XenServer can reduce your total cost of ownership for Citrix virtualized desktop and application workloads
• they see what XenServer can mean for your business as the only option when it comes to virtualized graphics processor support in your virtual infrastructure - and we scaled further.
• they see the XenServer 6.5 update architecture can be faster and more works scaled.

Creating a Meditation traffic light with Octoblu, Phillips Hue and NeuroSky MindWave -

One of the first projects I did when I was connected Octoblu able light meditation or concentration control. Maybe like, because any self-respecting techie I enjoyed star wars and I really wanted to use the power and control things with my mind. I bought a NeuroSky MindWave and it was one of the first things that I integrated with Octoblu. I also have an interest in meditation and biofeedback, so I decided to create a game Meditation stoplight, where the light of my meditation would show effort. Red would to show little to no effort Meditation, yellow moderate meditation would show effort and green, high meditation would of effort.

The objective would be to keep the light green, as long as possible (which sounds much more difficult it is). I also presented a project attribution to hackster.io. Here's how to create a mind-controlled light with a Phillips Hue

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Software Defined workplace -

Towards the end of last year I shared how the Internet of things (IoT) will be different in many ways for the enterprise market, as it will be for the consumer market. This is to understand an important difference, the current status of the hype and the attention focused on where the Internet of Things for the consumer cases, and consequently many of the business requirements and use cases can in the shuffle. want

For this update I lost a bit more of a business use case drill-down, and in particular how the Internet of Things is the Software Defined affect the workplace? The concept of software defined workplace is something that speak Citrix is ​​a good deal, as we see our customers moving to mobile workspaces.

What are the positive and negative effects of the Internet of Things on the Software Defined work?

This is the big question, and to begin, let us examine some of the benefits that the workplace Defined offer software. The Software Defined work will help you:

1. Connect people with the applications and services they
2. Ensure secure exchange of intellectual property
3. must work to reduce costs by requiring fewer devices, applications, infrastructure and property
4. workflows transform
5. to enable efficiency and speed of the changes for the business
inventing traditional jobs, a mobility transforms business create

now in the context of IoT enabled enterprise, they leave us at this show.

, the first two points that people refer to securely connect what they need to do their job. The intersection of people / places / things means that we have more information at our fingertips about employees and how they work, and the analysis of this information allows us to take advantage of contextual information, the better decisions about the user identity and user access enable . Since the workplace more virtual is, this measure may at information only help in ensuring that the workplace remains productive and secure, regardless of user location.

The third and fourth points relate to cost and efficiency. The amount of information from an IoT enabled office are collected, dwarf, which is collected today. With the new equipment, sensors and things information about users and infrastructure, the IoT company had produced a wealth of information at his fingertips have to identify the use of their infrastructure in the workplace. The orchestration of the device / things interactions and information flows all these devices / things, and the analysis of all this data and information is where the IoT enabled can add value work. Support of business opportunities out how to reduce costs and improve efficiency within the Office.

The fifth point speaks the workplace to mobility reinvent, and is the result of the previous points. Taking advantage of the situation, the context, orchestration and analytics business will allow, the way they work and to make up their work environment again, a mobility transformed companies to provide.

So while all this great and exciting sounds, I'm sure many of you think that it sounds easier said than done. You probably have questions and concerns about how realistic this vision is in the short term. Concerning about security and privacy? If this view of IT infrastructure support available? How much is it? How do you manage all this data without introducing too much complexity? These are good questions and ones that we want to address the question of our customers, as well as our own views share in upcoming blog posts - finally Citrix Software Defined a work is

So please stay tuned .. in the meantime, I will ask that, if you are interested in your opinion in the exchange, as well as in this survey take a look at how you leave a comment below. Even if you want to start now to experiment, you can have a look at an IoT platform allows you all to join in a required software defined Workplace things, services and data. Check the Citrix Octoblu platform and sign up for their beta preview

For more information on the impact of IoT workplace .:

• This is a recent article that some specific talks about examples of the impact of IoT to the business, including a "Smarter Office.
• This is an older article from Wired, it still provides a good look at how the Internet of things and with a particular focus to manage the workplace impact on strengthening user their work life ..
• Microsoft has recently published on the impact of the Internet of things in the modern workplace on this video. one of the main points the IoT devices / sensors do not change at work. Instead, they enable new business models and process changes that will change the workplace.
• What about the impact of government regulation on the Internet of Things? The Citrix Octoblu team weighs on some recent FTC proposals on their thoughts and how they would affect the company.
• Interested in your opinions on IoT to share at work? Please take a look at this Citrix survey.

The moving IT 2015 -

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Take the Networking Pop Quiz & Win Big! -

Not a virtualization wiz? No problem. We continue our series of tests with our second quiz, focused on networking. Think you know NetScaler? Prove it! Take our 10 question quiz and you can be one of the lucky winners of a FREE e-learning course of Citrix Education. All participants will receive a 15% discount on an e-learning course to obtain, but it is left less than 2 weeks - so share this post with your friends, colleagues, IT Enthusiests, and general networking fans. Ends March 8, 2015

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How to Workspace Control Reconnect - disable

A question on Citrix Receiver again workspace control to disable has come many times.

The Workspace Control for Receiver for Web can be editing web.config managed for the Receiver for Web site. Please note Citrix eDocs for details.

For Receiver for Windows Workspace control can be managed on client devices by editing the registry. Please read this Knowledge Base article on how to implement them. This can also connected for domain client devices using Group Policy occur.

Storefront 2.6 a configuration provides workspace control back to the Store Service to disable for all recipients. This can be managed through web.config PowerShell or by editing.

Using PowerShell

Make sure that you close the Admin Console. Run to import the following code snippet the storefront PowerShell modules:

 $ dsInstallProp = Get-ItemProperty `-Path HKLM:  SOFTWARE  Citrix  DeliveryServicesManagement -Name InstallDir $ dsInstallDir = $ & $ dsInstallProp.InstallDir dsInstallDir . ,  Scripts  ImportModules.ps1 

can

workspace control to connect then be turned on / off the PowerShell Set-DSAllowSessionReconnect command. The syntax is:

 Set-DSAllowSessionReconnect [[-SiteId] ] [[-VirtualPath] ] `[[-IsAllowed] ] 

For example, if you want to disable Workspace Control is configured for a business again in / Citrix / Store, the following command according to the store:

 Set-DSAllowSessionReconnect -SiteId 1 -VirtualPath / Citrix / Store '-IsAllowed $ false 

editing web.config

Open web.config under the Store service, for example / Citrix / storage in a text editor. Locate the line that looks like follows :.

Change to disable the value of allowSessionReconnect incorrect workspace control reconnect or true, so it

Mobility Experts: WorxStore branding in XenMobile Server v10 -

XenMobile Server allows companies / organizations to have their own company logo in the WorxStore. This blog describes the steps required WorxStore branding in XMS v10 configure, including step by step instructions with screenshots

Requirements .:

you would need the following prerequisites in place:

1. An instance of XMS - fully configured
2. The company logo file in .png format (pure white logo / text with a transparent background at 72 dpi is recommended)
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3. The company logo of height or width should not exceed: 170px x 25px (1x) + 340px x 50px (2x), for proper alignment of the logo
4. files head should be named as .. png and Header@2x.png
5. Select these two files and zip them as folder

Note : Zip file should be made of the files, not a folder containing the files in which it is created. You should only and not in a different format.

step-be-step instructions

1 in ZIP format. Sign the XMS server

2. Navigate to configure -> Settings -> more

3. Click WorxStore Branding (Client)

4. This will open the branding configuration page.

5. Locate the zip file that contains two header files and

. Note: You can also choose the default memory views for the Worx store and the type of equipment in which the branding can be seen. (Ex: phone or tablet)

6. Click Save.

7. You get a screen that receive branding zip file has been successfully saved.

Note

• During the confirmation screen, you can see the preview as the branding would look.
• If you need to make changes, you can use the modified ZIP file and save it to reload.

8. signing in WorxHome on your device, you will see the logo as below .:

This includes the blog on WorxStore branding

Mobility Experts: Step by step guide to clustering - XenMobile 10 -

This blog helps you configure XenMobile Server in cluster mode and load it with NetScaler (NS) compensates. XMS is a single server, the integration between XDM and AppC, so it would take two LoadBalance VIPs (LB VIP) that must be configured on NetScaler level. In the earlier versions of XME we had XDM configured as a cluster and AppC as HA pair cluster. Now, configured in the unified console of XMS, only cluster is

There are two LB VIPs required which are as :.

MDM LB VIP - MDM LB VIPs is required to configure XDM cluster in SSL-bridge mode. These LB VIPs are created at 443 and 8443 ports

MAM LB VIP -. MAM LB VIP is required to speak for Access Gateway to XMS. The LB VIP is created on 8443 port. In the XMS, all traffic from Access Gateway on LB VIP routed to 8443 Port

This can be configured manually or using wizards in the NetScaler

Pre-requirements: ..

1. It is assumed that you have the appropriate XMS knots fully configured.
2. Two free IP addresses for LB VIPs
3. server certificate / s
4. AG VIP already set

Visit the URL below, FAQs on XenMobile 10 and NetScaler 10.5 Integration and the steps the XenMobile 10 run Deployment Wizard in NetScaler:

http: //support.citrix. com / article / CTX0430

1. Install the cluster nodes

Based is required on the number of nodes, you must create new VMs and they to same DB [1945004Punkt] and the provision of same PKI certificate passwords . You should also "allow cluster 'to' y 'in CLI guarantee, while configuring the first node.

to the following steps, a new VM to join the cluster.

. 1 Open the console of the new VM and enter a new password for the admin account

2. Enter the network configuration details as below

3. If you want to use the default password for data protection, you can 'y' here otherwise enter 'n' and enter a new password

4. Configure the database so that you can refer to the same DB as that of the previous fully configured VM. the message "database already exists"

5 to see. Give was given for the certificates here, as for the first VM, the same passwords.

6. After entering the password, will complete the initial configuration to the second node.

7. Once the configuration is complete, start the XMS and you are the login prompt

receive

Note : the login prompt name here would be the same in all the nodes that is the host name of the XMS. This is defined as a control point that both the VMs on the same DB server show / service. They

8. Visit using the UI of the XMS server FQDN. The landing page is the upper right, a tool icon (red in the picture circled below) to find. Click on the.

9. It opens a support program side up. In this page, under Advanced, click on Cluster Information

10. This page will give you all information about the cluster, including cluster member, device connection information, tasks, etc.

11. This is how a new node made member of the cluster. You can add another node using the same method.

1.1. Finding XMS node server IDs

For service IDs of the nodes, perform, see the following steps:

FROM CLI:

1. Login to the CLI of XMS, you want to

2 find the node ID

. Enter choice than 1 in order in clustering navigation

3. You can download the node ID to see, as shown

Note : same steps Repeat node IDs of all the cluster members in the XMS cluster [zufinden

FROM GUI:

[1945001Registration] 1. Admin console to XMS

2. In the Support page, click cluster information under Advanced

3. They are the node IDs, see how below

2 shown. Configuring Load Balancing of XMS cluster in NetScaler

Once the required nodes will now be added as members of XMS cluster, you must access this Load Balancing cluster. Since it is a single XMS server console, you must configure SSL bridge on MDM component and MAM component. You also need the DNS address record (NetScaler> Traffic Management> DNS Records> address entries) to refer to configure the XMS FQDN MAM LB VIP. The information required in this blog.

2.1 explained. SSL BRIDGE - MDM LB VIP

In this section we will look at the configuration of SSL Bridge see the wizard in NetScaler with

1 .. Log into NetScaler Gateway

2. In the configuration tab, click XenMobile

3. click Configure (Device Manager Load balancing)

4. Enter the LB VIP

5. Click Next

6. at this VIP add the XMS nodes

7. Enter the XMS server IP

8. Click Add

9. In the same way, add the second node of XMS

10. Click Next and then Finish.

This is the MDM LB VIP create

2.2. SSL offload - by following the steps below

1 MAM LB VIP

, you must configure SSL offload for MAM component on 8443 port. Navigate to Configurations -> Traffic Management -> Load Balancing -> Virtual Server

2. Click "Add"

3. Enter the MAM LB VIP Server Info here

4. protocol should SSL and port should be 8443

. 5 Click 6. After you create a VIP Next

, you have the persistence value

add. 7 Select Persistence as CustomServerID

8. Enter the following value as an expression of

HTTP.REQ.COOKIE.VALUE ( "ACNODEID")

9. Click Save, and you will see this screen with saved settings

10th Since this is on SSL certificate, you need to bind the server certificate. From Advanced on the left side, select Certificates

11. Select the > book brand certificate (see below)

12. It is on server cert key take page, click bind

13. Select the SSL certificate and click Paste

14. Click Next

15. Click Finish

2.3. create Service group

create

service groups by the steps given here following:

Service Group for MDM on port 443

1. Navigate to NetScaler> Traffic management> Load balancing> service groups

2. Add Click

3. Select protocol 4 as SSL_BRIDGE

Click Next

5. Click Done service group

6 to create. In the same manner, create another service group for MDM on port 8443

done 7. Once with MDM, you need for MAM on port 8443

Note to create a service group : you can follow the same steps as described above. Make sure that the protocol selected as SSL

2.4. Creating members for service groups

create

members for service groups through the steps given here following

1. Open the LB service groups, and click the first (or someone) to add members

2. here I have selected MDM service group on port 443

. 3 4. Click the + next to members

> Click on service members

add. 5 Add Click

6. Enter the IP address of the node

7. Make sure that the port number matches.

8. Repeat steps for other nodes in the cluster

9. Once done, click Close

10. Click Finish

11. Repeat steps for MDM service group on port 8443

Note : Since groups and members are assigned, you would see the status of UP

12. now open the MAM-service group

13. Run have done the same steps as for MDM, and you must add the server IDs, as shown here.

14. You should see all the VIPs in Activated and UP mode

2.5. Binding LB VIPs to service groups

you need to bind the service groups with the LB VIPs. You can do this by performing the steps of

1. Open the MDM-LB (or someone you love)

. 2 on the right side, click on service groups

3. click the> mark in the service group

4. Click 5. bind

Select to bind the same port group

6. Click Save

7. Click Finish to

8. you see that LB VIP as activated shows and to

9. Repeat steps for other VIPs LB

10. you should all LBs in uP and status Enabled

to 2.6 see. point AG VIP LB VIP

After LB VIP Configure AG LB VIP point. You can do this by using the following steps below:

1. Open the AG VIP configuration page (NS Configuration -> XenMobile)

2. Click Edit

3. Click 4. Edit next XenMobile settings

Add the App controller FQDN (XMS FQDN) with : 8443

5. After appending, you would see the port as under

. 6 Click Done

2.7. point XMS host MAM LB VIP

You have changes in NS directions make all the traffic from AG to MAM LB VIP. To achieve this, we need a DNS entry in NS add as 1 under

Navigate to NetScaler> Traffic Management> DNS> Records> Address Records

2. Add click

3. Enter the host name and AG VIP IP address and click the plus sign the IP

4 add. 5. Click on Create

They are the DNS entry in the list

IMPORTANT: .. The MAM LB VIP FQDN, MDM LB VIP FQDN and the XMS FQDN should be equal to

This includes the blog.