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Customers who use XenApp for application management frequently use MFCOM and the Windows command line interface to control XenApp and even to create scripts and batch files. With PowerShell being adopted quickly, customers have asked us for support here as well. For the past few months, we have been working on just that and we recently finished out a phase 1 private tech preview that helped provide some much needed feedback on the direction we were going. We solicited feedback from some close members of our Citrix community and they provided the insight we needed to really make this work well for customers. You can still see those threads in the support forum. I'm happy to announce that we've just released the Commands for XenApp Technology Preview. PowerShell Commands for XenApp allow you to access most aspects of XenApp including MFCOM functionality, Access Management Console features, and even functions found in the Advanced Configuration Tool (aka Citrix Management Console) and will work for XenApp 5 on W2K8 and on Presentation Server 4.5 with HRP03 running on Windows Server 2003 (aka XenApp 5 on W2K3). Commands for XenApp are an initial step towards the next generation of the Management SDK for XenApp. They will replace the current XenApp Management SDK (MPSSDK/MFCOM) in future releases so it's very important to us that customers that use the SDK's take a look at Commands and provide feedback before we release the final version. All customers and partners who currently use MFCOM can now experiment with this release and participate with us in the creation of the official release. We are looking forward to that feedback. |
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This Tech Preview is open to everyone with a MyCitrix account (Create a MyCitrix account if you don't have one yet). Download the tech preview from our new tech preview site and access the support forum if you need help and to provide feedback. The forum has separate sections for bugs, enhancement requests, scripts, and general questions and discussion.
Special thanks to Brandon Shell, Nick Holmquist, Jeroen van de Kamp and Tony Zhang for their suggestions and bug reports - their feedback was crucial for this second version. We are looking forward to your participation as well.
If you are interested in participating in future private previews of the XenApp SDK's, please contact me at twitter at @aurelianolopez.
Sncerely,
The XenApp Commands team
Check out these Other Links and Resources
XenApp Tech Preview Page
XenApp on Twitter
XenApp blogs
XenApp Videos and TV
Yesterday, we released the Application Streaming Profiler SDK version 1.2, and it is now available as a free download.
This SDK allows creating applications or scripts that automate the management of streaming profiles. The API allows creating, updating, reseting and deleting profiles, and can be combined with automatic starts of unattended installers. Without this SDK, these tasks could only be done through the Streaming Profiler user interface and would require the physical presence and monitoring of an administrator.
Here follow a list of improvements in this second release of the SDK:
- New APIs for Inter-Isolation Communication profiles: The New IRADEPackage2 classes include support for defining links between profiles.
- Includes the TLB file that allows the easy creation of COM client applications with C++.
- Includes and explains multiple working samples in both C# and C++.
- The files included in this SDK are better organized for easy navigation.
For more information about Application Streaming see the product documentation or search for "Application Streaming" on the Citrix Blogs, and for detailed questions about the SDK, visit the dedicated Community Forum. Also, keep monitoring the Citrix Blogs because Joe Nord, our Product Architect for Application Streaming, will soon post entries to further explain the Streaming Profiler, the SDK, and this release.
Very important: we want to know about your experience with this SDK:
- Have you been able to use the SDK effectively?
- What else would you like to see in the SDK?
Lastly, XenApp 5.0 was announced earlier this week. If you want to learn more about it, you should not miss Citrix Delivery Center Live. This live virtual event will take place on September 9th. Make sure to register now!
We have just released the XenApp Management SDK (MFCOM) for XenApp 5.0, and it is now available as a free download.
This SDK allows creating programs or scripts that automate the management of XenApp. Examples of use for this SDK range from simple scripts to the implementation of full-fledge custom consoles for fully managing a XenApp deployment.
This release of the SDK adds support for Health Monitoring and Recovery, for reboot schedules, and for session policies. For additional details see the SDK and the XenApp documentation. You can also visit the very active Community Forum for this SDK.
XenApp 5.0 was announced earlier this week. If you want to learn more about it, you should not miss Citrix Delivery Center Live. This live virtual event will take place on September 9th. Make sure to register now!
We have recently released an update for the Health Monitoring & Recovery SDK, and it is now available for download.
The popularity of the Health Monitoring & Recovery (HMR) feature, included with XenApp 4.5 Platinum and Enterprise editions, has greatly increased during the last few months among Citrix customers. This feature monitors the health of XenApp by periodically executing multiple tests and by starting a recovery action if any of those tests fails.
Citrix provides multiple HMR tests out-of-the-box for the administrators to configure, but customers and third parties can use this SDK to develop additional tests.
Some of the improvements in this update of the SDK include:
- Improved error handling.
- Support for additional test formats.
- Additional sample tests.
- Support for Windows Server 2008.
We are planning a future video blog regarding HMR in general and about the SDK in particular. So, stay tuned!
In the mean time, you can check the Citrix Presentation Server Administrator's Guide or a prior posting about the feature for more information.
Enjoy!
Aureliano Lopez-Martin
Senior Product Manager, XenApp SDKs