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As the New Year quickly approaches, we're all thinking of our New Year's resolutions, and I'm sure that on the top of each of your lists is "Improve the Capabilities of my Corporate Citrix Farm".
OK, maybe it's not at the TOP of your list...
But improving the reliability, scalability, and ease of use of your Citrix installations is an issue that most administrators face constantly. And, as the New Year is upon us, it might be a good time to reflect on that "one thing" that you can do to make your farm more productive, more secure, more reliable, and more manageable.
Along those same lines, I think it's a good time for Citrix to ask... What new products or enhancements would you like to see from us? What can WE do to make your job easier? What can we do to make your farm more secure? What can we do to provide you with the tools you need to make your Citrix installation perform in ways you have not been able to achieve?
Feel free to reply with your #1 ITEM (just one, make it your biggest) that you would like Citrix to focus on in the upcoming year. If it's a direction that we're already working towards, and you'd like us to continue, let us know! If there's an area that you think we should look at, we'd like to know that as well! Although I can't personally promise that your suggestion will work it's way to the top of our list, I think that your feedback, as always, is an integral part of our corporate direction, and helps us to plan for the future as well.
So, let the 2009 wishes begin!...
Comments (14)
Dec 22, 2008
Anonymous says:
UPD for Network Printers. I cringe every time a thin client is introduced...UPD for Network Printers.
I cringe every time a thin client is introduced into a XenApp infrastructure. Since most thin clients don't support local printers, network printers are required on the XenApp server. Since the UPD does not work with network printers, regular printer drivers must be installed. If XenApp had a UPD for network printers, then I wouldn't care if thin clients were used in a XenApp infrastructure and we could eliminate all printer drivers for any printing scenarios.
There are third party products that provide this functionality but I am resistent to adding another management point (at an extra cost).
Dec 22, 2008
Anonymous says:
By the way... where is Citrix Universal Printserver solution?By the way... where is Citrix Universal Printserver solution?
Dec 22, 2008
Linus Lindström says:
ONE Configuration tool that can handle several different versions of the product...ONE Configuration tool that can handle several different versions of the products.
Dec 23, 2008
Rene Vester says:
Universal Print Server .. AppReciever.. XenCenter to include management ...Universal Print Server ..
AppReciever..
XenCenter to include management of ESX and Hyper-V hosts.. Why not do to Hypervisors what you guys have been doing for terminal services forever?
oh yea.. and peace on earth
René Vester
Dec 24, 2008
Eckart Gutzeit says:
As most of my predecessors wrote, the "Universal Print Server" is my biggest wis...As most of my predecessors wrote, the "Universal Print Server" is my biggest wish for 2009.
I love the UPD, since it makes an admin's life much easier, but if it comes to Mac, Linux, or Thin clients, most of the advantages are lost
A universal print server would help here really
Regards
Ecki
Dec 26, 2008
Pierre MARMIGNON says:
Hi, Like most posts for now UPD for non Win32 Client would be a must Best Reg...Hi,
Like most posts for now UPD for non Win32 Client would be a must
Best Regards,
Pierre
Dec 26, 2008
Anonymous says:
Hi, As you are asking... I'll give you my TWOO wishes (give it a hand, he'll t...Hi,
As you are asking...
I'll give you my TWOO wishes (give it a hand, he'll take a arm!):
- a XenCenter Linux compatible (web, java (like the old one) or else...)
- PCI passtrough for XenServer.
See you in 1 year!
Nico
Dec 27, 2008
Anonymous says:
ONE. ONE. ONE. ONE. Management console. The horribly designed management scheme ...ONE. ONE. ONE. ONE. Management console. The horribly designed management scheme you are forcing on administrators should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Now I have heard from all of your Sales reps and SE's that, "you hear us", with these complaints. However, there is little to NO progress on this problem. I really can not see any valid excuse other than you consider XenApp a mature product line and thus do not want to spend the resources to fix the problem.
Jan 13, 2009
Anonymous says:
I can't agree more on this. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Citrix, you have not get it rig...I can't agree more on this. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Citrix, you have not get it right on this one for many years. Since now that you ask, please get it right this time. There should be no more excuses - getting a single common management console to manage your flagship products should be a very basic requirement of product engineering. I hope whoever's managing the product managers please give this a tick and let the engineers do their job in getting this right
at least for this one.
Dec 29, 2008
Neil Hiorns says:
Mechanisms to auto detect or via Policies the fact that a user is connectin...Mechanisms to auto detect or via Policies the fact that a user is connecting via LAN or WAN.
Once user is found to be either connecting via LAN or WAN, enable or disable features such are ClearType, compression etc. Basically an understanding that in a lot of cases, Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop is used more for internal users than external. Enable a 'fatter' protocol for use internally and let the network, which in in most cases are 100 or 1000 Mb, take the strain.
Jan 21, 2009
Anonymous says:
I would like to see: - Desktop Delivery Controller on Windows 2008 - t...I would like to see:
- Desktop Delivery Controller on Windows 2008
- the Relese Date for the User Profile Manager
Feb 03, 2009
Anonymous says:
User Profile Manager = checked Desktop Delivery Controller on W2k8 = Still wait...User Profile Manager = checked
Desktop Delivery Controller on W2k8 = Still waiting for that (one year after MS released Windows 2008)
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Jan 28, 2009
Ben Meints says:
How about snapshot technology for Provisioning Server? When we are updating our...How about snapshot technology for Provisioning Server?
When we are updating our vdisks, we need to copy the disk, install the updates, and enroll the disk to the several servers. copying a vdisk takes us about 15 minutes, enrollment about 5 minutes or so. Several of our customers use service windows, so it is quit common that multiple updates are deployed in one window.
How nice would it be, that we copy a vdisk, take it in private mode, install the first update, take a snapshot, install the second update, test, take another snapshot, and so on. This way, if something goes wrong, we could simply return to the state of the vdisk before update x. This reduces the time needed for copying the vdisk for every update.
If all updates are completed and tested, than we could merge all snapshots into one file, place that file (vdisk) in standard mode, and enroll that disk to the xenapp farm, or VDI farm.
Nov 17
Anonymous says:
i want standalone xendesktop agent without ddc, i.e. replace rdp with ica in sin...i want standalone xendesktop agent without ddc, i.e. replace rdp with ica in single, independent VMs.
technically , this should be piece of cake for citrix, as ddc dependency isnt really necessary.
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