XenDesktop Machine Creation Service

So, I’ve just finished building a XenDesktop 5 proof of concept for a client:

XenServer 5.6 FP1

Provisioning Server 5.6 SP1

XenDesktop 5

Windows 7

All was going well and everything was setup, I had the golden image ready. So I go to start deploying the desktops when I discovered there is no XenDesktop Wizard! Doh!

Just my luck XenDesktop 5 now has its own deployment wizard, the Machine Creation Service (MCS). It is totally sweet, you just do the following in the Desktop Studio:

Hook your XenDesktop controller up to the hosting XenServer

Start the MCS wizard

Select how many desktops, select your primary VM, naming, AD membership.

Next, next finish – you have a bunch of virtual desktops!

Not sure if this feature will unseat PVS, but it is definitely the go for POC’s and small implementations.

Nice one Citrix J

Smart Access in XenApp 6

I discovered that I can’t apply blanket XenApp policy to all Access Gateway Enterprise Edition connections in XenApp 6. 

A restrictive policy was created that disables drive and printer mapping.

When I tried applying the policy to all Access Gateway connections, the policy settings were ignored (i.e. drives and printers were mapped).

 

But by adding the specific Access Gateway server name and policy, the policy started to apply. 

This is not as it should work though. The documentation says the following:

If no filters are configured for an enabled policy then all of the configured settings will be applied

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