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May 25, 2011Citrix

XenApp Deployment Strategies

XenApp Servers Explained Proper farm design is the most important aspect to having a well performing, scalable farm. This post examines the architecture and design of the Citrix XenApp solution as the number of users/servers requiring applications or desktop access scales. XenApp Server Roles XenApp farms have two types of servers: infrastructure servers and worker servers. Worker servers are dedicated to the role of hosting published applications and desktop. Infrastructure servers perform specific functions and do not typically host published applications, except in small farms. Infrastructure servers host functionality that supports the farm, such as the data store, data collector, […]

May 25, 2011PowerShell

PS: Three Things You Might Not Know About Windows PowerShell Functions

You can set default values for function parameters As a general rule, any time you call a function you pass it the appropriate number of parameters. For example, suppose we have the following function, a function that multiplies two numbers: Copy function test ($x, $y) { $x * $y } To use this function, you typically provide values for the variables $x and $y at the time you call the function: Copy test 33 22 That’s fine; that’s exactly what you should do when you call a function. However, consider the following function, one that reports back the day of […]