Citrix XenApp: Limiting Application Instances

By default, XenApp does not limit the number of instances of a published application that can run at one time in a farm. By default, a user can launch more than one instance of a published application at the same time. You can specify the maximum number of instances that a published application can run at one time or concurrently in the server farm. For example, you can publish an application and set a limit of 30 concurrent instances in the farm. Once 30 users are running the application at the same time, no more users can launch the application […]

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User Profile Best Practices for XenApp 5

Summary This article presents Microsoft and Citrix options for the design of user profiles in a XenApp environment. An effective design of user profiles can make a significant difference in the performance and manageability of a XenApp environment. Many of the issues commonly seen in large or complex XenApp environments—including slow logon, loss of user settings, profile corruption, and excessive administrative effort, are often the result of sub-optimal user profile designs. A solid design and implementation of user profiles can maintain the integrity of user settings, eliminate issues requiring administrator intervention, and ensure high-performance user logon. User Profile Background Windows […]

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Citrix Online Plugin ICA Settings Reference

ChannelName ChannelName ClientAudio AudioDevice(2) AudioHWSection AudioInWakeOnInput AudioOutWakeOnOutput CommandAckThresh ControlPollTime ConverterSection DataAckThresh MaxDataBufferSize MaxMicBufferSize NumCommandBuffers NumDataBuffers PlaybackDelayThresh VariantName ClientComm COMAllowed(2) CommPollSize CommPollWaitInc CommPollWaitIncTime CommPollWaitMax CommPollWaitMin CommWakeOnInput MaxPort, WindowSize ClientDrive CDMReadOnly DisableDrives EnableAsyncWrites EnableReadAhead MaxOpenContext MaxWindowSize NativeDriveMapping SFRAllowed ClientPrinterPort PrinterThreadPriority PrintMaxRetry WindowSize WindowsPrinter ClientPrinterQueue PrinterResetTime UnicodeEnabled VSLAllowed(2) WindowSize WindowsPrinter WindowSize2 Compress DriverNameWin32(12) DefaultSerialConnection DTR Delegation LockdownProfiles, RegionIdentification Dynamic AcceptURLType Address(2) BUCC(2) Command DesiredColor(5) DriverNameAlt DriverNameAltWin32 DriverNameWin32(12) InitialProgram(2) LongCommandLine(2) Path ProxyHost(3) RECD(2) RejectURLType REWD(2) SessionSharingLaunchOnly SSOnCredentialType(3) startIFDCD(3) startSCD(2) UseAlternateAddress(3) Username(3) Encoding InputEncoding EncRC-5-0, EncRC-5-40, EncRC-5-56, and EncRC-5-128 DriverNameWin32(12) ICA 3.0 BufferLength BufferLength2 DriverNameWin32(12) VirtualDriver VirtualDriverEx Logging LogConfigurationAccess, LogEvidence, LogFile Ping PingCount qwerty LicenseType, […]

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