RES Software: Integration Toolkit for Citrix XenApp v2.0

The RES Workspace Manager Integration Toolkit for Citrix XenApp (now with XenApp 6 support) helps you implement RES Workspace Manager in your Citrix environment by using information about existing published applications in only a few steps:

Gather information of published applications in the existing Citrix Farm Configure application behavior (for example publishing in RES WM) Create
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VMware View, default printer and PCoIP

Today I had my first battle with a VMware View environment, guess who won????

Case: a customer is launching a RES Workspace Manager session within a VMware View environment based on Windows XP. Within RES a default printer has been defined for the user, so far so good. When connecting by RDP to the VMware
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How to launch RES Workspace Manager for desktops and laptops

After installation of RES WSM 2011 (Workspace Manager aka RES PowerFuse) on a desktop client or laptop, the administrator must choose how RES WSM must be launched for the user. There are multiple ways to launch RES WSM from a client pc. Each will have its pros and  its cons. Within this article 4 ways to
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RES Software Solutions for Desktop Transformation

This article contains three cool video’s from CTO Bob Janssen and Principal Product Manager Bob de Kousemaeker explaining why a transformative methodology is the best way to advance your desktop virtualization efforts, and how RES solutions support Citrix desktop transformation. Bob and Bob demonstrate desktop transformation by leveraging both Citrix and RES technologies. This session
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HOWTO document your User Workspace Environment

Used an older blog today for creating reports. I used Building Blocks for creating reports in Excel. It is also applicable for RES Workspace Manager 2011 Building Blocks.
In RES PowerFuse you can create documentation based on the Instant Report function. But what a lot of people don’t know is that you also can create your own reports based on XML content. In this blog we want to show you how to use both way’s of creating documentation within RES PowerFuse. «Continue Reading»

RES Software’s new, free Baseline Desktop Analyzer (BDA)

RES Baseline Desktop Analyzer is a free online service that provides insight into the current state of the desktop environment. This insight is a critical first step in any IT project.

RES Baseline Desktop Analyzer will give you a clear insight into your:

Hardware Inventory Application Landscape User Population Location Layout Printing Topology


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Best practice how to launch RES PowerFuse / RES WSM published Desktop

** Updated 19-01-2012
Last weeks we have seen more empty desktops started: no start menu, no desktop icons, only a file explorer is started.
Again: all solved by using this best practice.

I’ve updated the solution a bit more detailed.

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Regularly we have discussions with IT Admins about how to launch a remote desktop. For RDP desktops there is not much discussion, only one taste available: Full Screen. This rules!!

Most discussion are about Citrix published Desktops. The Citrix client is in general leading in how a published application is started, many IT admins don’t know this or are not able to control this end point setting.
RES WSM (Workspace Manager) Console offers a button to automatically publish a Desktop, the only ‘but’ about this one is that this is a Published Application which starts actually a desktop (this is not bad, but there is a better way to do).
This is where issues begin, the possibility to launch this desktop in Seamless mode can cause taskbar issues, dual-screen issues, application issues, etc.
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Starting the XenDesktop VDA

Today i ‘ve had a great remote session with one of our customers at RES Software. His environment contains Microsoft Hyper-V (hypervisor), Citrix XenDesktop (broker), Citrix Provisioning Server (provisioning of vDisks), RES Workspace Manager and finally RES Automation Manager. «Continue Reading»

Ports of RES PowerFuse and other products

This article from RESUG is a handy reference to of all IP ports which are being used in PowerFuse, Wisdom etc. «Continue Reading»

The Ultimate Profile Solution

“The Ultimate Profile Solution” includes a live demo of Virtual Desktop Extender (VDX) technology by Bob Janssen.

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