Top XenDesktop Technical Content 2010

Posted on http://community.citrix.com/blogs/ by David McGeough

Following on from my series of blogs in December last detailing the top 10 articles, whitepapers, hotfixes, presentations for 2010; due to popular demand see below the top 5 XenDesktop technical content for 2010.

Top 5 Technical Articles

Article Number	Article Title
CTX123240	XenDesktop 4 Licensing FAQ
CTX118976	How to Configure XenDesktop to Function Properly Without an Organizational Unit in Active Directory
CTX123418	Error: The system could not log you on. Ensure that you entered your details correctly and try again
CTX122417	Using XenDesktop with Multiple Active Directory Forests
CTX118248	Citrix Presentation Server Licenses have been Renamed to Citrix XenApp

Top 5 Whitepapers Articles

Article Number	Article Title
CTX124087	XenDesktop Modular Reference Architecture
CTX124799	User Profiles for XenApp and XenDesktop
CTX123684	Delivering 5000 Desktops with Citrix XenDesktop 4
CTX120760	XenDesktop - Design Handbook
CTX121478	Designing an Enterprise XenDesktop Solution

Top 5 Hotfixes

Article Number	Article Title
CTX124280	Hotfix XDE400VDAWX86002 (Version 4.0.4534) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Virtual Desktop Agent x86
CTX126122	Delegated Administration and Configuration Logging Components - For XenDesktop 4 Service Pack 1
CTX124873	Hotfix XDE400VDAWX86003 (Version 4.0.4546) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Virtual Desktop Agent x86
CTX126119	Hotfix XDE400PM004 (Version 4.0.4553) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Pool Management
CTX126132	Hotfix XDE400VDAWX86004 (Version 4.0.5013) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Virtual Desktop Agent x86

Top 5 Presentations

Article Number	Article Title
CTX123530	XenDesktop 4.0 Core Infrastructure and Features - GoToWebinar
CTX119102	TechEdge 2008 - Citrix XenDesktop Internals
CTX125180	Troubleshooting XenDesktop, Provisioning Services & XenServer Integration
CTX125177	TechEdge 2010 - Troubleshooting XenDesktop Deployments
CTX126981	XenApp and XenDesktop Authentication

Top 5 Forum Threads

Article Number	Article Title
LINK	Create catalog esx 4.1
LINK	XenDesktop, Windows 7 and ThinClients!
LINK	XD5 Windows 7 unable to re-connect
LINK	XD5 & Xendesktop PVS Setup Wizard tool - Unable to find hosting providers
LINK	Step by Step upgrade documentation needed.

Top 5 Videos

Video Link	Video Title
LINK	How To: Create a VM Template and Deploy using XenDesktop Wizard
LINK	How To: Configure USB Support on XenDesktop
LINK	How To: Enable Logging for the Desktop Delivery Controller and Virtual Desktop Agent
LINK	How To: Modify Initial Client Drive Mapping in XenDesktop Environment
LINK	How To: Configure ICA Packet Size in a XenDesktop Environment

Useful Group Policy Search Tool

Nice little Online Group Policy Search tool on a brand new Microsoft Site http://gps.cloudapp.net/

It gives you a nice interface that allows you to search for group policy settings, filter IE version, Office version etc.

Not surprisingly, uses Microsoft Azure but could be a useful tool for onsite engineers and consultants

BETA: Microsoft P2V Migration Tool for Software Assurance

In beta now for download: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!7701.entry

Pretty cool feature coming from Microsoft – deal with a problematic desktop migration from XP to Win7 by P2Ving the XP box & presenting to the new Win7 instance – not designed for all users, just those problem apps/environments to get a project signed off.

P2V Migration is recommended in cases where the user requires specific components from their current PC and those components cannot run in Windows 7 and do not warrant being part of a standardized and managed virtual machine environment for broad use. Licensing for P2V Migration requires that the converted Windows XP desktop and Windows 7 environment were installed by Volume License media and covered by Software Assurance.