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What's Required for Real Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop Troubleshooting?

It is not exactly a secret that Citrix deployments can be complex, and like any complex system, things may occasionally go wrong. When that happens, it is important to restore the system to a functional status as quickly as possible and avoid a prolonged outage. That being the case, IT pros who are tasked with maintaining their company’s Citrix deployments should consider their plan for addressing an unanticipated problem.

How to Troubleshoot the 33+ Stages of the Citrix Logon Process

Troubleshooting Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop logon duration is challenging because it’s a complex process, it’s asynchronous, meaning multiple things are happening simultaneously, and it’s also variable. Some logons will have 33 sub-steps in the process, and others will have more than 50. Any technology that doesn’t offer visibility into all the sub stages can only show that there is a general problem and not the true root cause of the issue.

Top 3 Citrix Mistakes, Fixes and Tips - How to Become a Citrix Hero

Citrix deployments – needless to say but let me say it nevertheless – are complicated. There are too many moving parts, various dependencies, and myriad configurations and customizations. Ultimately, organizations expect seamless connectivity and access to virtualized applications and desktops for their employees and partners whenever and wherever.

Is Your Citrix Monitoring Ready for Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.x?

Read this white paper by George Spiers, Citrix CTP and EUC Architect, where you will understand the changes in Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.x in detail and what types of monitoring best practices to adopt for ensuring top performance of your virtualized environment and outstanding user experience.

Automatically Map, Visualize and Troubleshoot Your Citrix Infrastructure with Topology View

One of the single biggest issues that Citrix administrators are forced to deal with is the sheer complexity of their Citrix systems. Not only is there complexity associated with the Citrix software itself, but the Citrix software also has a dependency upon a number of supporting infrastructure components. All of this complexity can make troubleshooting extraordinarily difficult whenever problems arise. An inexperienced administrator may not even know where to start.

Diagnose Any Kind Of Problem In Your Virtualized Environment With Goliath Technologies!

Theresa Miller is a Healthcare IT Blogger and one of the few individuals in the world to hold the following three prestigious virtualization awards: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vExpert. In this blog, Theresa describes a real-world example of a top 5 not-for-profit healthcare organization with over 1200 locations used Goliath Performance Monitor to troubleshoot and resolve a major incident impacting their MEDITECH users.

The Complete Citrix Delivery Infrastructure Health Check Tool

The New Topology View for Citrix Monitoring and Citrix Troubleshooting gives an IT administrator an out if the box solution to troubleshoot Citrix from a 50,000 foot view, down to the individual user. It’s an industry first capability to view their entire global hybrid IT infrastructure from a single pane of glass whether it is on premises and or in Amazon AWS or Azure.

How to Improve Your Citrix Deployment by Monitoring Pilot Phases

We all want seamless rollouts of Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and we use a number of tools to achieve that reality. I have found a unique software that allows me to proactively understand the performance impact of Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop on the IT infrastructure and ultimately end user experience early in the Citrix deployment lifecycle. In this post I will show you four examples of how I use the software to avoid potential issues.

XenWinGo, Citrix Service Provider (CSP) DaaS Reduces End User Support Tickets by 20%

USACI is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) provides Software as a Service (SaaS) and Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solutions over Citrix XenApp and Citrix XenDesktop. They also offer public and private cloud services via their product, XenWinGo. The breadth of services which the organization offers can place a lot of pressure on their Citrix help desk professionals.

Top 5 Nonprofit Healthcare Organization Troubleshoots and Resolves Issue Impacting MEDITECH Users with Goliath Performance Monitor

Healthcare IT faces both complexity and urgency when dealing with end user experience issues that impact their EHR environments. In addition to the usual issues of frustration, delays, and inefficiency, patient care is impacted when healthcare workers can’t access critical applications via Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, or VMware Horizon.