Want to use another protocol in vRD 2009?

vRD 2009 has added support for many more protocols in addition to RDP (including VNC, Citrix ICA, Telnet, SSH, and HTTP/S). If you want to use another protocol–no matter what the default protocol is for the object–follow these directions.

Choose another protocol for a connection.

To connect via a different protocol, select the connection, then right–click. Next, select Connect with Protocols…, and choose the protocol you want to use.

Go to the vRD 2009 site and click Try Out to download the evaluation version today!

Shortcuts in vRD 2009

If you’ve begun to use visionapp Remote Desktop 2009, there are a few shortcuts to some of the new functionality!

To quickly refresh sessions and find out who is connected to any/all of the computers in a folder, right-click on the folder and select Refresh Sessions All.

Organize the contents of folders by choosing the folder, then right–click and select Sort Alphabetically.

Since vRD 2009 can now support a lot more protocols than just RDP (including VNC, Citrix ICA, Telnet, SSH, and HTTP/S), how do you figure out which protocol each connection uses? Easy — just hover over a connection to see which protocol it will use by default!

Go to the vRD 2009 site and click Try Out to download the evaluation version today!

Webinar: XenApp 5 and visionapp Server Management

If you are looking to see the stuff in the “Migrating to XenApp 5″ white paper in real live action, visionapp is hosting an hourlong Webinar on December 2, 2008.

The everyday operation of Citrix XenApp farms and maintenance of machines, software and settings can be tiresome. Keeping servers up-to-date and consistent can be a challenge. Best practices for migrating to XenApp 5 from older versions of Citrix include having properly maintained machines as well as careful planning and testing. The webinar will show how vSM 2008 performs migration to XenApp 5 and day-to-day maintenance of Citrix farms – in a standardized, reliable, reproducible and documented way.

This webinar is mainly intended for technical audiences; basic knowledge of Citrix products is recommended.

Sign up here.

Migrating to XenApp 5

If you and/or your customers have questions about migrating to Citrix XenApp 5, visionapp has just published a paper detailing best practices and how to enforce an effective migration methodology. The paper is available on a few sites, including eMediaUSA, KnowledgeStorm, and BitPipe.

Here’s one of the links:
Citrix XenApp 5: Preparing for a Successful Migration (registration may be required)

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Geek Speak Live in Des Moines, Iowa

The Citrix Geek Speak Road Trip is coming back to Iowa, and visionapp Chief Technologist Rick Dehlinger is one of the featured presenters!

Event Details:
Thursday, December 4th
Sessions: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres, 4:00PM – 5:00PM
Location: The Des Moines Golf and Country Club
1600 Jordan Creek Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266

visionapp is also sponsoring the food and drink at happy hour. If you attended the Citrix Synergy 2008 event and the June Geek Speek event, then you are aware of the craze over Geek Speak Live.

visionapp business partner Alliance Technologies is bringing Geek Speak back to Des Moines this December, giving you facilitated learning from thought leaders and tech experts, including visionapp Chief Technologist Rick Dehlinger, as well as industry experts Doug Brown, Rich Crusco, and Michael Keen.

This open forum event gives the audience the chance to run the show and will include discussions and input from experts in the infrastructure delivery community.

You can find more info on the Geek Speak event here.

RickD’s GeekSpeak presentation at Summit!

As noted in a previous post, visionapp Chief Techie Rick Dehlinger spoke at Citrix Summit 09. Citrix shot footage of Rick’s presentation and has graciously shared it with us.

Get the video here!