[THIN] Re: Citrix Program Neighborhood Feature Removal Announcement FAQ
- From: "Joe Shonk" <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:10:44 -0700
It was a good troubleshooting tool. And we have clients that still use it
for various reasons.
Lately, it looks like the Web Client and Web Interface are on the chopping
block.
Joe
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Greg Reese
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:02 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix Program Neighborhood Feature Removal Announcement
FAQ
goodbye and good riddance. should have been done three years ago.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Already done
2009/6/17 Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
Can we have a moment of silence for the death of program neighborhood?
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kenzig
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Carl Stalhood <cstalhood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Q: Who is the intended audience for this information?
A: This information is intended for XenApp customers, partners, Independent
Software Vendors (ISVs) and Citrix XenApp sales, channel, field readiness,
and support personnel.
Q: What is Citrix announcing?
A: Citrix is announcing the end of support for Program Neighborhood in all
future online plug-in releases. The Citrix online plug-in v11.0 is the last
version to use Program Neighborhood. Classic Program Neighborhood will be
supported through the second quarter of 2010.
Q: What Is Citrix Program Neighborhood?
A: Program Neighborhood is the legacy user interface included in the Citrix
online plug-in (formerly Program Neighborhood Agent). With this interface,
users can browse for groups of published resources (referred to as
application sets) or create custom connections to individually published
resources or to computers running Citrix XenApp.
Q: What is replacing Program Neighborhood?
A: Citrix encourages customers to leverage the Citrix Receiver as the best
practice for delivering simple and consistent access to corporate desktops
and applications from any device that the employee chooses to use. Receiver
automates plug-in updates by checking the server for new versions as they
become available. For customers who do not implement Citrix Receiver, newer
versions of the Citrix online plug-in will be introduced periodically to
include enhancements to the interface and core functionality.
Q: Why is Citrix taking this action?
A: Citrix has invested significantly in evolving its client technology to
meet broader business requirements and user needs. The release of Citrix
Receiver offers a more robust set of capabilities that simplify desktop and
application delivery for IT. Receiver enables users to connect to their
corporate applications from whatever device is convenient - a desktop or
laptop PC, Macintosh, or even the iPhone - with a new and simplified
interface.
Q: When will Program Neighborhood be removed?
A: Citrix customers have already begun to migrate to the newer client
versions. The Citrix online plug-in v11.0 is the last version to use Program
Neighborhood and it no longer installs Program Neighborhood by default.
Version 11.1 no longer includes Program Neighborhood at all. While Program
Neighborhood will still be supported in both of those versions, customers
are encouraged to begin planning to adopt a newer client version or migrate
to Citrix Receiver. With the v11.2 online plug-in release, tentatively
scheduled for the third quarter of 2009, Program Neighborhood will no longer
be supported.
Q: What is the expected impact?
A: The Citrix online plug-in requires customers to install and configure the
XenApp Web Interface service in their environment. XenApp Web Interface was
not a requirement for Program Neighborhood, therefore, customers must plan
for this change to their XenApp infrastructure. Program Neighborhood allows
users to connect directly to a specific XenApp server by allowing them to
specify the server's address. This feature is used mostly for diagnostic
purposes. Even though this feature will also no longer be available, Citrix
is investigating development of alternative diagnostic tools to provide
similar functionality.
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121727
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