Yeah I heard that too, but Like Tim Mangan said 1st Q of 2007. I was
expecting a lot more out of stuff to come out of this year's iForum but all
we got was some stupid Desktop Broker. While it's cool in some way, it
represents a major shift in Citrix's thinking. Citrix is working very hard
to distance them from their core product for some strange reason. Even to
the point they even bashing Terminal Server/Presentation Server as a viable
solution in several of the breakout sessions.
Joe
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*From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *Rusty Yates
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:44 AM
*To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [THIN] Re: What are you getting for SA subscription this year?
Not much if you are not running CPS 4.
Any word on CPS 4.5? I had heard that it was going to be released this
week at iForum?
On 10/24/06, *Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com *<jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well Mark Templeton announce the new MyCitrix.com and with it the bone
that you get for all the money you have paid to have Subscription advantage
this year. At 10 AM EST yesterday the Citrix Broker for Presentation 4 was
added to your Mycitrix.com account.
Issue...try and find it... the prominent DOWNLOADS pick that used to be in
the middle of the page is now up at the top of the page (hidden in my
opinion) in some of the smallest font on the page. It is the same download
choice that you would think to click on if you wanted to go out and get the
Citrix clients. You would think downloads would be found in the nifty MY
TOOLS drop down..sorry.. not there.
Anyways if you aren't yet running CPS 4 and don't plan on going there,
you get squat.
I don't see any other software or give me's coming anytime soon from
anything I have heard. This is very disheartening. Our company spends a
lot of money for SA and I am at the point where I am going to start
preaching to people to save their money if Citrix doesn't throw us a bone.
Here is my suggestion... I think Citrix should give every customer with a
current SA subscription a FREE 1 year license to GoToAssist.
Would that be asking so much? Would you feel you got something for all
your dollars then or should they do something else?
I'd like to hear your thoughts. I'll certainly pass them along while I am
here in Orlando.
Here is the info on the Citrix Broker:
Desktop Broker for Presentation Server 4.0
Release Date: 10/20/2006
The Desktop Broker for Citrix Presentation Server is the initial component
of a growing portfolio of virtualized desktop delivery solutions from Citrix
Systems, and the first Citrix feature to be a part of the Citrix Dynamic
Desktop Delivery Initiative. The Desktop Broker is an add-on feature for
Presentation Server 4.0 that provides seamless management and session
brokering for pooled and private Windows XP images in a virtual desktop
environment. It supports access to both shared and dedicated virtual
desktops. The shared desktop model is the proven published desktop model
from Citrix Presentation Server, and the dedicated model consists of windows
XP desktops on virtual systems like VMWare or Microsoft Virtual Server, or
on physically separated blade PCs. The solution enables customers to create
Windows desktop pools that are dynamically brokered to multiple users or
mapped specifically for a single user. Management functions, including pool
definition and group/user assignment are enabled via an MMC administrative
plug-in.
The Desktop Broker is available at no additional charge to Presentation
Server customers with valid Subscription Advantage. Technical Support will
be provided in alignment with current Citrix support agreements.
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So basically if you are not using Xen, VMWare or Microsoft Virtual Server
or running CPS 4 anyplace the Citrix Desktop Broker is not for you.
I am not sure if these links will work outside of Mycitrix but here are
the FAQ links
Basic
http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/minisitessecond/Citrix_Desktop_Broker_FAQ--Citrix_Customer_Final.pdf
Technical
http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/minisitessecond/Citrix_Desktop_Broker_Technical_FAQ--Citrix_Customer_Final.pdf
Readme is here
https://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/getRelatedInfo.asp?downloadID=38756&destURL=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Ecitrix%2Ecom%2Fkb%2Fentry%2Ejspa%3FexternalID%3DCTX111008
Admin guide is here
https://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/getRelatedInfo.asp?downloadID=38756&destURL=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Ecitrix%2Ecom%2Fkb%2Fentry%2Ejspa%3FexternalID%3DCTX111007
Jim
