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Jani Kohonen is an author of janikohonen.com and working as a Citrix Consultant and Architect with 22 years of experience in the IT industry. Jani's been working in the IT industry since 1997 and with Citrix technologies since 2001. He holds several years experience with Microsoft, Citrix, Apple, HP and VMware vendors as well as Server, Application and Desktop virtualization and Mobile technologies. He has done dozens of virtualization design and implementation projects from Small Business to the large global enterprise customers and complex environments. Jani has been awarded as Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA).

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Choosing a VDI Solution: Why Citrix Beats VMware

Many organizations turn to VDI to support initiatives for mobility and bring-your-own device (BYOD) – or just simply to improve IT efficiency. What are your reasons for exploring a VDI solution? As you explore your options, consider these reasons to choose Citrix XenDesktop over VMware Horizon View. The choice you select will define the business you drive.

More info:
http://www.citrix.com/articles-and-insights/desktop-virtualization/jun-2014/choosing-a-vdi-solution-why-citrix-beats-vmware.html

Want more details? Compare Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View features:
http://www.citrix.com/products/xendesktop/how-it-helps/compare.html

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XenApp 7.X Architecture and Sizing

Dell’s solutions engineering team just posted an extensive refresh of their XenApp recommendation for their Citrix solution architecture. The post includes sections on architecture, use cases, optimization and configuration recommendations.

Dell and Citrix have a long history of working together to develop joint desktop virtualization solutions and this is another great example of the work that comes from our alliance. Thanks to Peter Fine, Dell Solution Engineer, for the work his team does to drive optimized solutions for Citrix on Dell platforms.

http://weestro.blogspot.com/2014/05/xenapp-7x-architecture-and-sizing.htm

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How to increase Virtual Machine disk space on a XenServer via XenCenter?

I thought to post this simple task, because I came across to teach it for a fresh Citrix admin how to do it.

This is a simple task via GUI, but not so automatic as in e.g. VMware vCenter. Basically, you have to finish expand new size of disk via Windows Disk Management. Before you begin you should always take a snapshot of your virtual machine.

Applicable products: Windows Server 2008 R2, XenCenter 6.2

1. Shutdown virtual machine

2. Take a snapshot

3. In XenCenter choose virtual machine which disk need to be increased -> Storage -> Properties -> Size and location