VMware App Volumes makes it possible for administrators to deliver application dynamically to users. VMware App Volumes is developed for Microsoft Windows operating system and can deploy applications to terminal server solutions such as VMware Horizon and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. How does it work? The way it works is that the administrator can […]
Citrix Receiver certificate error on macOS: You have not chosen to trust.
A Citrix Receiver certificate error happens when the certificate chain is incomplete or in other words if your certificate hasn’t been linked to creating a chain. Many certificates are signed by multiple hierarchical Certificate Authorities (CA). You need to create a chain from your server certificate to the intermediate certificate(s). Be aware that the chain […]
Run Windows 11 using VMware Fusion
Windows 11 was is now released for the general public and I went and downloaded an evaluation on Windows 11 to see what all the fuss was about. I am a Mac user, so I have for years used VMware Fusion to run VMs on my Mac. I soon learned that if you want to […]
How to Install Spinnaker on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Spinnaker is a continuous delivery system that enables you to deploy software easily, safely, and fast across multiple clouds. Spinnaker is a powerful CD tool in your CI/CD toolbox with integration to CI tools such as Jenkins. Spinnaker was developed by Netflix and released under the Apache License 2.0 in November 2015. Other tech companies, […]
How to choose between PVS and MCS for image management
When running Citrix Apps and Desktops, image management is a must. It will make it so much easier to upgrade and patch both the operating system and the applications that are installed on the workloads. Citrix offers two different image management technologies: Provisioning Services (PVS) and Machine Creation Service (MCS). Before we go into which technology […]
Autoscale your Citrix Apps and Desktops Workloads in the Cloud
Earlier, I wrote an article on the Citrix blog about Machine Creation Service on Google Cloud Platform. One of the things you also get with MCS is Autoscale. What is Autoscale? Autoscale allows you to scale your Citrix Apps and Desktops workloads up or down, depending on the demand from your users. Autoscale will boot […]