Articles & Tutorials

Various articles and tutorials discussing how to increase and improve performance of the Windows Terminal Services and Citrix.

Articles & Tutorials / Performance

How To Configure Folder Redirection: Date - Aug 22, 2007; Author - Patrick Rouse; How to use Group Policy to redirect the "Desktop", "My Documents", "Start Menu" and "Application Data" folders.
Using a Replicated Data Store for Maximum Connectivity between Remote Sites (Part 1): Date - Jul 18, 2006; Author - Paul Stansel; This two part article will look at data store replication and how you can implement it to achieve maximum connectivity in your environment.
Load Balancing Terminal Services: All you wanted to know but were afraid to ask (Part 2): Date - May 31, 2006; Author - Cláudio Rodrigues; Resuming from where we left, in this second part we will finish discussing the software based options, take a quick peek at the hardware options out there and conclude with some useful advice!
Fileserving in Terminal Server Environments (Part 2): Date - May 25, 2006; Author - Michel Roth; In this second part of the series we will talk about how you can determine if you have Fileserving performance issues and how you can prevent this from occurring by adhering to best practises.
Load Balancing Terminal Services: All you wanted to know but were afraid to ask (Part 1): Date - May 09, 2006; Author - Cláudio Rodrigues; This article will give a better idea of what Load Balancing is, the most common features you should look out for and what your options are.
Fileserving in Terminal Server Environments (Part 1): Date - May 03, 2006; Author - Michel Roth; Fileserving very often is a much underestimated part of Terminal Server environments. Improperly configured fileserving components can wreak havoc on your performance. In this two-part article we will explore fileserving in Terminal Server environments and how you can make sure that you get the best performance out if it.
Optimising and Troubleshooting Logon Time to the Server: Date - Apr 27, 2006; Author - Stefan Vermeulen; In this article I will try to explain how logon time might increase, and how to tackle and improve logon time where possible. Users are easily annoyed with long logon/logoff times making it harder to accept an SBC solution.
Bandwidth Management: Part 3 – Guaranteeing and Protecting ICA/RDP on LAN/WAN: Date - Mar 28, 2006; Author - Andy Jones; Bandwidth Management is one of the biggest challenges we face as server based computing engineers. This article is the third and final in a short series about Bandwidth Management. In this article we will look at third-party solutions for protecting and guaranteeing the bandwidth required for session performance as it applies to LAN and WAN traffic.
Bandwidth Management: Part 2 – Leveraging Citrix Policy to Optimize Bandwidth Usage: Date - Feb 23, 2006; Author - Andy Jones; Bandwidth Management is one of the biggest challenges we face as server based computing engineers. This article is the second in a short series about Bandwidth Management, in which we will focus on leveraging the advanced features of Presentation Server 4.0 Policy to control bandwidth consumption.
My CPU is at 100%, What Can I Do About It?: Date - Jan 11, 2006; Author - Wilco van Bragt; One of the main challenges in the Terminal Server environment is the high usage of resources like the CPU. In this article we are going to take a look at what causes this high usage and what you can do to control the resource usage.
Running Legacy 16-Bit Applications in a Terminal Service Environment: Date - Jan 04, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; It may seem strange to talk about applications written for an operating system that has been obsolete for at least ten years, but believe it or not, there are a huge number of companies that still depend on legacy DOS applications for mission critical tasks. Unfortunately, DOS applications do not tend to work well with the Windows Terminal Services. In this article, I will discuss some of the underlying reasons for this incompatibility. After doing so, I will then go on to discuss some possible resolutions for the various compatibility issues.
Inside Citrix Presentation Server's Application Isolation Environments: Date - Dec 28, 2005; Author - Paul Stansel; With the release of Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix has finally given administrators a method for isolating applications on the same server. Understanding the nuts and bolts of Isolation will make your Presentation Server 4.0 farm an even more effective tool for application deployment.
Bandwidth Management: Part 1 – The Old Fashioned Way: Date - Dec 21, 2005; Author - Andy Jones; Bandwidth Management is one of the biggest challenges we face as server based computing engineers. Presentation Layer protocols like ICA and RDP are very sensitive to latency and link stability. This article is the first in a short series about Bandwidth Management.
Dealing with Poor Bandwidth and Latency: Date - Dec 07, 2005; Author - Stefan Vermeulen; Poor bandwidth and latency can have a huge impact on the use of Server Based Computing and can lead to an unworkable environment for the end users. This article will help you understand and fight these issues where possible.