XenApp 6.5
September 25, 2015
XenApp 6.5
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
6.5
Overall Satisfaction with Citrix Virtual Apps
We use XenApp across the whole organization to provide users across the world with access to their important applications, anywhere and anytime. We utilize XenApp, Web Interface, Provisioning, and STA/XML Broker servers to accomplish this. Applications are streamed from the server, and users access these applications through an accessible published web interface site.
- Provides seamless access to published applications and desktops.
- Provides security with the use of NetScalers, STA/SML Brokers, and controlling how applications appear and who they are published to.
- Ease of publishing and configuring applications.
- Customizability.
- Citrix error messages are sometimes vague and provide little insight into the cause of a particular problem.
- EdgeSight server can be hit or miss as far as servers consistently checking in.
- There are known issues with smart card detection within ICA sessions, causing issues with users accessing published web applications that require smart card for authentication. I have been troubleshooting this with Citrix Techs for months now. XenDesktop 7.6 supposedly offers improvements in smart card detection within ICA sessions.
- Enhanced troubleshooting [for] support and systems engineers
- Increased application delivery and customer onboarding
- Better customer service by our support engineers
I know there are other alternatives for application and desktop delivery, however, I cannot speak of their effectiveness and efficiency, as the bulk of my experience has been with XenApp, XenDesktop, and other Citrix solutions.