The performance impact of Citrix session watermark

The performance impact of Citrix session watermark

The text-based session watermark is a built-in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops functionality that creates a text overlay in the Citrix sessions that can assist in the deterrence and tracking of data theft. Enabling the Text-based session watermark feature can potentially bring negative effect to the end user experience of...

Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
What is the performance value of Memory Compression for Citrix CVAD?

What is the performance value of Memory Compression for Citrix CVAD?

Performance is a very important factor of the success of a virtual desktop environment. Since the release of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, Microsoft implemented memory compression, which is by default disabled on the server operating systems, but enabled on Windows 10. But is there any performance value when...

Tom de Jong Tom de Jong
Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
The performance difference of Windows 10 2004

The performance difference of Windows 10 2004

Several months ago, Microsoft released the ninth version for Windows 10, better known as Windows 10 2004. This version is also known as 20H1 or as the “May 2020 Update”. Normally the spring editions are 1803, 1903 and so on. What is the reason this Windows 10 spring edition has...

Krishan Khoesial Krishan Khoesial
Marcel Beck Marcel Beck
The effect of latency and RTT on 3D workloads in Microsoft Azure

The effect of latency and RTT on 3D workloads in Microsoft Azure

It is possible to deliver very intensive graphical workloads in a virtualized environment using vGPUs from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel. When moving these workloads to a centralized location most certainly will introduce network latency, since the remoting protocol needs to travel the wire. What is the effect of latency in...

Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
What is the best Azure Virtual Machine size for WVD using Citrix Cloud?

What is the best Azure Virtual Machine size for WVD using Citrix Cloud?

With the release of the Windows Virtual Desktop service (WVD) on Azure, Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 operating system which can host multiple user sessions on the same virtual machine. Microsoft calls this operating system “Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session”. This new Windows 10 multi-session operating system is...

Patrick van den Born Patrick van den Born
Azure cost saving by optimizing WVD workloads in Citrix Cloud.

Azure cost saving by optimizing WVD workloads in Citrix Cloud.

At GO-EUC, we’ve already written about the benefits of VDI optimizations from a performance perspective in the past. With the current buzz and increased interest in cloud workspaces such as WVD, are these optimizations still relevant and are there other benefits or caveats that need to be taken into consideration...

Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
Browser Performance Impact 2020

Browser Performance Impact 2020

Six months ago, on January 15, Microsoft released the new GA Chromium-based Edge browser. With that offering this research will serve as an updated re-comparison version to the original post, revised with the new industry browsers.

Omar Bouhaj Omar Bouhaj
Deepdive into the glyphdetection algorithm

Deepdive into the glyphdetection algorithm

Since Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop version 7.12 , Citrix is using Glyph detection and caching algorithms to save on bandwidth while still delivering a great user performance. In this research we are going to explore the glyph detection benefits and its potential drawbacks.

Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
Architecture and hardware setup overview 2020 – Current

Architecture and hardware setup overview 2020 – Current

This post provides insight into the GO-EUC research environment in terms of hardware and basic architecture. As an independent and open community platform, it is important to provide the correct context and details of the setup used. This way everyone has the opportunity to replicate our research setup and confirm...

Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
Performance impact of Citrix CVAD 2003

Performance impact of Citrix CVAD 2003

Not so long ago, Citrix released version 7.2003 of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD). This version is the first Current Release (CR) released after the release of the 7.1912 Long-Term Servicing Release (LTSR) released in December 2019. As such, this version marks a fork in the road for IT...

Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk