The real impact of Citrix MCSIO

The real impact of Citrix MCSIO

When delivering a virtual desktop environment, fast storage is one of the key components to achieve a great user experience. Back in the days it was common to use techniques like RAM caching to leverage the fast memory to store data. But does this really provide any benefit? This research...

Tom de Jong Tom de Jong
31 Mar 2020
The delivered user experience of thin clients, the good, the bad and the ugly

The delivered user experience of thin clients, the good, the bad and the ugly

The last couple of years we’ve seen a steady increase in the GPU usage in VDI environments. With the changing landscape of GPU enabled applications, adding a GPU to a VDI environment is almost mandatory in order to deliver a great user experience. Often the connecting device is forgotten while...

Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
24 Mar 2020 Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
24 Mar 2020
Microsoft Azure Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session scalability

Microsoft Azure Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session scalability

With the introduction of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) there is an increase in demand for the Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session edition. As the name states, this edition allows having multiple remote sessions on a single Windows 10 machine. This research will focus on the scalability of Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session...

Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
20 Feb 2020
Windows 10 1909 Scalability in VDI environments

Windows 10 1909 Scalability in VDI environments

Two months ago, Microsoft released the autumn edition of Windows 10. Also known as Windows 10 1909. This release is a Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) version and is therefore often implemented by enterprise companies. We take this opportunity to verify the impact of Windows 10 1909 in a VDI environment.

Omar Bouhaj Omar Bouhaj
23 Jan 2020 Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
23 Jan 2020
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 Long-Term Servicing Release

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 Long-Term Servicing Release

December 18th 2019, Citrix released the new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 Long-Term Servicing Release (LTSR). This is the updated edition of the previous 7.15. This research will take a closer look at any performance improvements this latest LTSR version provides regarding the previous LTSR releases.

Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
15 Jan 2020 Eltjo van Gulik Eltjo van Gulik
15 Jan 2020
GO-EUC 2019 review

GO-EUC 2019 review

It is the end of the year and that is always a great time to reflect on the previous year. We want to use this opportunity to share some insight on the platform as you are accustomed from us, of course, all based on data.

Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk
31 Dec 2019
Citrix SD-WAN performance benefits with Office 365 optimization

Citrix SD-WAN performance benefits with Office 365 optimization

With the rise of cloud, new challenges arise to maintain and improve user experience. Citrix SD-WAN promises great improvement of user experience compared to using the traditional WAN and networking infrastructure. In this research the impact of Citrix SD-WAN will be compared to traditional networking.

Bas Stapelbroek Bas Stapelbroek
20 Dec 2019 Ruud Hund Ruud Hund
20 Dec 2019
SD-WAN & network architecture setup 2019 – current

SD-WAN & network architecture setup 2019 – current

This post is meant as an introductory breakdown describing the high-level architecture and hardware setup of the basic components that are being used in the Citrix SD-WAN lab. This way everyone has the opportunity to replicate the lab setup and confirm or challenge our findings.

Ruud Hund Ruud Hund
19 Dec 2019 Bas Stapelbroek Bas Stapelbroek
19 Dec 2019
Impact MCEPSC vulnerability patch on VDI

Impact MCEPSC vulnerability patch on VDI

On November 12th, 2019 Intel disclosed a new vulnerability known as MCEPSC (CVE-2018-12207). Software vendors released patches to mitigate this vulnerability, but some vendors decided to disable the mitigation by default because of a potential performance impact. Because we focus on end-user computing here at GO-EUC, we decided to investigate...

Sven Huisman Sven Huisman
12 Dec 2019
Page file sizing for virtualized environments

Page file sizing for virtualized environments

In Q2 2019, a colleague asked what my best practices were for page file sizing in a provisioned environment. I wasn’t quite sure what to answer, because I had used different setups in the past (depending on the environment) with good results. For Windows in general there is enough documentation...

Marcel Beck Marcel Beck
03 Dec 2019
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