News of 27 May 2013

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Published: Monday, 27 May 2013

EMM Smackdown, XenDesktop 7 Feature Matrix, and sycning Printer Drivers XenApp 6.x.

The guys of PQR released again an mackdown. This time it is the Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Smackdown. Firs they discuss the different approaches of mobility management, followed by comparing different solutions based on features like AppSense MobileNow, Cisco Meraki, Citrix XenMobile, Microsoft Windows Intuen, MobileIron, VMware Horizon and more.

Citrix released a feature comparision matrix for XenDesktop 7 in which the differences between the editions (both XenDesktop as XenApp) are described.

Managing printer drivers within XenApp 6.x farms is completely different than in previous version. Within XenApp 6.x there are two possibilties: using PowerShell or Print Management Administrative Tool. Misja Geusken wrote down (inclusing script) how to use the Print Management Administrive Tool to keep printerdrivers in Sync on XenApp 6.x.