A Look At Presentation Server 4.5 and Citrix Streaming Server
Tuesday, 16 January 2007 by Michel Roth
John Kellet has definitely taken a good look at Presentation Server 4.5 (Product Ohio) and Citrix Streaming Server (Project Tarpon). He has posted several short articles on his website on these betas:

Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 - Technology Preview
Presentation Server 4.5 is due out sometime in the first half of this year (Possibly the end of March). The official technology preview can be downloaded from mycitrix.com. Here I compare the look and feel of this version compared to previous ones and list some of the expected features it will include.

How to create a streaming profile using the Citrix Streaming Profiler
Application streaming is a new option available in Citrix 4.5. If you wish to know more about what it is then click here. If you wish to know how to go about getting an application “streamed” then you are in the right place.

How to publish a streaming application on Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
In the last post I advised that there are three steps to publishing a streamed application using Citrix Presentation Server 4.5. If you are looking for how to publish a streamed app then first of all you need to create a streaming profile. Once you have done this you need to publish the application which is described here. Once again I assume you have the Enterprise version of Citrix 4.5 installed and the relevant management consoles.

Installing the Citrix Streaming Client
The third and final stage of publishing a streaming application on Citrix presentation server 4.5 is the installation of the streaming app client. The installation of this is described below. The following assumes that you have Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and the relevant management consoles installed. If you wish to have an application published to this client it also assumes that you have created a profile, published the application(s), and have a program neighbourhood agent site running.

Related Items:

Presentation Server 4.5 Preview (1 February 2007)
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Released (12 February 2007)
ICA Client 10.150 For Windows Released, Streaming Users Beware! (20 November 2007)
Delivering Office 2007 Using Citrix Application Streaming (25 January 2008)
The Benefits Of Application Streaming In A TS/Citrix Environment (4 July 2006)
Wyse Streaming Manager Details (15 March 2006)
Citrix AIE: Bringing Back The (Virtually) Dead (5 February 2008)
Application Streaming Sample Applications - part 1 (SMS Integration) (6 May 2007)
Citrix Presentation Server With Ardence OS Streaming (3 September 2007)
Jeff Pitsch' Thoughts On Why Citrix Streaming Support Will Be A Success (10 April 2007)
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