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Presentation Server 4.5 Technology Preview Available For Download

Friday, 27 October 2006 by Michel Roth

As of 24 October, the Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 for Windows Server 2003 Technology Preview is available for download from MyCitrix.com right now! If you do have a MyCitrix account, just sign up. It's free. You need this to get an evaluation license. The download link at the bottom is not good without a evaluation license.Go Check it out. Some of the key features available in this upcoming release are:

Health Monitoring & Recovery
Monitors the health of many Presentation Server components and reports any failures instantly. If a component fails, it can be configured to trigger an action to the server.

Configuration logging
Logs any changes made to the farm to a database and provides reporting capabilities.

Non-administrator client installation
Allows end users without administrative rights to install a client.

SpeedScreen Progressive Display
Provides an aggressive compression algorithm for graphic-intensive applications, through a connection policy, to improve the performance and responsiveness of these applications.

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) support
Extends the value of Microsofts Active Directory and Identity Federation technology by allowing Presentation Server-hosted applications to participate in federation trusts. Without Citrix, ADFS can only be used with Web Applications.

Application streaming
Provides applications to be packaged and delivered to Presentation Server without having to install them in every server.

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