There have been a lot of additions to the new Citrix XenApp 5 and in this blog I would like to go over a few noticeable changes. With more than 50 new features and enhancements from previous versions, XenApp 5 has expanded on its capabilities as an end-to-end application delivery solution and has been proven to be the lowest cost solution on the market today. Now with the addition of the XenApp 5 Feature Pack, your organization can get even more value than ever before. I would say it’s the best solution for delivering all Windows applications to both connected and mobile users.

The following bulletpoints are taken as excepts from a document created by Point to Point LTD.  You can read the full document at the following address. http://www.ptop.co.uk/downloads_public/Citrix-XenApp.pdf

Optimizes IT management and responsiveness

• Provisioning services enables you to manage and instantly re-purpose your entire XenApp server farm from a single image.
• Load testing services eliminates the guesswork of capacity planning with integrated server sizing and load testing tools.
• Enhanced application performance measurement and monitoring tools help IT techs anticipate, identify and correct performance problems to avoid server, network or application delays and downtime.

Delivers a better user experience than previously installed versions

• Citrix Receiver provides simple access to all applications from any device through a single client plug-in that is always up-to-date.
• Profile management minimizes administration and support overhead and provides users a faster login and consistent experience with personalized settings that are always present, regardless of location or device.
• An improved user interface provides quicker access to applications and ensures user acceptance.
Expanded capabilities to include more users and use cases
• Application streaming, now available in all editions and extended to all users accessing online applications, provides users more flexibility to access applications whenever and wherever they want — even when they are offline
• Single sign-on now includes use at the endpoint for simplified user access.
• Preferential load balancing ensures top performance for key applications and users.
• Support for both Windows® Server 2003 and 2008 in mixed server farms reduces the complexity of migrating to Windows Server 2008.