{"id":150,"date":"2012-03-12T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citrixguru.net\/?p=150"},"modified":"2012-10-27T12:55:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T11:55:50","slug":"citrix-xendesktop-5-6-is-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.citrixguru.net\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 available now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What&#8217;s New in XenDesktop 5.6<\/h2>\n<p>XenDesktop 5.6 includes the following new features and enhancements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Personal vDisk<\/strong> &#8211; This feature is a personalization solution for virtual desktops. Two new types of catalog allow you to preserve the assignment of users to desktops even when the disk is cleaned at restart; the same user is assigned the same desktop for later sessions. The new catalogs are <dfn>pooled with personal vDisk<\/dfn> (for pooled-static virtual desktops) that you manage with Desktop Studio and <dfn>streamed with personal vDisk<\/dfn> that you manage with Provisioning Services. In addition, a dedicated storage disk is created, before logon, so users can store their data on the desktop, including any applications they install. For background information on this feature, see <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xendesktop-ibi\/cds-about-personal-vdisks-ibi.html\">About Personal vDisks<\/a>.New commands have also been added to the XenDesktop Software Development Kit (SDK) to support this feature.<\/li>\n<li><strong>System Center support<\/strong> &#8211; XenDesktop now supports Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtual Desktop Agent<\/strong> &#8211; A new version of the Virtual Desktop Agent fixes issues in the version included with XenDesktop 5.5.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citrix Licensing<\/strong> &#8211; Citrix Licensing 11.10 lets you assign access to the License Administration Console using Active Directory Users and Groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Desktop Director<\/strong> &#8211; Desktop Director 2.1 supports personal vDisks and contains fixes since the last release. For more information, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/technologies\/director-landing-page.html\">Desktop Director documentation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fixed issues<\/strong> &#8211; For information on the issues that have been fixed in this release, see <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX124164\" target=\"_blank\">CTX124164<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s New in XenDesktop 5.6 XenDesktop 5.6 includes the following new features and enhancements: Personal vDisk &#8211; This feature is a personalization solution for virtual desktops. 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