In XenApp projects you always face the challenge to decide whether to deploy a published Desktop or different published applications for the users. Many times you will have to use a combination of both. Especially in the published application use-case, you have to find a way to allow your users manage their files with a file explorer. This might not be a problem for Fat-Client users with their Windows 10 Notebooks inside the corporate LAN. Those can simply run their local file explorer and access smb shares.
Category: Windows Server 2016
How we use Classic Shell as a Start Menu replacement in XenApp
Ever since Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 the Windows Start menu is dead to me. I tried a few times to use it, but horrible placement and the slow search function make it unusable. Many people say that this is no longer valid for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, and I agree that it has become a lot better, but i still don’t like it.
Besides my personal feelings, there are so many ridiculous problems with the Windows 10 Start Menu, that I must confess that I never even tried to deploy it enterprise ready. Examples:
- Citrix KB – Start Menu Layout Roaming on Windows 10
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX222433 - Helge Klein on Twitter
https://twitter.com/HelgeKlein/status/840213186582323201 - Thomas Koetzing on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Koetzing/status/839007897111646208 - Blog from James Rankin
http://www.htguk.com/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about_23/ - And many many more…
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