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By GripMatix
Citrix has been transitioning products toward License Access Service (LAS) as the modern licensing method. Unlike traditional file-based licensing, LAS introduces service-based communication between products and the Citrix License Server. As of 15 April 2026, LAS becomes the mandatory licensing method for supported products. Environments still relying on file-based licensing will need to transition before that date.
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By GripMatix
As part of our day-to-day consulting work at GripMatix, we spend a significant amount of time in various customer environments where we are designing, validating, and troubleshooting EUC platforms. This particular issue surfaced during work for one of our customers, where we were validating Ivanti Workspace Control (IWC) on a new Windows Server 2025 environment.
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By GripMatix
The customer was already using Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) to deliver Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) machines. Rather than attempting to migrate existing VMware-based VDAs, which often introduces driver conflicts and legacy dependencies, we followed a proven best-practice approach. We provisioned new VDA machines directly on XenServer using the PVS Virtual Desktop Setup Wizard. This ensured clean builds, free from VMware-specific components, and fully optimized for the XenServer platform.
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By GripMatix
Citrix XenServer is increasingly becoming the strategic hypervisor of choice for organizations running Citrix VAD and DaaS workloads. With XenServer Premium Edition now included in Citrix subscriptions, it offers a more aligned, predictable, and cost-effective platform, without compromising on stability, performance, or capabilities. A critical part of enabling that transition is delivering the right level of monitoring and operational control.
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By GripMatix
In our previous blog post, we outlined why Citrix VAD/DaaS customers using VMware should consider migrating to XenServer. With Citrix now officially supporting XenServer for non-Citrix workloads and Broadcom’s recent licensing changes, many organizations are reevaluating their virtualization strategy.
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By GripMatix
For years, VMware vSphere was the undisputed leader in enterprise virtualization. Its reliability, feature set, and ecosystem made it the go-to hypervisor for organizations. Also for organizations running Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (VAD) or Citrix DaaS, VMware was synonymous with virtualization excellence. But the landscape has changed, dramatically. If you're still running your Citrix workloads on VMware, it's time to take a serious look at XenServer, and here's why.
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By GripMatix
Even a simple upgrade can cause unexpected issues. Here’s what happened when a PVS upgrade broke XenServer licensing, and how we fixed it.
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By GripMatix
MetrixInsight for Citrix VAD/DaaS surpasses Citrix Director/Monitor in many ways. Director/Monitor is useful for day-to-day visibility, but it is not a true enterprise monitoring platform. MetrixInsight adds much more, also when it comes to alerting and enterprise monitoring. It closes important gaps that can directly impact user experience when capacity or performance issues slip through unnoticed. One clear example is how operational VDA capacity is handled.
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By GripMatix
Not every migration is about rushing to the cloud. More often, it’s about timing, precision, and ensuring that end-users remain unaware of any underlying change. The goal isn’t just to modernize. It’s to do so without disrupting what’s already working. One of our customers, a global feed company with over 1,000 daily Citrix users, reached out to us for guidance.
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By GripMatix
At GripMatix, we’re committed to giving IT teams deep, actionable visibility into their Citrix environments, going well beyond what’s available in native tools like Citrix Director or Monitor. With our latest update to the Citrix User Experience (UEX) Analyzer in MetrixInsight for Citrix VAD/DaaS, we’ve taken diagnostics and troubleshooting to the next level by introducing powerful new metrics and insights.
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By SCOMathon
GripMatix showcase the newly released Citrix Ready SCOM MP for monitoring Application Delivery Controller, all displayed within their new Experience Center.
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By SquaredUp
You may have heard that Citrix announced EOL for multiple SCOM MPs as of June 2020. What are the alternatives? This month we are joined by Adam Kinniburgh, Lead Evangelist at SquaredUp along with Merijn Overgaauw and Marc van der Veer, Citrix specialists and Product Architects at GripMatix, for a Q&A style discussion on Citrix Monitoring.
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At GripMatix, we believe in no-nonsense tooling to help IT departments leveraging the quality of their infrastructure. We think that quality tooling doesnt need too much explanation. What you see is what you get.
Because we have a lot of experience for many years in IT consulting ourselves, we provide value by offering tooling made by the experts, for the experts.
No additional agents, database or tooling required. Just purely SCOM.
Our Products:
- MetrixInsight for ADC: CITRIX® Ready SCOM Management Pack for Citrix Application Delivery Controller, formerly known as NetScaler.
- MetrixInsight for CVAD: CITRIX® Ready SCOM Management Pack for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, License Server, Provisioning Services, StoreFront and Application Delivery Controller, formerly known as NetScaler.
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