{"id":1517,"date":"2016-05-17T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu.koetzingit.de\/die-citrix-director-wunschliste\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:33:16","slug":"die-citrix-director-wunschliste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/en\/die-citrix-director-wunschliste\/","title":{"rendered":"The Citrix Director Wish List"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>In my opinion, Citrix Director is the best part of XenDesktop 7\u2014as long as it isn\u2019t viewed as a replacement for EdgeSight. But that\u2019s exactly what Citrix has done, and in my view, it\u2019s a mistake. For customers who have actually used EdgeSight or still do, the \u201enew\u201c EdgeSight is more or less a joke. For these customers, Citrix needs to do significantly more or acquire another company or software solution, such as \u201eNexthink.\u201c.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Once again, the \u201eEdgeSight\u201c director is a great integration, but here's my list of things that could be improved, and I hope Citrix will address them in future versions.<\/p>\n

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Based on my practical experience with Citrix Director, here is my wish list:<\/p>\n

The Director's Wish List<\/span>\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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  1. Reel with<\/strong> \u201e\u201cMirror-only\" permission<\/strong>
    Users with the \u201eMirror Only\u201c role log in to Director and can search for users (including area filters). After selecting a user, a separate page or pop-up should appear with only the mirror option or the option to mirror immediately. Not everyone likes the fact that \u201enormal\u201c users can see a lot of details about another user without that user knowing.\n<\/li>\n
  2. Application Details
    <\/strong>The Activity Manager displays a lot of details, such as which website is currently open or the subject line of an email. That\u2019s not good. It\u2019s an invasion of privacy and should be fixed immediately.
    \u00a0<\/li>\n
  3. App usage for apps that have NOT been published
    <\/strong>Why is application usage tracking limited to published applications? I can view all the details about an application in Director, but I can't track it. What about customers who primarily publish only a desktop?\n<\/li>\n
  4. Resource (RAM, CPU, I\/O) usage per server, deployment group<\/strong>
    The load index could be used, but it doesn't provide any insight (even with active advanced load rules); it might be possible with customized reports, but it should already be available in Director\u2014right out of the box!\n<\/li>\n
  5. Ability to set Service Level Agreements (SLAs)<\/strong>
    Set thresholds\u2014green, yellow, and red\u2014for RAM, CPU, I\/O, and average login time. The customer can receive a report, and admins and managers can get an email notification letting them know whether everything is \u201egreen\u201c or not.
    \u00a0<\/li>\n
  6. Placement of buttons or prompts for actions<\/strong>
    Want to mirror a user? The button to log the user out is right next to it, and if you click the wrong one, the user will be logged out immediately without any confirmation! So either reposition the buttons, or better yet, include a confirmation prompt for certain actions. Logging out isn't the only problem\u2026\n<\/li>\n
  7. Great! I can see the average login duration in the dashboard. It\u2019s very detailed, down to the time it takes to process GPOs. But where\u2019s the list of users for that? If hundreds of users log in within a short period of time, there are still a lot of users to review. Director shows something like this: Between 8:00 and 8:05 (instead of the affected users), and this could easily be 10\u201350 users! So how do I find the user who had a long login time? Citrix, make it easier for me to find these users so I can do something about the slow login.\n<\/li>\n
  8. In my opinion, the interactive login process takes way too long! Compared to other programs such as ControlUp, for example, 15 to 20 seconds<\/strong> too long. That makes it quite difficult to get reasonable turnaround times\n<\/li>\n
  9. HDX-Insight Integration<\/strong>
    Sure, I can get the data from Netscaler, but it\u2019s not worth paying extra for the Netscaler Enterprise Edition when I get the same thing in Director (if that\u2019s supposed to be a reason to go with Enterprise). As it stands, it should be free for everyone\u2014HDX Insight for all Netscaler versions.\n<\/li>\n
  10. Where is the \u201eExclude\u201c filter when searching for users? Anyone using a service account to install software won't want to see that account in the search results. So an \u201eExclude\u201c filter would be great!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    What else would you like to see on the list?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Meiner Meinung nach ist Citrix Director das beste an XenDesktop 7, sollange es nicht als Ersatz f\u00fcr EdgeSight angesehen wird. 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