AppController 2.5 implementation tips

Matthew Brooks (an architect for the WorldWide Consulting group of Citrix) has written a short blogpost with some very usefull Appcontroller version 2.5 implementation tips.

AppController is a component of the Citrix CloudGateway Enterprise suite that orchestrates access to Enterprise Cloud applications.  Those applications may take many forms including Mobile Applications, Software-as-a-Service hosted in public clouds, and Web links.  Below I provided some tips to help with the implementation of AppController 2.5 (which is the latest version as of the publishing of this blog).

System Related

Including settings such as the Hostname, SSL certificates, and Restore.

TIPs:

  • Take a hypervisor level snapshot after the initial installation so that you can easily return to that base level if configuration or integrations efforts go awry.
  • The hostname cannot contain special characters in the AppController certificate signing request.
  • The hostname must match SSL certificate.
  • The system cert must be chained to its CA/(s).

Read more here at the Citrix blogs…

Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.5 beta

Hi guys,

Microsoft has released a beta for the Security Compliance Manager 2.5 (SCM 2.5) 

In addition to key features from the previous version, SCM 2.5 Beta 2 offers new Exchange Server 2007 and 2010 baselines! Additional SCM 2.5 client product baselines are included in the beta download, including Windows 7 SP1, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3, and Office 2010 SP1, and Internet Explorer 8.

Learn more about Security Compliance Manager.