Release: Citrix Provisioning Services 5.1

Citrix has released the latest version of Citrix Provisioning Services, version 5.1.  The product also had a name change, now called “Services” as opposed to ”Server” to better reflect what PVS really does.

You can download Citrix Provisioning Services from the Citrix Downloads section.

Here is a list of whats new in this Release:

Standard Image Mode NIC Teaming
Ability to use NIC teaming drivers for Broadcom and Intel NICs to setup ‘teams’
on PVS Target devices.
Offline vDisk Maintenance
Ability to boot PVS VHD files directly within Windows Virtual Server and Hyper-V.
User Assigned Virtual Disks
vDisks are assigned to existing user groups rather than machines.
Offline DB Support
Ability for PVS to continue to boot and run Target devices if the database
becomes unavailable.
Multiple Partition vDisks
Ability to create vDisks that include multiple partitions (e.g. both a C: and D:
drive).
Server Maintenance Mode
Ability to initiate failover of all Target devices attached to a particular PVS Server
to other servers in the PVS farm.
Enhanced Logging
Enhancements to our current logging both on the server and the Target devices.
Auditing
Ability to keep a log of actions performed by system administrators.
Read-only vDisk Storage
Modifications that allow a vDisk to be stored on a read-only file system.
XP Embedded Streaming
Ability to provision MS Windows XP Embedded

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