Saturday, April 30, 2016

Citrix Products Evolution

From the time citrix started below are the editions and name changes with year numbers. Citrix was founded in Richardson, Texas, in 1989 by former IBM developer Ed Iacobucci .
Citrix Version NameYear
MultiUser 1.01991
MultiUser 2.01992
WinView1993
WinFrame1995
MetaFrame 1.8 TSE(Terminal Services Edition)1998
MetaFrame 1.8 and MetaFrame 1.8 Feature Release 1 and Metaframe sof solaris, IBM AIX, and HP UX2000
MetaFrame XP TSE and Metaframe XP TSE FR12001
MetaFrame XP FR22002
MetaFrame XP FR32003
MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.02004
Citrix Presentation Server 4.02005
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and 4.5 FP12007
Citrix XenApp 5.02008
XenApp 5.0 FP1 and FP22009
Citrix XenApp 6.02010
Citrix XenApp 6.52011
Citrix XenApp 6.5 FP12012
Citrix XenApp 6.5 FP22013
XenDesktop 72013
Till winframe product, citrix used microsoft source kernel code and developed those editions. From MetaFrame1.8 TSE, citrix didnt use MS code. It started as a seperate product which can be installed on top of microsoft OS.
XenDesktop Evolution:
Below are the names and features given in different versions along with years.
XenDesktop NameYear
XenDesktop 2.0 and Hyperv,scvmm support2008
XenDesktop 3.0 and 4.02009
XenDesktop 5.0 .net architecture and MCS2010
XenDesktop 5.5 better user exp and better monitoring2011
XenDesktop 5.6 with personal vdisk2012
XenDesktop 7.0 and 7.12013

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