Introducing GripMatix Logon Simulator for Citrix

Good news, our partners over at GripMatix have been hard at work on a new a data source for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS for SquaredUp, specifically to allow you to test that you can log on/off to virtual apps and desktops with in depth synthetic transactions.

From my own experience from when I worked at Citrix, because the ICA stack deals in kernel level drivers there is the tendency for the odd blue screen, and the closer to the hardware you run on, the higher the chances, meaning that Desktops as a Service (DaaS) served from dedicated Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) are more likely to turn up issues than the traditional “XenApp server” use case where one server serves up multiple desktops and apps. Aside from the odd blue screen there are a plethora or common potential issues between the Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA), broker and end user (networking etc) so having logon/logoff monitoring is a smart move if you rely on CVAD.

If you are still a little confused about what the GripMatix Logon Simulator for Citrix does, check out this blog from the GripMatix team themselves.

The MetrixInsight for Citrix Logon Simulator data source is the first data source from a SquaredUp Partner which we are very pleased about, and hope to be able to welcome many more partners to the SquaredUp ecosystem!

If you are such a partner and interested in understanding more about how to get started building your own SquaredUp data source to allow your customers to visualize data from your products, take a look at our public code repository which includes steps on how to get started and sample data source code.