Publishing a SoftGrid application in Citrix Presentation Server
Using Microsoft SoftGrid (now Microsoft Application Virtualization) along with Citrix Presentation Server is a great way to standardize your application delivery strategy. For instance, it is a best practice to keep all your Citrix Presentation Servers as close to identical as possible. Using imaging or disk stream (like Ardence), the server piece is easy to take care of. Using Microsoft Application Virtualization, you can keep your applications identical as well (since applications are not physically installed). There are some things to keep in mind when delivering published applications (versus published desktops) via Citrix Presentation Server. Microsoft has published an article on what you need to know.
“To publish a SoftGrid-enabled application in Citrix MetaFrame, follow these steps:
| 1. | Publish Sfttray.exe or publish Sftrun.exe. |
| 2. | Publish the .OSD file. |
| 3. | Publish the application name followed by a percent sign and then an asterisk (%*) or publish the application name and version followed by a percent sign and then an asterisk.
Note A percent sign and then an asterisk are required in order to pass parameters to the executable that is specified in the FILENAME attribute of the .OSD file. |
To hide the SoftGrid Client from the notification area, use one of the following options.
| Version | Option | Description |
| Sfttray.exe Version 4 and later versions | /hide | The /hide command-line option was added in Sfttray.exe Version 4 and later versions. The Sftrun.exe executable was removed in Sfttray.exe Version 4 and later versions. |
| Sftrun.exe Version 3 and later versions | The Sftrun.exe executable does not display the SoftGrid Client in the notification area. |
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