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Nonostanteil GA release is set for October 22, many partners and some customers already have access to the RTM version of Windows Server 2008 R2, with the new services now calls the Remote Desktop Terminal Services.

Citrix XenApp for users but there is a compatibility problem: basically you can not install XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and apparently there is no workaround.

The official answer is that the Citrix Window Server 2008 R2 is not supported by the current release of XenApp 5 and will be supported in future.

In fact, a few months already with Feature Pack 1 for Citrix XenApp 5, which, among many other innovations, could also include support for the latest Microsoft home.

For more information:

• XenApp 5.0 not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2
• CTX122601 - Microsoft Server 2008 R2-Known Issues

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