Neil's MetaXenFrame AppScalerServer ramblings

A recent Microsoft blog post highlights a small but significant change to the RTM of Windows 2008 R2

The DirectX remoting - being able to render DirectX natively on the client using the local GPU, won't now be included in RDP7. This is technology Microsoft purchased from Callista, and WAS present in the recent release candidate, but has been removed from the RTM build.

This is big news for Citrix, as its inclusion gave RDP a big advantage over the current ICA feature set. Now its been removed, this may allow Citrix to release their HDX technologies, which include DirectX remoting, and retain their lead over RDP once again.