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Issues with MS Office 2010 in XenApp 6.5 Published desktop
I have noticed a few small issues with MS Office 2010 on XenApp 6.5 Published desktops.
All of our users run published desktops. Office 2010 is a standard application for all users, so it is installed locally on each Published Desktop host Server (server 2008 R2).
When Outlook is open, as soon as a new email arrives, the notification window will appear above the taskbar, but when it does, the users desktop session slows to a painful speed until the window disappears. It's only a few seconds, but if you start trying to type/move the mouse while the window is appearing/disappearing, you end up just making it take longer to disappear.
Also when attempting to move the window around the display for any of the MS office applications, they also move very slowly across the screen compared to trying to move the window for anything else (eg a browser window, windows explorer window). Anything other than the MS office apps move around the screen as quick as if it was on your local machine.
The policy to only show only the outline of the window is enabled.
All of our users run published desktops. Office 2010 is a standard application for all users, so it is installed locally on each Published Desktop host Server (server 2008 R2).
When Outlook is open, as soon as a new email arrives, the notification window will appear above the taskbar, but when it does, the users desktop session slows to a painful speed until the window disappears. It's only a few seconds, but if you start trying to type/move the mouse while the window is appearing/disappearing, you end up just making it take longer to disappear.
Also when attempting to move the window around the display for any of the MS office applications, they also move very slowly across the screen compared to trying to move the window for anything else (eg a browser window, windows explorer window). Anything other than the MS office apps move around the screen as quick as if it was on your local machine.
The policy to only show only the outline of the window is enabled.
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To be honest Office seems to perform a lot better in a Remote desktop session. However the general Citrix published desktop navigation is superior to remote desktop.
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All Windows updates are up to date. XA65 RP2 is installed.
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latest one installed.
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Something interesting that I just noticed.
If the office app or IE window is maximised and I try to click and drag the top bar of the window, the window movement seems fine (so the window is moving around the screen with the maximised office app window in the background).
If I reduce the size of the Office apps window and then start to drag around the desktop (so the background is the actual published desktop background), it becomes slow as hell again.
I have the Aero theme enabled with a black background. As mentioned in previous post, the dragging was fine on the RDP session (which was the default blue). I might experiment with the different themes and backgrounds to see if it makes a difference. Unless anyone else has any suggestions?
If the office app or IE window is maximised and I try to click and drag the top bar of the window, the window movement seems fine (so the window is moving around the screen with the maximised office app window in the background).
If I reduce the size of the Office apps window and then start to drag around the desktop (so the background is the actual published desktop background), it becomes slow as hell again.
I have the Aero theme enabled with a black background. As mentioned in previous post, the dragging was fine on the RDP session (which was the default blue). I might experiment with the different themes and backgrounds to see if it makes a difference. Unless anyone else has any suggestions?
Did the updates for Office fix this issue?
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