Using HDX MediaStream for Flash to optimize Flash content

William can enable HDX MediaStream for Flash to move or redirect the processing of Adobe Flash content to the client machine rather than using network resources, reducing the XenApp server and network load, and improving the amount of sessions per server. HDX produces a high-definition experience when users are using Microsoft Internet Explorer to access Flash content, including animations, videos, and applications.

Playing Flash content on a XenApp server usually is slow because the Adobe Flash Player renders the content on the server, by default, in high-quality mode. This causes high bandwidth use.

On XenApp 6.5, Citrix included the second generation of HDX MediaStream for Flash, which ...

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