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A previous limitation of cadett ELSA has been the fact that each workstation needs a separate installation and a separate workstation code. There are a few disadvantages with that limitation.

 

The first and perhaps most obvious one, is that there is a limited number of available workstation codes (digits 1-9, lower case letters a-z and upper case letters A-Z). That makes 61 available codes. However, the letter “N” is reserved for “Not active”, so the true maximum number is 60.

 

The second disadvantage is that each workstation needs to be installed separately and differently from other workstations, making it difficult to create automatic installation routines. When using thin clients, it is also necessary to make individual installations for each user, even if they share the same Citrix server. This is also a problem when using roaming profiles.

 

The new Dynamic Workstation Feature introduces a new concept, where the workstation codes are not fixed, but instead automatically and dynamically assigned when the software is started. All workstations are in principle identical, making it easy to create automatic installation routines. On a Citrix Server, only one single so-called “Neutral Workstation” is installed. Everything specific for individual users are handled automatically and dynamically. This is a perfect solution also in environments with roaming profiles, which is typical for large thin client solutions, where a number of Citrix servers can be used in parallel and where a user when starting the software may end up in any of them, dependent on the current load distribution.