A versatile workspace app
Automation is becoming more and more evident in our daily lives. This can be your coffee machine pouring your next cup of joe, or your Tesla driving you around town. It all leaves but one question, but what about my work?
Citrix StoreFront with Google Chrome (Windows) Open Google Chrome and browse to If this is the first time you have visited the StoreFront site, or if you have recently cleared your Browsing Data, you will be prompted with the window shown below. Citrix Workspace (Chrome Extension) Citrix Workspace (Chrome Extension) for Windows. A versatile workspace app. Automation is becoming more and more evident in our daily lives. This can be your coffee machine pouring your next cup of joe, or your Tesla driving you around town. It all leaves but one question, but what.
Focus on what’s important
Citrix Workspace gives you the tools needed to be productive while providing a seamless experience.
Citrix adapts to your specific needs, giving you direct access to everything in one single workspace. You can quick access your files, your apps and configure it in a way that makes sense for you. The idea is that this results in more productivity and higher quality work. You can work smarter with personalized insights that will guide your work to its highest standard.
Furthermore, if you are an entrepreneur or a business owner you can protect your business's future with integrated security that includes processes which automate detection and removal of any unwanted, or potential, threats to all users across every network.
Citrix works with some of the most influential partners in the tech industry. These include Microsoft, LG, Cisco, and Google Cloud. Citrix gives you the freedom to grow and offers the guidance that you need to be more effective at what you do. Citrix is building towards the future and adopting new techniques for every update to technology.
- Citrix Workspace app for Chrome The new Citrix Workspace app (formerly known as Citrix Receiver) provides a great user experience — a secure, contextual, and unified workspace — on any device.
- This article provides detailed steps on how to configure Google Chrome to use the full Citrix WorkSpace Receiver client, rather than the Lite client (HTML5). Under some circumstances, Chrome may revert to using the Lite client and this article will help you to switch to the full client experience.
- Citrix Workspace App Citrix File Access for Chrome Subscribe to RSS notifications of new downloads.
Where can you run this program?
Apart from installing the Chrome extension, you can run Citrix on all Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, Android compatible operating systems.
Is there a better alternative?
No. VMware and XenApp provide competition, but Citrix currently seems to be the best choice available.
Our take
If you want to keep up with technology and push your productivity or business to the forefront of innovation and advancement, Citrix is a good program for you.
Should you download it?
Yes. You should download Citrix if you want to advance your work, your team and your business.
Lows
- Limited language options
- Some apps are slow
- Takes time to adapt
Citrix Workspace (Chrome Extension)for Windows
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- Open Google Chrome and browse to https://storefront.lsuhsc.edu
- If this is the first time you have visited the StoreFront site, or if you have recently cleared your Browsing Data, you will be prompted with the window shown below. Click “Detect Receiver”.
- If you receive a message window that says something about “Look for an App in the Store”, just ignore that message and click anywhere away from that message window. Next you should see:
If you already have Citrix Receiver installed on your workstation you will immediately be directed to the StoreFront logon dialog, and you can Skip to Step 10 of this document.
If you were not taken directly to the StoreFront logon page, proceed to click inside the “I agree…” checkbox shown above, and then click the “Download” button. Then look for “Receiver.exe” in the lower left of the Chrome window, and click it. If prompted with a window that asks “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device”, click “Yes”. - You will next see the window below:
Click “Start”. Click the checkbox next to the “I accept…”. Then click “Next”. - In the window below you can leave the checkbox blank next to “Enable Single Sign-on”, but it will not hurt anything if you accidentally click this checkbox. Click “Next”.
- In the following window, you can choose whatever your preference, and then click 'Install'. Generally we recommend you leave the checkbox UN-checked:
- The Citrix Receiver install will proceed. At the end, click on “Finish”. (Do not click “Add Account”).
- Go back the Google Chrome window. If you see a button that says “Continue”, click on it.
- You may see the following window. If so, click the checkbox next to “Always allow…” and click “Open Citrix Workspace Launcher”:
Also, If asked by Chrome whether to save your password, click “Never”. - You should now see the StoreFront logon dialog, shown below. Simply log on with your typical LSUHSC User ID and password:
- You will now see your available Citrix desktop connections, similar to the screenshot below:
From the above you can launch your Citrix desktop(s) simply by clicking their corresponding icons shown above. Your desktop should now launch. If you have any standalone Citrix applications, you can click on the “APPS” button depicted above, and launch the application(s) in a similar way. - Once you are finished working in Citrix, be sure to log off your desktop(s) and close any Citrix apps. Then, if you are still logged on to StoreFront, click on the 'gear' icon in the upper right corner, and select “Log off”, as depicted below:
Citrix Workspace Chromebook Multiple Monitors
Citrix Workspace Chromebook
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