got a somewhat crazy question 🙂 is it possible to publish a shortcut to an external website in storefront and then have it launch not as .ica (which consumes license) but a link that is launched in user's browser? The only thing I can think of is creating a custom link on SF website, but that would make it visible for all users. I am looking for something visible only to a subset.

wouldnt published content do the trick?

Published content?

yeah you can use new-brokerapplication to publish a url or unc and it opens locally https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/install-configure/publish-content.html

and it doesnt consume license?

I dont beleive it does

Hm, I've used Published Content a ton...and I don't think I've ever looked into license allocation when a user accesses an app. I can validate when I free up from meetings/Monday backlog in a few hours

@c4rm0 thanks again for your help. this works excellent