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Mastering XenApp

By : Sunny Jha
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Mastering XenApp

By: Sunny Jha

Overview of this book

Citrix® XenApp® is one of the leading pieces of Application delivery software that delivers Windows compatible apps to users on any device, anywhere. Citrix® XenApp® also gives administrators the ability to manage and control the freedom of mobility by increasing the security and saving costs at the same time. This book will provide you with all the knowledge required to successfully deploy and master a complete Citrix® hosted application. First, it will cover essential concepts of the architecture of XenApp®. You will then learn how to set up Hypervisor and how to set up Infrastructure components. Next you will learn how to Set up Citrix® Components, XenApp® resources, PVS, and Netscaler. We will further look at how to prepare the environment for Rollout. Additionally, you will learn how to configure the Citrix® components such as Citrix® Director. Moreover, you’ll learn about shared desktop for delivery to end users and the application of policies for effective and secure delivery. Finally, you will learn how to implement provisioning services for a Citrix® XenApp® 7.6 environment.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering XenApp
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting up policies


Policies are set of the configuration settings that are applied to set the behavior of how the session will work, how bandwidth will be used for better user experience, and how the enterprise data is kept secure at the same time. These policies are based on the user group, devices that they are using, and the type of connection.

We can force these policies to physical server, virtual servers, or to the users. Polices are applied in the following manner:

  • Local policies: They are local settings, which are set in the local group policy of the system on which the user is logging

  • Citrix Policies: These are also a set of settings and rules, which is applied at the site level in the Citrix Studio

  • Site GPO: These are a set of settings, which is applied in the active directory at the site level

  • Domain GPO: These are a set of settings, which is applied in the active directory at the domain level

  • OU GPO: These are a set of settings, which is applied in the active directory at the...