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Mastering XenApp??

By : Jha
Book Image

Mastering XenApp??

By: 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 (10 chapters)
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Index

Citrix® profile management


To start with, let's try to understand why we use the profile. Profiles are basically created when user logs in to any computer and all the personal preferences and settings are saved in it. Each time you log in, it will give you the same consistent experience. When we say preferences and settings, it means how your computer look and work when you log in to it, such as your desktop wallpaper, mouse pointer preferences, volume settings, and others.

We have different types of profile that can be used on different use case scenarios:

  • Local profiles: Local profile gets created when you log in to any computer for the first time. It is created on local hard drive of the computer. Local profile is a profile that stays specific to a computer.

  • Roaming user profile: This is created by IT administrator and all the profiles for the user is saved on the central network storage. Each time a user logs in to any computer, this profile gets loaded from the network share and when...