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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Overview of this book

XenApp is the leader in application hosting and virtualization delivery, allowing users from different platforms such Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices to connect to their business applications. Using XenApp, you can deploy secure applications quickly to thousands of users.XenApp 6.5 brings with it exciting new features such as a brand new management console, Instant App access, Multi-stream ICA, Single Sign-on and SmartAuditor enhancements, and more.Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 provides comprehensive details on how to design, implement, and maintain Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5. Additionally, you will learn to use management tools and scripts for daily tasks such as managing servers, published resources, printers, and connections.Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 starts by introducing the basics and new features of the brand new version such as installing servers and configuring components, and then teaches you how to publish applications and resources on the client device before moving on to configuring content redirection. Author Guillermo Musumeci includes a use case throughout the book to explain advanced topics like creating management scripts and deploying and optimizing XenApp for Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines. It will guide you through an unattended installation of XenApp and components on physical servers. By the end of this book you will have enough knowledge to successfully design and manage your own XenApp 6.5 Farms.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgement
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

About the Author

Guillermo Musumeci is a Windows Infrastructure Architect, specialized in Citrix and Virtualization, with 17 years of experience and passion for designing, building, deploying, and supporting enterprise architectures using Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware products.

He worked as Project Manager and Consultant in medium to large Citrix and virtualization projects in America and Europe, and now he works as Citrix SME (Subject Matter Expert) for one of the world's top financial companies in Asia, where he lives with his wife and two kids.

Guillermo is the founder and developer of the popular site CtxAdmTools, which provides free Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft automation tools to manage Citrix environments, Active Directory, Virtual Machines, and more. Also, he is the author of the book Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.0.

He holds more than 25 Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware certifications, and has passed more than 50 certification exams.

When he is not working he loves to cook with his son, particularly homemade Italian food, or walking around Singapore with his family, tasting new food, and clicking pictures.