Book Image

Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Book Image

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 Reviewers

Christopher Buford is a Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer in Virtualization (CCEE) and Citrix product consultant, with 13 years of experience with Citrix products.

His experience includes XenApp, XenDesktop, NetScaler, Provisioning Server, Universal Profile Manager, Business Practices, and Technical Documentation. He also has experience in architecting, designing, and implementing Citrix Solutions. He has worked with several Fortune 500 companies as well as small to mid-sized Businesses as a Citrix subject matter expert.

He is currently a Citrix consultant for SMB Technology Solutions, LLC. SMB Technology Solutions, LLC is an Atlanta, GA-based boutique virtualization consulting company, specializing, in the small-midsized business arena. SMB Technology Solutions focuses on the South Eastern United States.

He really loves the ability to bring historically enterprise-level technologies to the SMB market. He feels great to be able to apply years of enterprise experience to the small business market. They are instrumental in helping level the playing field for the smaller guys.

Christopher was also chosen as a reviewer for the forerunner of this book, Getting Started with Xenapp 6.