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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.

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Jul, 2012 | 478 pages
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Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Introducing XenApp 6.5
XenApp feature overview
System requirements
Summary
2
Designing a XenApp 6.5 Farm
Designing a XenApp 6.5 Farm
Case study: Brick Unit Constructions
Farm terminology and concepts
Designing a basic XenApp architecture
The pilot plan
Summary
3
Installing XenApp 6.5
Installing XenApp 6.5
Installing and configuring XenApp 6.5
Configuring Windows components
Installing XenApp using the Wizard-Based Server Role Manager
Installing License Server and Web Interface roles in server BRICKXA65-01
Configuring Citrix License Server
Installing Citrix Licenses
Configuring XenApp Using the Wizard-based Server Configuration Tool
Configuring Citrix Web Interface server
Configure Remote Desktop Licenses
Managing XenApp Farms
Summary
4
Advanced XenApp Deployment
Advanced XenApp Deployment
Unattended install of XenApp 6.5
Customizing Citrix Web Interface Server
Summary
5
Using Management Tools
Using Management Tools
Management Consoles
Other Administration Tools
Managing Citrix Administrators
Summary
6
Application Publishing
Application Publishing
Publishing applications
Summary
7
Application Streaming
Application Streaming
Application streaming
System requirements for application streaming
Components for application streaming
Choosing which plug-in to use for application streaming
Profiling Microsoft Office 2010
Summary
8
Managing XenApp Policies
Managing XenApp Policies
Understanding XenApp policies
Working with management consoles
Creating XenApp policies
Applying policies to sessions
Using Citrix policies templates
Using Worker Groups to assign policies
Troubleshooting policies
Summary
9
Printing in XenApp Environments
Printing in XenApp Environments
Windows printing concepts
Printing on Citrix XenApp
Managing printer drivers
Using the Citrix Universal Printer
Implementing Printers
Printing for mobile users
Third-party printing solutions
Summary
10
Multimedia Content in XenApp
Multimedia Content in XenApp
Description of Citrix HDX technologies
Using HDX 3D technologies to improve image display
Using HDX Broadcast Display settings
Using HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration
Using HDX MediaStream for Flash to optimize Flash content
Configuring audio using policies
Bandwidth policy settings
Configuring audio for user sessions
HDX Experience Monitor for XenApp
Summary
11
Managing Sessions
Managing Sessions
Understanding sessions
Monitoring XenApp sessions
Managing XenApp sessions
Viewing XenApp sessions
Maintaining session activity
Customizing user environments in XenApp
Limiting concurrent connections
Optimizing user sessions for XenApp
Redirection of Local Special Folders in sessions
Summary
12
Scripting Programming
Scripting Programming
MFCOM and PowerShell
Installing XenApp Commands on XenApp Servers
Using PowerShell for basic administrative tasks
Using PowerShell Commands from .NET applications
Using MFCOM on XenApp
Convert MFCOM scripts to PowerShell
Summary
13
Receiver and Plug-Ins Management
Receiver and Plug-Ins Management
Introduction to Citrix Receiver
Setting up Citrix Merchandising Server 2.2
Installing Citrix Receiver
Summary
14
Virtualizing XenApp Farms
Virtualizing XenApp Farms
Deploying XenApp 6.5 in a virtualized environment
Choosing the right virtualization platform
Deploying XenApp 6.5 on Citrix XenServer
Deploying XenApp 6.5 on Microsoft Hyper-V
Deploying XenApp 6.5 on VMware vSphere
Virtual machines optimizations
Cloning XenApp 6.5 virtual machines
Summary
Index
Index

Acknowledgement

I would like to thank the following individuals for my success.

First of all, I would like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I would also like to thank my loving family; my beautiful wife Carol Buford, for her support. My children, who are the main reasons for my pressing towards the goal, daughters Ceterra, Chrisha, Christiana, and Taliyah, and grandson Jordan, and of course my parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.J. Buford, for their guidance and for always being there for me.

I would also like to thank the following mentors, friends, and colleagues for driving me towards excellence:

Mr. Alonzo James III—Zo, "Technological Genius" you are one of the very few people who have technical brilliance along with "real world" common sense. Thanks for sharing the knowledge, and thanks for being such a great friend.

Mr. Dexter Oliver—Thanks Dex, "I.T. Manager Extraordinaire" for your guidance, mentoring, and wisdom, and for keeping me spiritually grounded and assisting me in keeping focus on what really counts.

Mr. Scott Tucker (Citrix Technology Consultant)—Scott, I have learned so much from you in our technology battles and ("hashing" things out) conversations, Thanks a bunch buddy.

Shankha Mukherjee has five years experience in Citrix XenApp (new name for Presentation Server). He has worked on almost all the versions of Citrix XenApp, starting from Metaframe XP. He is currently working as a Level-2 administrator for WINTEL (Windows Intel / Citrix XenApp / VMware), giving support to client infrastructure, remotely.

Shankha Mukherjee is a B-Tech Engineer in Information Technology.

He has also reviewed the book, Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.

I am thankful to Yashodhan Dere and Amey Kanse for providing me this opportunity.

Peter Nap is a very experienced Server Based Computing Consultant and Infrastructure Architect. He is 38 years old, lives in the Netherlands, and is currently employed as an Infrastructure Architect for Logica. He has 13 years of work experience in various large and small businesses, including Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands.

Last year, Peter was migrating a company to XenApp 6.5 in combination with Citrix Provisioning 6.1 and hosted on physical blades.

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