Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

By : Craig Thomas Ellrod

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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

By: Craig Thomas Ellrod

Overview of this book

Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

Credits

Notice

About the Author

About the Author

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Free Chapter

Designing a XenDesktop Site

Designing a XenDesktop Site

The core components of a XenDesktop Site

Terminology and concepts

System requirements

Designing a basic XenDesktop Site

Common Citrix communication ports

Installing XenDesktop

Installing XenDesktop

Planning the XenDesktop installation

Step 1 – installing the controller (XD1)

Step 2 – installing StoreFront (XD2)

Step 3 – installing Director (XD3)

Step 4 – creating the virtual desktop and application delivery master images

Step 5 – installing the Virtual Delivery Agent on the master images

Step 6 – configuring the StoreFront server

Step 7 – creating the machine catalogs

Step 8 – creating the delivery groups

Installation checkpoint

Step 9 – installing Citrix Receiver on the client devices

Step 10 – testing the connection

Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks

Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks

Machine catalogs

Managing the hosts

Managing Personal vDisks

Managing Delivery Groups

Managing Delivery Groups

Managing the delivery groups

Managing the hosted applications

Managing the Delivery Controller environment

Managing Policies

Managing Policies

XenDesktop Studio versus Microsoft Group Policy Editor

Working with policies

Implementing multiple policies

The resulting set of policies

Implementing policies with NetScaler Gateway

Managing Printing

Managing Printing

How printing works

Universal Print Server and Driver

Autocreation of printers

Mapping printers and drivers

Optimization of printing

Virtualizing USB Support

Virtualizing USB Support

USB devices in virtualization

How XenDesktop uses USB redirection

Virtualizing Storage and Backup

Virtualizing Storage and Backup

XenDesktop storage considerations

XenDesktop storage requirements

Virtual desktop storage requirements – dedicated desktop model

Virtual desktop storage requirements – dedicated shared desktop model

Virtual desktop storage requirements – shared hosted desktop model

Backup and restore

USB mass storage

High Definition Experience (HDX)

High Definition Experience (HDX)

Introducing high definition experience

Aero redirection

Configuring image quality

Configuring audio

Configuring webcams

Configuring color compression

Configuring network priorities

Adaptive display

Application Delivery

Application Delivery

Delivering applications

Differences between XenApp and XenDesktop

Application Delivery Controllers

Application Delivery Networks

Working with the XenDesktop SDK

Working with the XenDesktop SDK

Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Using the XenDesktop SDK

Creating an SDK script

Troubleshooting using the XD PowerShell SDK

Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins

Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins

Understanding Receiver

Changing the Receiver settings

Running Receiver on Microsoft Windows

Running Receiver on Apple

Running Receiver on other devices

Securing XenDesktop

Securing XenDesktop

Securing XenDesktop with NetScaler Gateway

Secure Ticket Authority

Securing the ICA/HDX protocols

Securing StoreFront

Securing Receiver

Securing controller

Securing Studio and Director

Securing the XenDesktop to XenServer communications

Using smart cards

Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop

Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop

Using Studio to manage the XenDesktop Site

Using Director to monitor the XenDesktop Site

Using HDX Insight

Troubleshooting XenDesktop

Third-party tools

VDI in the Cloud

VDI in the Cloud

Understanding virtualization in the cloud

Creating a Domain Certificate Authority

Creating a Domain Certificate Authority

XenDesktop Policy Settings Reference

XenDesktop Policy Settings Reference

Bandwidth policies

Redirection policies

Desktop UI policies

Graphics and multimedia policies

Caching policies

Multistream traffic policies

Printing policies

Keep alive policies

Autoreconnection policies

Mobility policies

Session policies

Time zone policies

Load management policies

Delivery Agent policies

HDX 3D policies

Creating Self-signed Certificates for NetScaler Gateway

Creating Self-signed Certificates for NetScaler Gateway

Enabling SSL on NetScaler Gateway

Creating a self-signed root CA certificate

Creating a public-facing server certificate

Installing the root CA and public certificates

Linking the public and root CA certificates

Viewing the root CA and server certificate bindings

Binding the certificates to the NetScaler Gateway VIP

Testing the certificates

Testing the NetScaler Gateway connection

Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway

Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway

Enabling SSL on NetScaler Gateway

Creating a certificate request

Submitting the request to the public CA

Installing the public-signed wildcard certificate

Binding the public-signed certificate to the NetScaler Gateway VIP

Testing NetScaler Gateway and certificates

Index

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Multistream traffic policies

The following table lists the policies that apply to the multistream traffic settings:

Policy	Function	Default	Use with policy
Multi-Port Policy	This specifies the ports for the ICA traffic across multiple connections and establishes network priorities	TCP port 2598	Multi-Stream (Computer)
Multi-Stream (Computer)	This enables support for the multistream connections on the server	Disabled
Multi-Stream (User)	This enables support for multistream on the user device	Disabled	Multi-Stream (Computer)