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

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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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Session policies

The following table lists the policies that apply to the session settings:

Policy	Function	Default	Use with policy
Disconnected session timer	This determines how long a disconnected, locked workstation can remain locked before the session is logged off	1440 mins (24 hours)
Session connection timer	This enables or disables a timer to determine the maximum duration of an uninterrupted connection between a user device and a workstation	Disabled	Session connection timer interval
Session connection timer interval	This determines, in minutes, the maximum duration of an uninterrupted connection between a user device and a workstation	1440 mins (24 hours)	Session connection timer
Session idle timer	This enables or disables a timer to determine how long an uninterrupted user device connection to a workstation will be maintained if there is no input from the user	Enabled	Session idle timer interval
Session idle timer interval	This determines, in minutes, how long an uninterrupted user device connection to a workstation will be maintained if there is no input from the user	1440 mins (24 hours)	Session idle timer
Session reliability connections	This allows or prevents sessions to remain open during a loss of network connectivity	Allowed	Auto client reconnect authentication Session reliability timeout
Session reliability port number	This specifies the TCP port number for the incoming session reliability connections	Port 2598
Session reliability timeout	This specifies the length of time, in seconds, that the session reliability proxy waits for a client to reconnect before allowing the session to be disconnected	180 secs (3 mins)	Auto client reconnect authentication Session reliability timeout
Single Sign-On	This enables or disables the use of a single sign-on when users connect to XenApp servers or published applications	Enabled
Single Sign-On central store	This specifies the UNC path of the single sign-on central store to which users are allowed to connect	Not specified