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Citrix XenDesktop Cookbook-Third Edition

By : Gaspare Silvestri
Book Image

Citrix XenDesktop Cookbook-Third Edition

By: Gaspare Silvestri

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Citrix XenDesktop Cookbook Third Edition
Disclaimer
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Publishing applications using Microsoft App-V


Microsoft offers an alternative to the XenApp streaming method, a product no more supported (end of life) with its App-V platforms. This software, which is quite similar to the XenApp application profiling technique, permits you to publish the software to the end user's desktop using a specific client.

In this chapter, we will discuss the App-V components and their functionalities.

Note

To learn how to implement an App-V architecture you can refer to Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide, Augusto Alvarez, Packt Publishing.

Getting ready

For a full version of the App-V infrastructure, you need two or more servers to install and configure the following roles:

  • App-V Management System: This component is the centralized management console for all the configured applications and the associated users:

  • App-V Management Server: This is the application Broker, the core of the App-V infrastructure, which delivers the software to the clients. App...