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Mastering Citrix XenDesktop

By : GUNNALA GOVARDHAN, Daniele Tosatto
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Mastering Citrix XenDesktop

By: GUNNALA GOVARDHAN, Daniele Tosatto

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering Citrix XenDesktop
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Key features of the XenDesktop® architecture for businesses


Before we explore the XenDesktop architecture in detail, let's discover the key features of the XenDesktop architecture that benefit enterprises and businesses. The following is a quick list of the features of the XenDesktop architecture that benefit enterprises and businesses:

Here are the business driven enterprise capabilities of the XenDesktop architecture:

  • FMA is developed from scratch for XenDesktop

  • No dependency on the Microsoft Terminal Services

  • Supports scalability and extensibility of the overall solution

  • Shared architecture for XenApp and XenDesktop

  • Simplified installer with guided quick deploy

  • Reduced management consoles

  • Configuration logging for change management

  • Delegated administration

  • Integration with Active Directory for MCS and AD Group Policies for managing XenDesktop policies

  • Real-time monitoring and reports generation

  • SDK for custom automations