XenDesktop relies on Active Directory for its operations. AD provides a data store that stores information related to users, computers, services, and other objects. The Delivery Controller and VDA depend upon the AD to establish trust relationships to secure communication.
XenDesktop controllers and VDA use AD for a number of tasks, such as:
Authentication: End users authenticate to DDC and VDA using Active Directory
Management console authentication: Administrators authenticate to DDC using AD credentials to make any changes to the XenDesktop site
Kerberos: DDC and VDAs use the Kerberos security feature provided by AD to establish secure and encrypted communication channel
Controller Discovery using Active Directory: Virtual desktops in a XenDesktop environment need to register themselves with the Controller server to be managed by a broker and allow ICA connections from client devices. One of the configuration methods for this discovery can be done by Active...