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Mastering XenApp

By : Sunny Jha
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Mastering XenApp

By: Sunny Jha

Overview of this book

Citrix® XenApp® is one of the leading pieces of Application delivery software that delivers Windows compatible apps to users on any device, anywhere. Citrix® XenApp® also gives administrators the ability to manage and control the freedom of mobility by increasing the security and saving costs at the same time. This book will provide you with all the knowledge required to successfully deploy and master a complete Citrix® hosted application. First, it will cover essential concepts of the architecture of XenApp®. You will then learn how to set up Hypervisor and how to set up Infrastructure components. Next you will learn how to Set up Citrix® Components, XenApp® resources, PVS, and Netscaler. We will further look at how to prepare the environment for Rollout. Additionally, you will learn how to configure the Citrix® components such as Citrix® Director. Moreover, you’ll learn about shared desktop for delivery to end users and the application of policies for effective and secure delivery. Finally, you will learn how to implement provisioning services for a Citrix® XenApp® 7.6 environment.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering XenApp
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a delivery group


This is a relatively easier task and is less time-consuming. Delivery group is basically a collection of applications that are created from the Machine Catalog. Follow these steps:

  1. In order to start the steps, first you have to move to the common task screen again. In that section, there is an option at the bottom that says Create a new Delivery Group. Click on it:

  2. It will bring up the Introduction screen, where it will have the information about the delivery group and why we create a delivery group. Please spend some time to understand it and then click on Next:

  3. On the next screen, you will get the option to choose the Machine Catalog to publish the application from. We only have one catalog available which was created in the last section. Also, you have to choose the number of machines that you want to use in this delivery group. Click on Next:

  4. On the next screen, you will get three options of delivery type:

    Desktops

    Desktop and applications

    Applications

    We will...