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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Overview of this book

XenApp is the leader in application hosting and virtualization delivery, allowing users from different platforms such Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices to connect to their business applications. Using XenApp, you can deploy secure applications quickly to thousands of users.XenApp 6.5 brings with it exciting new features such as a brand new management console, Instant App access, Multi-stream ICA, Single Sign-on and SmartAuditor enhancements, and more.Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 provides comprehensive details on how to design, implement, and maintain Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5. Additionally, you will learn to use management tools and scripts for daily tasks such as managing servers, published resources, printers, and connections.Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 starts by introducing the basics and new features of the brand new version such as installing servers and configuring components, and then teaches you how to publish applications and resources on the client device before moving on to configuring content redirection. Author Guillermo Musumeci includes a use case throughout the book to explain advanced topics like creating management scripts and deploying and optimizing XenApp for Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines. It will guide you through an unattended installation of XenApp and components on physical servers. By the end of this book you will have enough knowledge to successfully design and manage your own XenApp 6.5 Farms.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgement
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Viewing XenApp sessions


William can view another user's session running on a remote machine by using shadowing. When shadowing is enabled, he can monitor the session activity, and if configured, he can also use our keyboard and mouse to control the user's keyboard and mouse remotely in the shadowed session. Shadowing a session provides a powerful tool to assist and monitor users.

Shadowing is a very useful option for the Brick Unit Construction help desk staff who can use it to help users. They can view a user's screen or actions to troubleshoot problems and can demonstrate correct procedures. Also, it is possible to use shadowing for remote diagnosis and as a training tool.

They can shadow using both the Citrix AppCenter Console and the Shadow Taskbar.

Note

Shadow is not going to work if the user has enabled Dual Monitor or Aero (Desktop Experience) on the XenApp server. Refer to the article http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125693 for more information.

We enable shadowing on a XenApp server...