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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

Using PowerShell for basic administrative tasks


This chapter requires that we are familiar with Microsoft PowerShell. If you are not familiar with it, I recommend downloading Windows PowerShell Graphical Help File and Windows PowerShell Quick Reference. Both the files are located in the Download section of this page at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter.

Also, you can review the Citrix XenApp 6.5 Server SDK Help, available in Start | All Programs | Citrix | XenApp 6.5 Server SDK:

Installing Citrix XenApp Commands snap-in

The Citrix XenApp Command snap-in is an add-on developed by Citrix to manage XenApp from PowerShell.

To open the PowerShell Citrix Commands console, William needs to use the Windows PowerShell with Citrix XenApp 6.5 Server SDK shortcut available at Start | All Programs | Citrix | XenApp Commands.

Another option is to open the PowerShell shortcut and load the Citrix XenApp snap-in. This option is required when William wants to use a PowerShell to manage multiple products...