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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

Configure Remote Desktop Licenses


The last step to finish the setup of the pilot XenApp farm is the configuration of the Remote Desktop Licensing.

When he logs in to XenApp servers before the Remote Desktop licenses are configured, he will see a balloon in the Windows taskbar, similar to the one shown in the following screenshot. The grace period for a Remote Desktop license setup is 120 days.

William needs to install the Remote Desktop Licensing Role Service, activate a Remote Desktop license server, and install Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (CAL) on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 on the Active Directory Domain (or test server if we are testing the product on one single test server).

Note

To install Remote Desktop Licensing Role Service and Remote Desktop licenses, contact your Active Directory administrator or follow the instructions available at http://xenapp6.musumeci.com.ar

To specify the Remote Desktop licensing mode on XenApp Servers, he needs to use...