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Mastering Citrix XenDesktop

By : GUNNALA GOVARDHAN, Daniele Tosatto
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Mastering Citrix XenDesktop

By: GUNNALA GOVARDHAN, Daniele Tosatto

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering Citrix XenDesktop
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Process of designing XenDesktop® deployments


The uniqueness of the XenDesktop architecture is its modular five layer model. It covers all the key decisions in designing the XenDesktop deployment (as we saw in the previous chapter).

  • User layer: Defines the users and their requirements

  • Access layer: Defines how the users will access the resources

  • Desktop/resource layer: Defines what resources will be delivered

  • Control layer: Defines managing and maintaining the solution

  • Hardware layer: Defines what resources it needs for implementing the chosen solution

While FMA is simple at a high level, its implementation can become complex depending on the technologies/options that are chosen for each component across the layers of FMA. Along with great flexibility, comes the responsibility of diligently choosing the technologies/options for fulfilling your business requirements.

Importantly, the decisions made in the first three layers impact the last two layers of the deployment. It means that fixing a wrong...