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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 7.6

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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 7.6

Overview of this book

If you want to effectively deploy the various components of Citrix XenApp to create an enterprise environment for application and desktop delivery, this hands-on guide is perfect for you. You start off by understanding the need and benefits of Citrix XenApp with respect to Virtualization technology. After this, you will get to grips with the requirement analysis and designing aspect of building XenApp systems and all the necessary installation and configuration procedures for Citrix XenApp, StoreFront and NetScalar Gateway are explained one by one in detail. Step-by-step, you will learn to deploy your first XenApp with the Machine Creation Services method and Provisioning Services method. After this, you will explore the administering part of applications and systems, followed by printing in the XenApp environment. Next, you will learn all the trips and tricks required to troubleshoot and support the XenApp environment. By the end of this book, you will be ready to go live with your new XenApp environment.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 7.6
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
9
Building Your First XenApp Farm – Provisioning Services™
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we laid the foundation for your first XenApp deployment. We defined the existing components of your environment and how they would fit into the Citrix stack. We examined infrastructure components, such as network, storage, Active Directory users, profiles, and printers. We also defined endpoint devices and peripherals that users operate with for their day-to-day activities. Being aware of the existing environment and the requirements for the future system allowed us to project what specifications will be necessary to build it from a hardware and compute (CPU and memory) perspective as well as software licensing for Citrix and Microsoft. In this case, we allocated enough resources to the physical hosts to allow for future growth, and we assigned specific processor, RAM, and hard disk specs to support core applications for accounting, sales, and human resources. The design was conducted as part of an IT project plan that is regularly employed in consulting engagements...