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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

Setting up Citrix Merchandising Server 2.2


Citrix Receiver for Windows, Receiver for Macintosh, and Merchandising Server are components of the Citrix Delivery Center solution. Citrix Merchandising Server and Citrix Receiver work together to update the installation and management of application delivery to the user desktops.

Merchandising Server is an administrative tool for configuring, delivering, and upgrading Plug-Ins for our users' devices and provides a great end-user experience on laptops and desktops.

Merchandising Server currently is supported on Citrix XenServer and VMware Servers.

Installing Merchandising Server software

The Merchandising Server software is delivered as a virtual appliance image that contains all of the software necessary for running the Merchandising Server.

William can download the virtual appliance image from www.citrix.com and then import the virtual machine into Citrix XenServer or VMware servers.

Two images are available under Receiver options:

  • XenServer: The image...