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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

Deploying XenApp 6.5 on VMware vSphere


VMware vSphere leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud computing infrastructures, and enables IT organizations to deliver the next generation of flexible and reliable IT services, using internal and external resources, securely and with low risk.

VMware vSphere (formerly known as VMware ESX Server) is available in these versions:

  • VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi): This is the free version of vSphere. Perfect for testing, evaluating the platform, remote offices, and small environments.

  • VMware vSphere for Enterprise: This is the full version of the hypervisor. Available in multiple versions, it provides different features, depending on the cost of every product.

Some limitations of ESXi:

  • Limited management capabilities: We need to buy a VMware vCenter Server license if we want to create templates or copy VMs from a GUI.

  • Limited scripting capabilities: We can't create scripts for unattended installations...