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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

Farm terminology and concepts


Now is the moment to define the terminology which we are going to use in this book. If you are new in the XenApp world, please pay attention to this section. Except when noted, all following terminology applies to both XenApp 6.0 and XenApp 6.5.

  • Multi-user environment is when applications are published on servers running Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and/or Citrix XenApp accessed by multiple users simultaneously.

  • XenApp server is the main software component of the Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure. The objective of XenApp servers is to deliver applications to user devices.

  • XenApp application servers are the farm servers that host published applications, desktop, or content.

  • XenApp infrastructure servers are the farm servers that host services such as a license server or Web Interface. Usually, they do not host published applications.

  • Remote Desktop Services, formerly known as Terminal Services, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows Server...