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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

Other Administration Tools


Now we are going to talk about a few extra management tools included in XenApp 6.5 (and previous versions). These tools are rarely used, except for the Shadow taskbar, but can be useful for some specific deployments.

Citrix SSL Relay Configuration Tool

We can use this tool to secure communication using SSL protocol between a server running the Web Interface and our XenApp farm.

Shadow Taskbar

Shadowing allows administrators or other users to view and control other users' sessions remotely. Use the Shadow Taskbar to shadow sessions and to switch among multiple shadowed sessions. We can shadow ICA sessions within the Citrix AppCenter and on previous versions of XenApp on the Citrix Delivery Services Console or Citrix Access Management Console, too.

Note

Shadowing of sessions with multi-monitors is not supported. If we need to shadow multi-monitor sessions, we can use the Remote Assistance feature. Also, shadowing of sessions when Desktop Experience is installed is not...