Book description
Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop 7.x
In Detail
Citrix® is an established name in today's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) era by virtue of their desktop and application virtualization platforms, with the capability to assign applications and contents in a secure manner.
Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x provides the best way to learn how to build your own virtual desktop and application Site. You may not have a lot of time to read the Citrix® documentation, or attend a class, so this step-by-step guide is distilled into fast, concise chapters to quickly lead you through all of the important information to get your XenDesktop® 7.x deployment done.
What You Will Learn
- Create a completely functioning VDI implementation
- Manage XenDesktop® using Studio, including machine catalogs, delivery groups, and Personal vDisks
- Customize user sessions using policies
- Learn how printing and USB redirection work and how to configure them
- Explore High Definition User Experience (HDX) and how it affects usability
- Deliver virtual applications with VM hosted apps
- Plug in to the different XenDesktop® services using the XenDesktop® SDK
- Use the Citrix® Receiver® to receive and run the virtual desktop on the client device
- Manage and monitor XenDesktop® using Studio and Director
- Secure the XenDesktop® Site using the NetScaler Gateway
- Build and deliver VDI from the cloud
Table of contents
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Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x
- Table of Contents
- Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x
- Credits
- Notice
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Designing a XenDesktop® Site
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2. Installing XenDesktop®
- Planning the XenDesktop® installation
- Step 1 – installing the controller (XD1)
- Step 2 – installing StoreFront (XD2)
- Step 3 – installing Director (XD3)
- Step 4 – creating the virtual desktop and application delivery master images
- Step 5 – installing the Virtual Delivery Agent on the master images
- Step 6 – configuring the StoreFront server
- Step 7 – creating the machine catalogs
- Step 8 – creating the delivery groups
- Installation checkpoint
- Step 9 – installing Citrix ReceiverTM on the client devices
- Step 10 – testing the connection
- Summary
- 3. Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks
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4. Managing Delivery Groups
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Managing the delivery groups
- Creating a delivery group
- Editing a delivery group
- Managing desktop sessions
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Managing the delivery group resources
- Adding and reallocating desktops
- Locating desktops, sessions, and delivery groups
- Shutting down and restarting desktops
- Removing desktops from delivery groups
- Deleting desktops from delivery groups
- Restricting access to desktops
- Securing the ICA® protocol communications
- Managing power settings for desktops
- Importing and exporting user data
- Enabling and disabling the maintenance mode
- Managing the server load
- Managing the hosted applications
- Managing the Delivery Controller environment
- Summary
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Managing the delivery groups
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5. Managing Policies
- XenDesktop® Studio versus Microsoft Group Policy Editor
- Working with policies
- Implementing multiple policies
- The resulting set of policies
- Implementing policies with NetScaler Gateway™
- Summary
- 6. Managing Printing
- 7. Virtualizing USB Support
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8. Virtualizing Storage and Backup
- XenDesktop® storage considerations
- XenDesktop® storage requirements
- Virtual desktop storage requirements – dedicated desktop model
- Virtual desktop storage requirements – dedicated shared desktop model
- Virtual desktop storage requirements – shared hosted desktop model
- Backup and restore
- USB mass storage
- Summary
- 9. High Definition Experience (HDX™)
- 10. Application Delivery
- 11. Working with the XenDesktop® SDK
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12. Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins
- Understanding Receiver
- Changing the Receiver settings
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Using plugins
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The online plugin
- Using workspace control
- Changing the resolution of the virtual desktop
- Moving the toolbar
- Controlling local file access
- Accessing devices
- Accessing USB devices
- Accessing local microphones and webcams
- Redirecting Flash to a local device
- Switching between virtual desktops
- Logging off virtual desktops
- Disconnecting from virtual desktops
- Restarting a virtual desktop
- Using Desktop Lock
- Printing in virtual desktops
- Understanding the keyboard input
- The offline plugin
- The CloudBridge™ plugin
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The online plugin
- Running Receiver on Microsoft Windows
- Running Receiver on Apple
- Running Receiver on other devices
- Summary
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13. Securing XenDesktop®
- DMZ and DMZ2
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Securing XenDesktop® with NetScaler Gateway™
- Importing NetScaler VPX™ into XenServer®
- Installing a NetScaler® license
- Installing an SSL certificate
- Creating a NetScaler Gateway™ virtual server
- Configuring NetScaler Gateway™ for StoreFront
- Configuring NetScaler® for an ICA proxy
- Configuring a StoreFront connection to NetScaler Gateway™
- Exporting the StoreFront certificate
- Importing the StoreFront certificate into NetScaler Gateway™
- Secure Ticket Authority
- Securing the ICA/HDX protocols
- Securing StoreFront
- Securing Receiver
- Securing controller
- Securing Studio and Director
- Securing the XenDesktop® to XenServer® communications
- Using smart cards
- Summary
- 14. Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop®
- 15. VDI in the Cloud
- A. Creating a Domain Certificate Authority
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B. XenDesktop® Policy Settings Reference
- Audio policies
- Bandwidth policies
- Redirection policies
- Desktop UI policies
- Graphics and multimedia policies
- Caching policies
- Multistream traffic policies
- Printing policies
- ICA® policies
- Keep alive policies
- Autoreconnection policies
- Mobility policies
- Session policies
- Time zone policies
- Load management policies
- Delivery Agent policies
- HDX™ 3D policies
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C. Creating Self-signed Certificates for NetScaler Gateway™
- Enabling SSL on NetScaler Gateway™
- Creating a self-signed root CA certificate
- Creating a public-facing server certificate
- Installing the root CA and public certificates
- Linking the public and root CA certificates
- Viewing the root CA and server certificate bindings
- Binding the certificates to the NetScaler Gateway™ VIP
- Testing the certificates
- Testing the NetScaler Gateway™ connection
- D. Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway™
- Index
Product information
- Title: Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2014
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781849689762
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