1Y0-A03 Citrix Xendesktop 2.0 Enterprise Edition: Administration Study Guide

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TableofContents
Subject Page
DefiningCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionArchitecture 1
IdentifyingPreInstallConsiderations 7
InstallingCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition 9
BuildingvDisks 15
ConfiguringCitrixDesktopDeliveryControllerforXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition 19
DeliveringDesktops 25
ManagingaXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionImplementation 26

TroubleshootingDesktopImagesforVirtualizedDelivery 27
DeliveringandManagingApplications 30
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DefiningCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionArchitecture
ConsolesandUtilities
MostXenDesktopmanagementtasksareperformedfromtheAccessManagement
Console.
TheDesktopDeliveryConsoleenablessessionmanagementtaskstobeperformed.
ConfiguringofprintingandpoliciesisperformedinthePresentationServerConsole.
XenAppAdvancedConfigurationToolisthenewnameforthePresentationServer
ConsoleinXenApp5.

XenCenterisusedinXenServermanagement,includingthecreationandmanagement
ofresourcepools.

TheProvisioningServerConsoleisusedtomanagecomponentswithinaProvisioning
Serverfarm,includingvDisks.

TheXenDesktopSetupWizardautomatespartsofthecreation,deliveryand
maintenanceoflargeinstallationsofvirtualdesktops.

ThiswizardintegratesCitrixcomponentssothatsystemsadministratorscanquickly
createmultipledesktops.
EndpointDevices
ACitrixReadydesktopappliance:
Isoptimizedforusewithavirtualdesktop.
Providesusersaccesstoasinglevirtualdesktop.
RunsonWindowsXPEmbedded,WindowsCE,Linuxorcustomoperatingsystemslike
WyseThinOS.
ComespreinstalledwiththeDesktopReceiverEmbeddedsoftwaretoaccessavirtual
desktop.
Arepurposedpersonalcomputer:
Providesusersaccesstoasinglevirtualdesktop.
Doesnotrequireaccesstothelocaldesktop.
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HastohavetheDesktopReceiverEmbeddedsoftwareinstalledonit.
Isjoinedtoadomain.
RunsonWindowsXPorWindowsXPeoperatingsystems.
Afatclient:
RunsonWindowsVista,WindowsXPProfessional,WindowsServer2003,Windows
2000Professional,Linux,UNIXorMacintoshOSXoperatingsystems.
HastohavetheDesktopReceiversoftwareinstalledonitordownloadedandinstalled
fromawebsite.
Providesusersaccesstothelocaldesktopandprovidesusersaccessandcontrolover
oneormorevirtualdesktops.
Aremotesystem:
ProvidesuserswithaccesstotheirvirtualdesktopsfromoutsideoftheLANthrough
AccessGateway.
RunsonWindowsVista,WindowsXPProfessional,WindowsServer2003,Windows
2000Professional,Linux,UNIXorMacintoshOSXoperatingsystems.
Usesafatclientdevice.
TechnologiesusedwithXenDesktop
XenDesktopusesSpeedScreento:
Ensurethatscreenupdatesaresmooth.

Mouseandkeyboardmovementsareresponsive.

Multimediahasexcellentperformanceoveranynetwork.
TheuniversalprintdriverallowsXenDesktoptodeliveraconsistentandfastprintingexperience
foruserswithoutrequiringspecificlocalprintdrivers.
XenMotionallowsvirtualdesktopsfromoneXenServertoanotherforhighavailabilityand
simplifiedservermaintenance.
SecureremoteaccessisprovidedbyCitrixAccessGatewaytechnologytosecure
communicationsbetweentheclientandtheXenDesktopenvironment.
Sessionreliabilityallowsuserstoresumetheirworkfromwheretheyleftoffafteraconnection
islostandthenreestablished.
Sessionreliabilityusesport2598.
XenDesktopComponents
TheDesktopDeliveryController:
Brokersconnectionrequestsfromendpointdevices.

Assignsadesktoptoeachuserondemand.
Manageslicensing.
Managesthedatastore.
Thedatastorecontainsthepersistentconfigurationinformationforthefarm.
TheVirtualDesktopAgent:
Runsoneachdesktopthatwillbedeliveredtousers.
ProvidestheICAservicethatmanagescommunicationbetweenausersdesktopand
endpointdevice.
TheDesktopReceiverrunsontheendpointdeviceanddisplaysausersdesktop.
TheVirtualMachineInfrastructurecreatesthefoundationfordeliveringvirtualdesktopsand
offersadvancedmanagementfeatures.
ApplicationdeliveryisprovidedbyXenAppforVirtualDesktops.
XenAppforVirtualDesktopsdeliversapplicationstovirtualdesktopsondemand.
ProvisioningServerforDesktopsisusedtostreamasingledesktopimage(vDisk)tomultiple
virtualdesktopshostedintheVMinfrastructure.
DesktopDeliveryProcess
1.TheendpointdevicesubmitsusercredentialstoaWebInterfacesitethroughAccess
Gateway.
2.TheWebInterfacepassestheusercredentialstotheDesktopDeliveryController.
3.TheDesktopDeliveryControllerverifiesuserauthorization.
4.TheDesktopDeliveryControllerqueriesthedatastorefortheusersassigneddesktopgroups.
5.TheDesktopDeliveryControllerqueriestheVMInfrastructureaboutvirtualdesktopstatus.
6.ProvisioningServerforDesktopsbindsavDisktothevirtualdesktop.
7.TheDesktopDeliveryControlleridentifieswhichdesktophasbeenassignedforthissession.
8.WebInterfacesendsan.ICAfiletotheDesktopReceiver.
9.AnICAconnectionisestablished.
10.TheVirtualDesktopAgentverifiesthelicensefilewiththeDesktopDeliveryController.
11.TheDesktopDeliverControllerqueriesthelicenseserver.
12.TheDesktopDeliveryControllersendspoliciestothevirtualdesktop.
13.Thevirtualdesktoprequestsprofiledata.
14.Thevirtualdesktopisdisplayedtotheuser.
15.Applicationsaredeliveredondemand.
UserExperience
UserswhowillonlyneedaccesstoasinglevirtualdesktopandareonthelocalLANconnecting
withadesktopappliance:
Turnontheirlocalappliance>WaitfortheWelcomescreen>Entertheircredentials
andlogon>Waitforthedesktoptoappear.
Usersconnecttoasingle,fullscreenonlymodedesktopbythefollowingprocess:
TurnontheirlocalmachineandconnecttotheXenDesktopServicessite>Waitforthe
Windowslogonscreen>Entertheirdomaincredentials>Waitforthedesktopto
appear.
UsersthathavethechoicetoconnecttomorethanonedesktopfrominsideofWindowsona
LAN:
AftertheyhavealreadyloggedonWindows,theyopenawebbrowserandbrowsetoa
XenDesktopwebsite>WhentheWelcomescreenappears,theytypeintheir
credentialsandlogin>TheywillseeaDesktopstabandhavetheirchoiceofdesktops
tochoosefrom>ThefirsttimetheyconnectitdownloadstheDesktopToolbar>They
choosetheirdesktopanditappearsintheDesktopToolbar>Userscantheninteract
withthedesktopbyusingtheDesktopToolbar.
RemoteusersrunningWindowstoconnecttotheirdesktopsviaXenDesktop:
TheywillalreadybeloggedintoWindows>Openawebbrowserandbrowsetothe
XenDesktopwebsitethatwassecuredbyAccessGateway>Logontothesite>Selecta
desktopfromtheDesktopstab>ClickConnectandthedesktopwillappearinthe
DesktopToolbar>UsetheDesktopToolbartointeractwiththedesktop.
DesktopGroups
DesktopgroupsconsistofusersanddesktopsassignedthroughActiveDirectory.
Thedatastorecontainsthedesktopgroupstowhicheachuserisassigned.
Assigneddesktopgroupsareforusersthat:
Needtoneedtoinstallandmanageapplicationsontheirdesktops.

or

Needtostoredatanotcoveredbyprofilemanagement.
Pooleddesktopgroups:
Areforusersthatdonotneedtoinstallapplicationsorstoredataontheirdesktop.

Areallocatedtousersonapersession,firstcome,firstservedbasis.
Pooleddesktopscantakeadvantageofvirtualdesktopprovisioning,whichstreamsa
singleimagetomultipledesktops.

XenAppforVirtualDesktopsandenduserprofilesareusedtopersonalizethe
applications,settingsanddataforeachuser.
Therearetwotypesofpooleddesktopgroups:
Virtualdesktopsinpreassignedgroupsarepermanentlyassignedtoanindividual
userassoonasthegroupiscreated.

Asaresult,theusercansafelycustomizethedesktoptosuitherneeds.
Virtualdesktopsinassignedonfirstusegroupsarepermanentlyassignedtothe
firstusertoconnecttothem.

Asaresult,theusercansafelycustomizethedesktoptosuittheirneeds.
DesktopDeliveryComponent
TheDesktopDeliveryComponentinstallationprocessautomaticallycreatesmultipleWeb
Interfacesitestoprovideaflexibleuserexperience.
AWebInterfacesitepassestheusercredentialstotheDesktopDeliveryController.
Usingthedesktopgroupthatitobtainedfromthedatastore,theDesktopDeliveryController
queriestheVMinfrastructureaboutthestatusofvirtualdesktopsinthatgroup.
TheDesktopDeliveryController:
CannotbeinstalledonaDomainController.

Brokersconnectionrequestsfromendpointdevices.

Manageslicensingandthedatastore.

VerifiesuserauthorizationbyperformingaMicrosoftActiveDirectoryquerywiththe
userscredentials.
SomeProtocolsusedinXenDesktop
SSL/HTTPS:
Carriessecure,encrypteddatabetweentheDesktopReceiverandthedatacenter,
providingsecureremoteaccessforusersoutsideofthecorporateLAN.
ICA:
Isusedtodeliverhostedapplicationstovirtualdesktopsondemand,separatingthe
applicationlogicfromuserinputandscreenrefreshes.
CommunicationbetweentheDesktopReceiverandtheVirtualDesktopAgentoccurs
overICA,providingPClikeresponsivenessofanycontenttoanylocationanddevice.
SMB:
Streamsapplicationstovirtualdesktops,allowinguserstorunanewapplicationlocally
withoutrequiringanew,customimage.
SomePortsusedinXenDesktop
Port2598isusedtodeliverhostedapplicationswithsessionreliability.
Port1494isusedtodeliverhostedapplicationswithoutsessionreliability.
Port445isusedtostreamapplicationstovirtualdesktops.
IdentifyingPreInstallConsiderations
ActiveDirectory
TheActiveDirectoryConfigurationWizardisintegratedintheDesktopDeliveryController
installation.
ItisaccessibleontheDesktopDeliveryControllerintheStartmenubyselectingAll
Programs>Citrix>AdministratorTools>ActiveDirectoryConfigurationWizard.

Beforeanadministratorcancreatedesktopgroups,theyneedtocreateandconfigure
theActiveDirectoryOrganizationalUnit(OU)usingthiswizard.
ThetwomainreasonsthattheDesktopDeliveryControllerusesActiveDirectoryare:
1)SecurityConfirmthatanyoutboundcommunicationscomefromauthorized
controllersintheappropriatefarmandmaintainconfidentialityofdataexchangedby
thevirtualdesktopsandthecontrollers.

ActiveDirectorysinbuiltsecurityinfrastructureisusedbyvirtualdesktopstocheck
thatincomingcommunicationsfromcontrollerscomefromauthorizedcontrollersin
theappropriatefarm.

ActiveDirectoryssecurityinfrastructurealsoensuresthatthedataexchangedby
virtualdesktopsandcontrollersisconfidential.

DesktopDeliveryControllerusesActiveDirectory'sinbuiltKerberosinfrastructureto
guaranteetheauthenticityandconfidentialityofcommunication.

2)ControllerdiscoveryActiveDirectoryisusedbyXenDesktoptodiscoverthe
controllersthatconstituteafarm.
Administratorscanaddnewcontrollerstoafarmwithouthavingtoreconfigureall
virtualdesktopsinthefarmbecausethisinformationisautomaticallyupdatedin
ActiveDirectorybycontrollers.
DHCPinaXenDesktopEnvironment
WhenthevDiskbootsfromanetworkusingPXE:
DHCPsendsarequesttotheProvisioningServerforanIPaddressandbootfileoptions.

ThePXEserverdeliverstheinformationtothevDisk.
InaXenDesktopenvironment,theDHCPservicedeliversthefollowingtothevDisks:
AnIPaddress

Thebootfilelocation
WhenconfiguringbootoptionsforDHCP:
Enableoption066BootServerHostName.

TypeintheIPaddressofthebootserver.

Enableoption067BootfileName.

Enternameofthebootfile.
Configureoption060PXEClientforPXEsupport.
ReducingStorage
Anadministratorcanreducethenumberofuniquedesktopimagesstoredinthedatacenter
through:
Virtualdesktopprovisioning

Virtualdesktopprovisioningreducesstoragebystreamingasingleimagetomultiple
desktops.

Roamingprofiles

BystoringusersprofilesseparatelyfromtheOSandapplications,administrators
candramaticallyreducethenumberofuniqueimageswhilestillprovidinga
personalizeddesktoptoeachuser.
PrivateandStandardImagevDisks
PrivateImagevDisksrequiremorestoragespacethanStandardImagevDisks.
AStandardImagevDiskcanbesharedbyoneormoretargetdevices.
APrivateImagevDiskcanonlyexistforonetargetdevice.
ProvisioningServerCache
TheProvisioningServerwritecachecanbelocated:
Asafileonthetargetdevicesharddrive.
FreesuptheProvisioningServersinceitdoesnothavetoprocesswriterequests
anddoesnthavethefinitelimitationofRAM.
InthetargetdevicesRAM.
Providesthefastestmethodofdiskaccesssincememoryaccessisalwaysfaster
thandiskaccess.
AsafileontheProvisioningServer.
AllwritesarehandledbytheProvisioningServer,whichcanincreasediskIOand
networktraffic.
ProvisioningServerwritecacheneedonlybeenabledforStandardImagevDiskssincetheydont
allowreadandwriteaccessontheimagelikePrivateImagevDisksdo.
InstallingCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition
InstallingDesktopDeliveryController
ADesktopDeliveryController:
Cannotbeinstalledonadomaincontroller.
Shouldbeinstalledusingadomainaccountwithlocaladministratorrights.
ShouldnotbeinstalledusingRDP.
AutomaticallyinstallsWebInterfaceduringinstallation.
ADesktopDeliveryControllerrequires:
ActiveDirectorytostoreinformationaboutDesktopDeliveryControllersandtodetect
controllersinthefarm.
Adatabasetohostthedatastorethatholdsconfigurationinformationaboutthe
controllersandadministratoraccountinformation.
AccesstoaCitrixLicenseServerwithvalidlicenses.
TheCitrixAccessManagementConsoletoviewandmanagethefarm
TheCitrixPresentationServerConsoletoconfigureprintingandpoliciesforthevirtual
desktops.
CitrixLicensing
Thefollowingmustbelicensedforcontinuedfunctionality:
XenServer

AlthoughXenServerdoesnotusethesamelicenseserverastheothercomponents
intheXenDesktopenvironment,itstillutilizesCitrixlicensing.
ProvisioningServer
XenAppforVirtualDesktops
DesktopDeliveryController
TolicensesomeCitrixproducts,includingtheDesktopDeliveryController:
Installthelicenseserverintheenvironment.

ItisnotrequiredtobeinstalledontheDesktopDeliveryControllerserver,butcan
be.
Downloadthelicensefilefromwww.mycitrix.com.
Copythelicensefiletothelicenseserver.
IfthelicenseserverisinstalledonadifferentserverthantheCitrixproduct,usethe
AccessManagementConsoletoconfiguretheproducttopointtothelicenseserverby
IPaddressornameandspecifytheportnumberbeingusedforthelicenseserver
communications.
UsetheLicenseManagementConsoletomanagelicenses.
XenServer/ProvisioningServerLicensing
AnoverviewofXenServerandProvisioningServerlicensing:
XenServerrequiresinstallationoftwolicenses:
OnefortheXenServerhosts.
AnotherfortheProvisioningServer.
TheXenServerlicensekeysareinstalleddirectlyoneachXenServerhost.
ProvisioningServerusestheCitrixLicenseServertoprovidepooledlicensing
management.
IntheLicenseManagementConsoleyouwillseefourProvisioningServerlicensesfor
eachXenServerPlatinumEditionyouhavepurchased.
ProvisioningServerconsumesoneofthesefortheXenServerhosttowhichthevirtual
machinesarebeingstreamed.
Theremainingthreelicensesareavailableforprovisioningadditionalphysicalmachines.
InstallingXenServerinaXenDesktop/ProvisioningServerImplementation
ToinstallandconfigureXenServerforaXenDesktopimplementationincludingProvisioning
Server:
InstalltheXenServerHostonadedicatedserver.
InstalltheXenCentermanagementconsoleonaseparate,remotecomputer.
UsetheXenCentermanagementconsoletoconnecttheXenCenterHostandinstallthe
licenses.
CreateanewresourcepoolandaddallXenServerHoststoit.
CreatethevirtualmachinesandaddthemtoActiveDirectory.
InstalltheVirtualDesktopAgentonthevirtualmachines.
InstalltheXenServerToolsonthevirtualmachines.
ResourcePools
AresourcepoolcomprisesmultipleXenServerHostinstallations,boundtogetherintoasingle
managedentitywhichcanhostVirtualMachines.
Whencombinedwithsharedstorage,aresourcepoolenablesVMstobestartedonany
XenServerHostwhichhassufficientmemoryandthendynamicallymovedbetweenXenServer
HostswhilerunningwithminimaldowntimeusingXenMotion.
InordertouseProvisioningServertoprovisionvirtualmachinesthatwillbemigrated
withXenMotion,youmustcreatethemwithasmalldiskattached.
IfanindividualXenServerHostsuffersahardwarefailure,thentheadministratorcanrestartthe
failedVMsonanotherXenServerHostinthesameresourcepool.
Resourcepoolmembersmusthavesimilarnetworkingincluding:
NICsacrossallmembersmustconnecttothesamenetworks.
AlthoughtherecanbeadifferentnumberofNICsoneachmachine,theNICsmustbein
thesameorderoneachmachine.
NICsshouldbethesamespeedbutcanbefromdifferentvendors.
Discovery
TheAccessManagementConsolereliesonthediscoveryprocesstochecktheenvironmentfor
theadditionorremovalofdevices.
ThediscoveryprocessrunsautomaticallythefirsttimetheAccessManagementConsoleis
opened.
AnadministratorshouldmanuallyRundiscoveryonaregularbasissothattheinformation
beingviewedisuptodate.
vDisks
BeforecreatingavDisk,anadministratorneedstoknow:
ThetypeofvDiskbeingcreated.
ThedirectoryinwhichthevDiskwillbestored.
Thedisksizerequiredtohosttheoperatingsystemandotherfiles.
TocreateanewvDisk:
OpentheProvisioningServerConsoleontheProvisioningServer.
RightclickaserverintheconsoleandchooseNewVirtualDisk.
AfteravDiskiscreatedusingProvisioningServer,animagecontainingtheoperatingsystem
mustbecopiedtothevDiskusingtheProvisioningServerImageBuilderutility.
ManagingPasswordswithActiveDirectory
ToallowActiveDirectorytomanagepasswords:
DisableActiveDirectorycontrolledautomaticrenegotiationofmachinepasswordsby
enablingtheDisablemachineaccountpasswordchangessecuritypolicy.
EnablemachineaccountpasswordmanagementinthepropertiesofavDiskinthe
ProvisioningServerConsole.
EnableautomaticpasswordmanagementinthepropertiesofaProvisioningServerin
theProvisionServerConsole.
VirtualDesktopAgent
InaXenDesktopimplementationusingXenServerasthehostinginfrastructure,theVirtual
DesktopAgentwillbeinstalledonthevirtualmachines.
TheVirtualDesktopAgentconsistsofthefollowingcomponentsthatresideonthevirtual
desktop:
TheCitrixDesktopService
CommunicateswiththeDesktopDeliveryController.

Handlestheinitialbrokeringofconnectionsandtheinteractionswithsessionsfrom
theAccessManagementConsole.
TheCitrixICAService
CommunicateswiththeDesktopReceiverandhandlesgraphicsandinput.
Supportingservices
Helpwithfeaturessuchasautoreconnection,printingandencryption.
TheVirtualDesktopAgent:
Isusedtofacilitatetheconnectiontoavirtualdesktop.

CanbeinstalledonWindowsXPandVista.
Mustbeinstalledoneachsystemthatwillbecomeavirtualdesktop.
MustbeconfiguredwiththeportnumberusedtocommunicatewiththeDesktop
DeliveryController.
Requiresthatthefirewallonthesystembeproperlyconfigured.
Mustbeconfiguredtopointtoafarm.
VirtualMachineTemplates
AProvisioningServervirtualmachine(VM)templateisadisklesstemplatethatisassociated
withaProvisioningServervDisk.
TocreateavirtualmachinetemplateinXenCenter:
Selectthedesiredresourcepool.
SelectVM>New.
Selectthedesiredoperatingsystemtemplate.
Enterthenameanddescription.
Selectthelocationoftheoperatingsysteminstallationmedia.
SetthenumberofCPUsandmemory.
LeavetheVirtualDiskscreendefault.
Inthevirtualnetworkinterfacesoption,selectthedefault.
DeselectStartVMautomatically.
AfterclickingFinish,selectthenewlycreateVMandselecttheStoragetab.
SelectDeletetoremovethestoragefromtheVM.
Fromthemenubar,selectVMConverttoTemplate.
DisklessVirtualMachines
TocreateadisklessvirtualmachineinXenCenter:
Selectthedesiredresourcepool.
SelectVM>New.
SelectOtherinstallmediaatthebottomoftheoperatingsystemlist.
Enterthenameanddescription.
Selectthelocationoftheoperatingsysteminstallationmedia.
SetthenumberofCPUsandmemory.
Inthevirtualdiskoption,donotaddadisk.
Inthevirtualnetworkinterfacesoption,selectthedefault.
AfterclickingFinish,thevirtualmachinecanbeutilizedorconvertedtoatemplate.
Aftercreatingadisklessvirtualmachine,itmustbesettonetworkboottoproperly
interoperatewithProvisioningServer.
DesktopReceiver
TheDesktopReceiversoftwarecanbeinstalledfrom:
Theproductmedia
AXenDesktopwebsite
ActiveDirectoryGPO
Anothersoftwaredistributionproduct
BuildingvDisks
BuildingOperatingSystemImages
TocreateaWindowsVista,WindowsXP,WindowsServer2003orWindows2008operating
systemimagethatisabletobootfromaXenServervirtualmachineandleverageProvisioning
Serverstreaming:
InstallandconfiguretheProvisioningServerStreamingServerandXenServerPlatinum.
CreateandformataProvisioningServervDiskfortheimagebuildprocess.
Createthemastertargetdevicewiththeappropriateoperatingsystem,updates,
applicationsandconfigurations.
InstallXenServerToolsonthetargetvirtualmachine.
InstallProvisioningServerTargetDeviceonthemastertargetdevice(thedevicethathas
theappropriateoperatingsysteminstalled).
BuildtheimageonthevDiskusingProvisioningServerImageBuilder.
CreateanewvDiskforeachdesiredoperatingsystemtobeusedwithvirtualmachines
inaXenDesktopdeploymentincludingXenServerandProvisioningServer.
CreatingandConfiguringvDisks
ThehighlevelstepsinvolvedincreatingandconfiguringavDiskinclude:
ConfiguringthevDiskmode
PrivateorStandard
FormattingthevDisk
FromthetargetdeviceorProvisioningServer
Creatingthenewtargetdeviceentry.
Settingthebootproperties
AssigningthevDisktoatargetdevice
CreatingvDisksinDiskPool
TocreateavDiskinadiskpool:
IntheProvisioningServerConsole,rightclickonthevDiskPoolwhereyouwanttoadd
thosevDisksandselecttheCreatevDiskmenuoption.
InthedropdownmenuoftheCreatevDiskdialogbox,selectthestorewherethisvDisk
shouldreside
IfcreatingthevDiskfromthestore,thenthesitewouldbeselectedatthisstep.
IntheServerusedtocreatethevDiskdropdownmenu,selecttheProvisioningServer
thatwillcreatethevDisk.
SelectthesizetoallocatetothisvDisk.
TypeafilenameforthisvDiskandadescriptionifdesired.
SelecteitherFixedorDynamicintheVHDFormattextbox.
ClickCreatevDisk.
IntheProvisioningServerConsole,rightclickonthenewtargetdeviceandselect
Properties.
SelectwheretobootfromintheBootfromdropdownlist.
XenDesktopWizard
TheXenDesktopWizard:
Allowstheautomaticcreationoflargeinstallationsofvirtualdesktops.
AddsthesedesktopstoActiveDirectory.
CreatesadesktopgroupintheAccessManagementConsole.
Optimizestheidlepoolcountforthatgroupbasedonthenumberofvirtualdesktops
thatwerecreated.
PooledDesktopGroupSecurity
Ifyouplantoconfigurevirtualmachinesforuseinapooleddesktopgroup,youmustensure
thattheoperatingsystemimageinstalledonthosemachinesisconfiguredtopreventendusers
frommakinganymodifications.Typically,thismeansthat:
EnduserscanbemembersoftheUsersgroup.

EnduserscannotbemembersofthePowerUsersorAdministratorsgroups.
AutomaticallyAddingTargetDevicestoProvisioningServer
TargetdevicescanbeimportedintotheProvisioningServerdatabase:
Froma.CSVfileusingtheImportTargetDeviceWizard.

Thetargetdevicesinheritthepropertiesofatemplate.
UsingtheProvisioningServerConsole,anadministratorcancreatenewtargetdeviceentriesin
theProvisioningServerdatabase:
ManuallybyselectingCreateDeviceandaddingtheinformation.

Optionallyusingacollectiontemplate.
UsingtheAutoaddfeatureontheFarmPropertiesOptionstab.

Optionallyusingacollectiontemplate.
ToconfigureProvisioningServertoautomaticallyaddallnewtargetdevicestothedatabase:
IntheProvisioningServerConsole,rightclickontheFarmnode,
SelectPropertiesandsetAutoaddontheOptionstab.
Optionally,atemplatecanbeusedsothatallofthenewlyaddedtargetdeviceshave
thesamepropertiesasthetemplate.
TouseImageBuilder:
SelectthedestinationdriveandclickBuild.
Optionally,choosetooptimizevirtualdiskperformanceanddeleteallofthefilesand
foldersinthedestinationpathbeforebuildingtheimage.
CreatingaDisklessVirtualMachine
TheProvisioningServerprovidestheabilitytostreamvDiskstodisklessvirtualmachines.To
createadisklessmachineinXenCenter:
ConnecttoaXenServerandclickontheNewVMicon.
TheNewVMwizardlaunches.
IntheSelectanoperatingsystemforthenewvirtualmachinedialog,selectOther
installmediaatthebottomofthelistandclickNext.
IntheEnteranameanddescriptionforthenewvirtualmachinedialog,typeanamein
theNamefield,optionallytypeadescriptionintheDescriptionfield,andclickNext.
IntheEnterthelocationoftheguestoperatingsysteminstallationmediadialog,select
PhysicalDVDDriveandclickNext.
IntheSetthenumberofCPUsandtheinitialmemoryallocationforthenewVM
dialog,selecttheNumberofvCPUsandInitialmemoryoptionsandclickNext.
IntheEntertheinformationaboutthevirtualdisksforthenewvirtualmachinedialog,
donotaddanewdiskandclickNext.
IntheAddorremovevirtualnetworkinterfacesforthevirtualmachinedialog,keep
thedefaultandclickNext.
IntheYournewvirtualmachineconfigurationiscompletedialog,unchecktheStart
VMautomaticallyboxandclickFinish.
Oncethevirtualmachineiscreateditcanbeutilizedorcreatedintoatemplate.
ToproperlyinteroperatewithProvisioningServerandallowProvisioningServertostreamvDisks
tovirtualmachines,anadministratormust:
Createadisklessvirtualmachine.

Setthevirtualmachinetonetworkboot.
ConfiguringCitrixDesktopDeliveryControllerforXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition
CreatingDesktopGroups
DesktopgroupscanbecreatedusingeithertheXenDesktopSetupWizardortheAccess
ManagementConsole.
TocreateadesktopgroupwiththeXenDesktopSetupWizard:
ClickNextontheWelcomescreen.
SelectadesktopfarmfromtheDesktopFarmdropdownlistandclickNext.
SelectahostinginfrastructurefromtheHostingInfrastructuredropdownlist.
Specifytheaddressofthehostinginfrastructure(IPaddressorFQDN)andclickNext.
TypeaVMinfrastructureusernameandpasswordintheCredentialsdialogboxand
clickNext.
SelectaVMtemplatetouseasthebasedesktopimageandclickNext.
SelectthevDiskthatwillbeassociatedwiththeVMtemplateandclickNext.
TypethenumberofvirtualdesktopstocreateintheNo.ofvirtualdesktopsfield.
TypeabasedesktopnameintheStartofalldesktopnamefield.
TypetheindexnumberofthefirstVMintheStartnumberfieldandclickNext.
SelectanOrganizationalUnitlocationinActiveDirectorytoaddthevirtualdesktops
thatwillbecreatedbythesetupwizardandclickNext.
TypeanameforthenewdesktopgroupandclickNext.
ReviewthesettingsontheDesktopCreationpageandclickNext.
AdministratorscanusetheAccessManagementConsoletocreateadesktopgroupofpre
existingdesktopimages.
TocreateadesktopgroupwiththeAccessManagementConsole:
SelectDesktopGroupsfromtheconsoletree.
ClickCreatedesktopgroupintheCommonTaskspane.
ClickNextontheWelcomescreen.
SelecteitherPooledorAssignedasthedesktopgroupassignment.
IfAssignedischosen,thenselectPreAssignedorAssignonFirstUseandclickNext.
SelectthetypeofVMinfrastructurehostingthevirtualdesktopstobeaddedtothe
groupandclickNext.
SelectNoneforthetypeofVMinfrastructuretocreateaBladePCbaseddesktop
group.
TypetheaddressoftheVMinfrastructureintheAddressfield.
TypetheadministratorusernameandpasswordrequiredtologontotheVM
infrastructureintheUsernameandPasswordfieldsandclickNext.
ClickAddtodisplayavailabledesktops.
Selecteachdesktoptoaddittothedesktopgroup,clickOKandclickNext.
ClickAddtoselectActiveDirectoryusersorgroupstoaddtothedesktopgroup.
UsingtheAccessManagementConsole,ActiveDirectorycomputernamescanbe
mappedtodesktopimagesduringthecreationofadesktopgroup.
TypeanameforthenewdesktopgroupintheDisplaynamefield.
TypeadescriptionintheDescriptionfieldandclickNext.
Optionally,changetheiconandclickNext.
ClickFinish.
SpeedScreen
SpeedScreenImageAcceleration:
Offersatradeoffbetweenthequalityofphotographicimagefilesastheyappearon
clientdevicesandtheamountofbandwidththefilesconsumeontheirwayfromthe
servertotheclient.
Isconfiguredwithoneoffourlossycompressionlevels:
Highcompression
Mediumcompression
ThedefaultsettingisMediumcompression,whichisrecommendedforlower
bandwidthconnectionswhiledesiringgoodimagequality.
Lowcompression
Nocompression
Heavyweightcompression:
AllowsyoutoincreasethecompressionoftheSpeedScreenImageAccelerationand
SpeedScreenProgressiveDisplaywithoutimpactingimagequality.

BecauseheavyweightcompressionisCPUintensiveandaffectsserverscalability,itis
recommendedforuseonlywithlowbandwidthconnections.
Policies
Tocreateapolicy:
RightclickthePoliciesnodeinthePresentationServerConsoleandselectCreatePolicy.
Typeanameandadescription.
Optionally,configurethepolicyforaconnectiontype.
Configurethepolicyrules.
Applythepolicyusingafilter.

Clientnames

Accesscontrol

WhenapolicyisfilteredbyAccessControl,itisappliedtoconnectionsmade
throughAccessGateway.

Usersandusergroups

Servers

ClientIPaddresses
Policypriorityrules:
Eachpolicyreceivesanumberuponcreation.

Bydefault,anewpolicyhasthelowestpriorityofallpolicies.

Thenumberassignedisbasedonthenumberofpoliciesthatexistinaserverfarm.
Toprioritizeapolicy:
InthePresentationServerConsole,clickthePoliciesnode.
RightclickthepolicyintherightpaneandclickPriority.
Ifyouwanttoassignthepolicythehighestpriority,clickMakeHighestPriority.
Ifyouwanttoassignthepolicythelowestpriority,clickMakeLowestPriority.
Ifyouwanttoincreasethepriorityofthepolicyonelevel,clickIncreasePriority.
Ifyouwanttodecreasethepriorityonelevel,clickDecreasePriority.
Whenyoucreatepoliciesforgroupsofusers,clients,orservers,youmayfindthatsome
membersofthegrouprequireexceptionstosomepolicyrules:
Tomoreeffectivelymanageexceptions:

Createnewpoliciesforonlythosegroupmembersneedingtheexceptions.

Rankthenewpolicyhigherthanthepolicyfortheentiregroup.
IfyouchangethenameofadesktopgroupthathasaCitrixpolicyappliedtoit,rememberto
updatetheCitrixpolicyfilterwiththenewname.
LogoffBehaviorofDesktopGroups
Inassigneddesktopgroupsthatbelongtoahostinginfrastructure,thelogoffbehaviorcanbe
configured.
Desktopgroupsthatdonothaveahostinginfrastructure,includingPCbasedandBladebased
desktopgroupsdonothavelogoffbehaviorandidlepoolsettings.
ConfiguringTimeZone
ToallowWindowsXPvirtualdesktopuserstoseetheirlocaltimeinsteadoftheserverslocal
time:
Givethemrightstochangethetimeonthesystemonwhichthedesktopisrunning.
Changethetimezoneregistryarea.
Afteryoudothis,userswhoconnecttoWindowsXPvirtualdesktopsseetheirlocaltime
zonereflectedinthedesktop.
Whentheylogoffordisconnect,thetimezoneofthedesktopisresettowhatitwas
beforetheyloggedon.
ToallowWindowsVistavirtualdesktopuserstoseetheirlocaltimeinsteadoftheserverslocal
time:
MakesuretheyhavetheChangethetimezoneprivilege.
Thisprivilegeisgrantedbydefault.
RDPConnection
IfausermakesanRDPconnectiontoavirtualdesktop,anICAconnectionisnotpossibleuntil
either:
Auserlogsoninteractivelyontheconsoleofthecomputerhostingthevirtualdesktop.

or

Thecomputerhostingthevirtualdesktopisrestarted.

DisconnectingtheRDPsessionorloggingofffromRDPisnotsufficient.
Toavoidthisissue,considerdisablingRDP.
ConfiguringLogoffBehavior
Configurepooledvirtualdesktopstoreverttoacleanstateafteruserslogoff:
Createthevirtualmachinetouseasyourbaseimageandinstall:
CitrixVirtualDesktopAgent
XenServerTools
CitrixProvisioningServerTargetDeviceforx86Platform
UsingtheProvisioningServerVirtualImageBuilder,createaProvisioningServervDisk
basedonthevirtualmachineimage.
SettheaccessmodeforthevDisktoStandardImage(multiclient,writecacheenabled).
AssignthevDisktothevirtualmachinesyouwilluseaspooledvirtualdesktops.
OntheLogoffBehaviorpageoftheCreateDesktopGroupwizard,selectRebooton
logoff.
WhenShutdowntheVMisconfigured,theVMwillberestartedthenexttimetheusertriesto
reconnecttoit.
Choosingthisoptionkeepsdiskusageonthehostinginfrastructuretoaminimum.
Thedisadvantageisthatsubsequentreconnectionswillbeslowerbecausetheyneedto
waitfortheoperatingsystemtostartup.
SincePCbasedandBladebaseddesktopgroupsdonothavelogoffbehaviorsettings,configure
anActiveDirectorypolicytoremovetheshutdowncommandfromthevirtualdesktops.
IdlePoolCount
Idlepoolcountsettings:
Areavailableonlyforpooleddesktopgroupsthatarepartofahostinginfrastructure.
Forexample,XenServer.
EnableyoutoconfigurethenumberofVMstobekeptinapoweredonstatereadyfor
userstoconnect.
Ifidlepoolcountissetat0,thenalloftheVMsarekeptinapoweredoffstateand
takelongertoconnectto.
Ifanadministratordoesnotwanttomaintainanidlepool,theadministrator
shouldsettheidledesktopcountforallperiodsto0.
Whenadesktopgroupiscreatedwiththesetupwizard,theidlepoolsettingsareautomatically
optimizedwiththecorrectnumberofvirtualdesktops.
Ifmoredesktopsareadded,theidlepoolvaluesarenotautomaticallyupdatedand
mustbemanuallyadjusted.
TheIdleDesktopCountisconfiguredforperiodsduringtheday.
Duringthepeakhoursthemostdesktopsaregoingtoneedtobeavailable.
DesktopReceiverModes
Fullscreenonlymode:
Userswhowillconnecttoasingledesktopandwillnothaveachoiceareconfiguredfor
fullscreenonlymode.
FullscreenonlymodeusestheDesktopReceiverEmbeddedsoftwaretoprovideusers
accesstoasinglevirtualdesktop.
Thedesktopisdisplayedautomaticallyontheusersendpointdeviceinfullscreen
mode.
Fullscreenonlymodedoesnotallowuserstocontroltheappearanceoftheirdesktop.
Windowviewmode:
UsersinwindowviewmodeusetheDesktopReceiversoftwaretoprovideaccessto
morethanonevirtualdesktop.
Thevirtualdesktopisdisplayedwithinawindowandthedesktopofthelocaldevice
remainsaccessible.
Usersareallowedtocontroltheappearanceoftheirvirtualdesktops.
DeliveringDesktops
DataStoreDatabase
InalargeXenDesktopimplementation,useeitherMicrosoftSQLServerorOracleforthedata
store.
Whenusingeitherofthesedatabasesforthedatastore,thedatabasemustbeinstalled
beforetheDesktopDeliveryControllercanbeinstalled.

AMicrosoftAccessdatabaseisinstalledlocallyontheDesktopDeliveryControllerandisonly
usedforsmallerXenDesktopimplementations.
ManuallyAddingTargetDevicestoProvisioningServer
AnewtargetdevicecanbemanuallyaddedtotheProvisioningServerdatabaseusingBios
promptswhentheserverisstartedusingthePXEclient.
VirtualDesktopDeliveryProcess
Tomakeavirtualdesktopavailabletousers:
ConfiguretheDesktopDeliveryControllerandActiveDirectory.
InstallandconfigureXenServer.
Includingallcomponentsandlicensing.
AddthevirtualmachinetotheProvisioningServerdatabase.
ImageavDisktobeusedforthevirtualdesktop.
AddthevirtualdesktoptoadesktopgroupintheAccessManagementConsole.
ManagingaXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionImplementation
CreatingaWebInterfaceSite
ForremoteaccessthroughAccessGateway,youneedtocreateanewWebInterfacesite:
InstalltheWebInterfaceandtheAccessManagementConsoleWebInterfaceextension.
AccessGatewayFilters
Inadesktopgroup,thedefaultAccessControlconnectionsallowallconnectionstodesktopsin
thegroup.
AccessControlcanbemodifiedtorestrictconnectionswithcriteriaspecifiedthrough
AccessGatewayfilters.
RemoteAccess
Workerswhoneedremotesecureaccessaretypicallyroutedfromtheirclientdevicesthrough
AccessGatewayandWebInterface.
TroubleshootingDesktopImagesforVirtualizedDelivery
vDiskDoesntAppearinXenDesktopSetupWizard
AvDiskwillnotshowupintheXenDesktopSetupWizardifyouspecifyanameoradescription
thatcontainsoneormoreextendedcharactersorDBCScharacters(suchastheEurosign,
U+20AC).
Toresolvethisissue,youmustchangethevDiskparameterssothattheDescriptionand
theNamefieldscontainonlystandard,printableANSIcharacters.
VirtualDesktopisNotRegistered
IfaVirtualDesktopislistedasNotRegisteredintheunderDesktopStateintheAccess
ManagementConsole,itisprobablybecausetheVirtualDesktopAgenthasfailedtobein
communicationwiththeDesktopDeliveryController.
Accordingtobestpractices,ifavirtualdesktophasfailedtoregisterwithaDesktopDelivery
Controller,theadministratorshould:
1)Checkthevirtualdesktopsfarmmembership.
2)Checkfirewallconfiguration.
3)RunIPCONFIGandPINGonbothmachines.
4)Checkbothsystemstime.
5)Rejoinbothmachinestotheirdomain.
6)InspecttheServicePrincipalNames.
7)Disableallbutonenetworkadapteronthevirtualdesktop.
IftheVirtualDesktopMachineortheDesktopDeliveryControllerseesanincorrectIPaddress
fortheotherparty,registrationwillfail.
ToseeifanincorrectIPaddressisanissue,onbothmachines,launchacommandshellwindow
andrunthefollowingcommands:
IPCONFIG
PING<OTHERMACHINE.DOMAIN.COM>.
BothmachinesshouldbeabletopingeachothersuccessfullybyFQDN.
TheIPaddressreportedfortheremotemachinebythePINGcommandineachcase
shouldmatchtheIPaddressreportedbytheIPCONFIGcommandontherelevant
machine.
Ifthereisanydiscrepancy,fixtheproblemwithyourDNSconfigurationand
restarteithertheVirtualDesktopMachineand/ortheDesktopDelivery
Controller,asappropriate.
ThecommunicationbetweenVirtualDesktopandDesktopDeliveryControllerissecuredusing
Kerberos,whichreliesuponTicketswithalimitedlifespan.
Ifthedifferenceinsystemtimebetweenthetwoendsofthecommunicationistoo
great,theTicketswillalwaysbeconsideredtohavetimedoutwhentheyareaccessed
andcommunicationfails.
Checkthatthesystemtimeonbothsystemsiswithin5minutes,whichisthedefault
domainwideKerberossetting.
StopError0x0000007B
Differencesinthenetworkinterfacecard,videocardorprocessorontheMasterTargetand
targetdevicearemostlikelythecauseofstoperror0x0000007B.
ThisusuallyoccursonaXenServerthathadmorethanonevirtualnetworkinterface.

Inotherwords,thisissueoccursmostoftenwhenthenetworkIDdoesnotmatch.
IssueswiththeXenDesktopSetupWizard
TohelptroubleshootXenDesktopSetupWizardissues,alogfilekeycanbeaddedtothesetup
wizardexecutable.
ThefollowingissuescanoccurwiththeXenDesktopSetupWizard:
Desktopgroupnotlisted
vDisknotlisted
MMC3Error
TomakesurethatadesktopgroupshowsupintheXenDesktopSetupWizard:
Usethesametexttoidentifytheconnection.
IftheFQDNwasusedintheAccessManagementConsole,besuretokeepit
consistentbyusingtheFQDNintheXenDesktopSetupWizard.

IftheIPaddresswasusedintheAccessManagementConsole,besuretokeepit
consistentbyusingtheFQDNintheXenDesktopSetupWizard.
TheXenDesktopSetupWizardinstallationprogramgeneratesanerrorifitdetectsthatMMC3is
notalreadyinstalledontheserveronwhichanadministratortriestoinstallthewizardandthe
installationprogramends.
ThisissuecanoccurwhenWindowsServer2003ServicePack2,whichisaXenDesktop
prerequisite,isnotinstalled.

Toresolvetheissue,installWindowsServer2003ServicePack2ontheserveron
whichthewizardwillbeinstalled.
VirtualMachineUnabletoRunonWindows
Ifanadministratorencountersamessagepertainingtoavirtualmachinecannotberunon
Windows,theadministratorshould:
CheckthatthedeviceonwhichXenServerisinstalledhasaCPUthatsupportshardware
virtualization.
MakesuretheBIOSisenabledforhardwarevirtualizationsupport.
Performahardwareresetofthehostserver.
Restarttheinstallation.
CheckthesupportsiteforthehardwaremanufacturerforBIOSupgrades.
LargeNumberofVirtualDesktopsandPoolsinaDesktopGroup
Ifyouwanttocreateadesktopgroupcontainingalargenumberofvirtualdesktopsand
multipleCitrixXenServerpools,atoolisprovidedwiththatallowsseveralpoolstobeusedby
onedesktopgroup:
%ProgramFiles%\Citrix\VmManagement\XenMultiPool.exe.
NotethatallCitrixXenServerhostsmusthavethesameusernameandpasswordto
configurethemforusewithonedesktopgroup.
DeliveringandManagingApplications
PrinterPolicies
Someprinterpoliciesandtheiruses:
Autocreateallclientprintersautomaticallyconnectsalltheprintersonaclientdevice.
Useuniversaldriveronlymakessurethatonlytheuniversalprinterdriverisused.
Donotautomaticallyinstalldriversmakessurethatthenativedriversarenotinstalled
intheenvironment.
Insomeinstances,itmightbepreferabletonotautocreateclientprinters.
AnadministratorcanusetheTurnoffclientprintermappingruletoautocreate
onlynetworkprintersorprintersconnecteddirectlytotheserver.
Donotautocreateclientprintersturnsofftheautocreateoptionforallclient
printerswhenuserslogon.
Noclientprinterswillbecreated.
ByenablingtheUniversaldriverruleUseonlyprintermodelspecificdrivers,the
administratormakessurethatonlythemanufacturersdriversthatsheinstalledwillbe
usedforthefiveprinters.
Bynotallowingnativeprintdriverstoautomaticallybeinstalledfromautocreated
printers,anadministratorcanmakesurethatnoroguedriversmakeitintothefarm.
Byusingadrivercompatibilitylist,anadministratorwillcontrolwhichdriversare
allowedinthefarm.
Ifanadministratorknowsthedriversthatareallowed,butdoesntknowwhichdrivers
mighttrytoinstalllater,theadministratorcanselectAllowonlydriversinthelistand
addtheknownacceptabledriverstothelist.
ByselectingtheUseuniversaldriveronlyiftherequesteddriverisunavailablerule,an
administratorcanmakesurethatthereisalwaysadriveravailable,whetheritsthe
manufacturersdriverortheuniversaldriver.
ByusingtheruleAutocreatelocalclientprintersonly,onlytheprintersconnected
directlytotheusersclientdevicethroughanLPTorotherlocalportwillbe
automaticallyconnected.
Enablingthissettingensuresanynetworkprintersdefinedontheclientdeviceare
notautocreatedwithintheICAsessionandlogontimeswillbereducedforthose
whohaveseveralnetworkprintersconfiguredontheirclientdevice.
Toallowthemanufacturersprintdriverstobeusedinthefarm,thepolicyNativedriver
autoinstallcanbesettotheruleInstallWindowsnativedriversasneeded.

Toallowtheprinterstofirsttrytousethemanufacturersdrivers,butfallbackonthe
universaldriveriftheyarenotavailable,thepolicyUniversaldrivercanbesettothe
ruleUseuniversaldriveronlyifrequesteddriverisunavailable.
TheSessionprinterspolicyruleallowsanadministratortocontroltheassignmentof
networkprinters.
Administratorscanassignthedefaultprinteraswellasdesignatetheconnectionto
networkprintersbasedonthedesiredpolicyfilter.
ThePrintjobroutingruledetermineswhetherornotaclientprinterisautoconnected.
WhenthisruleisconfiguredtoConnectdirectlytonetworkprintserverifpossible,
theprintjobsarerouteddirectlyfromthePresentationServertothenetworkprint
server.

IfAlwaysconnectindirectlyasaclientprinterisconfigured,printjobsarerouted
throughtheclientdeviceviatheICAprotocolandredirectedtothenetworkprint
server.
Toensurethatusersinaworkareaareassignedtoprintersintheirarea,an
administratortypicallyfilterstheprinterpolicybyclientIPaddress.
ApplicationStreaming
Thetwomaincomponentsofapplicationstreamingare:
TheCitrixStreamingProfiler
Usedtopackageanapplication.

Configuresaprofilethatmatchestheoperatingsystem,servicepacklevel,drive
letterandlanguageoftheclientdevice.
Afteranapplicationprofileiscreateditcanbemadereadytostreamtousersby
publishingitusingtheAccessManagementConsole.
TheCitrixStreamingClient
Locatesthestreamingapplication.
Setsupanisolationenvironmentontheclientdevicefortheapplication.
Streamstheapplicationondemand.
SupportedApplicationStreamingClients
Astreamedapplicationcanberequestedthrough:
TheProgramNeighborhoodAgent

or

AWebInterfacesite
ConfiguringApplicationStreaming
Accessedfromserverenables:
AnapplicationinstalledandpublishedonaPresentationServertobelaunchedand
accessedinanICAsession.

AnapplicationtobeinstalledbytheInstallationManageroranapplicationtobe
streamedtotheserver.
Streamedifpossible,otherwiseaccessedfromserverisalsocalleddualmodestreaming.
Anadministratorcanmakesure:

TheapplicationwillbestreamedtothosethathavetheCitrixStreamingClient.

TheapplicationwillbeavailableonaPresentationServeras

Apublishedapplication

AnapplicationtobeinstalledbytheInstallationManager

AnapplicationtobestreamedtotheservertothosethatdonthavetheCitrix
StreamingClient.
Streamedtoclientenablesanapplicationtobestreamedfromafileservertothevirtual
desktopsouserscanlaunchtheapplicationlocally.
Ifanadministratorwantsto:
StreamapplicationsthroughtheWebInterfaceusingXenApp:

TheXenAppWebsiteischosenasthetypeofsitetocreate.
StreamapplicationsthroughtheCitrixXenAppPluginusingXenApp:

TheXenAppServicessiteischosenasthetypeofsitetocreate.
CitrixStreamingProfiler
Beforepublishingastreamingapplication,youmustpreparetheapplicationwiththeCitrix
StreamingProfiler:
OntheworkstationwiththeStreamingProfilerinstalled,makesuretheapplications
setupprogramisavailablefromtheprofilingworkstation.
FromtheStartmenu,opentheStreamingProfilerandselecttocreateaNewProfile.
Intheprofilingwizard,selecttheoperatingsystemsthatmatchyourendusers'
operatingsystems.
Thisistheinitialtargetintheprofile.
Followthewizardstepstoinstalltheapplicationinthestreamingapplicationprofile.
Finally,savethecompletedprofileonanetworkfilesharethatyourenduserscan
access.

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