A short guide for administrators to get the most out of the Citrix XenApp 6.5 server farm
Overview
- Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
- Plan, deploy, and manage a XenApp farm
- Learn how to manage resources in the farm through the use of graphical tools and PowerShell
- Understand the planning needed for the resources that XenApp requires
In Detail
Citrix XenApp is the market leader in application hosting and virtualization delivery, allowing users from different platforms such as Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices to connect to their business applications. Using XenApp, you can deploy secure applications quickly to thousands of users. This book takes you through the deployment of your server farm. With the infrastructure in place, you can publish applications to users and manage load balancing within the server farm.
Instant Citrix XenApp 6.5 is written to be a quick and effective guide to deploy your Citrix-based remote desktop server farm.
You begin by laying out the resources required, such as the Licensing Server, the Web Interface Server, and the XenApp Server. You will then learn their purpose and move onto installing them in their logical order. Next, you can customize the web interface to brand it with your corporate identity. It won't be long before you have already published an application and resources for users and testing gets underway in earnest.
What you will learn from this book
- Install the Citrix XenApp 6.5 server on Windows Server 2008R2
- Delegate administration within the XenApp farm by adding an administrator
- Manage the XenApp server farm with both AppCenter and from the command line using PowerShell
- Publish applications to users
- Customize the Web Interface with your corporate branding
- Control client printing within a XenApp environment using policies
- Implement IMA encryption to protect data passed between XenApp servers
- Provide secure remote access using the Citrix Access Gateway
Approach
Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is a great tool to quickly learn and explore the features offered by XenApp 6.5.
Who this book is written for
Windows system administrators who want a quick lesson on how to install and configure XenApp.
A short guide for administrators to get the most out of the Citrix XenApp 6.5 server farm
Overview
- Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
- Plan, deploy, and manage a XenApp farm
- Learn how to manage resources in the farm through the use of graphical tools and PowerShell
- Understand the planning needed for the resources that XenApp requires
In Detail
Citrix XenApp is the market leader in application hosting and virtualization delivery, allowing users from different platforms such as Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices to connect to their business applications. Using XenApp, you can deploy secure applications quickly to thousands of users. This book takes you through the deployment of your server farm. With the infrastructure in place, you can publish applications to users and manage load balancing within the server farm.
Instant Citrix XenApp 6.5 is written to be a quick and effective guide to deploy your Citrix-based remote desktop server farm.
You begin by laying out the resources required, such as the Licensing Server, the Web Interface Server, and the XenApp Server. You will then learn their purpose and move onto installing them in their logical order. Next, you can customize the web interface to brand it with your corporate identity. It won't be long before you have already published an application and resources for users and testing gets underway in earnest.
What you will learn from this book
- Install the Citrix XenApp 6.5 server on Windows Server 2008R2
- Delegate administration within the XenApp farm by adding an administrator
- Manage the XenApp server farm with both AppCenter and from the command line using PowerShell
- Publish applications to users
- Customize the Web Interface with your corporate branding
- Control client printing within a XenApp environment using policies
- Implement IMA encryption to protect data passed between XenApp servers
- Provide secure remote access using the Citrix Access Gateway
Approach
Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is a great tool to quickly learn and explore the features offered by XenApp 6.5.
Who this book is written for
Windows system administrators who want a quick lesson on how to install and configure XenApp.
