Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5. Design and implement Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5 with this book and Guillermo Musumeci, Guillermo Musumeci

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• Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
  • Table of Contents
  • Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgement
  • About the Reviewers
  • Acknowledgement
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  • Preface
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
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      • Errata
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  • 1. Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
    • Introducing XenApp 6.5
    • XenApp feature overview
    • System requirements
      • Data store databases
      • Citrix AppCenter console
      • License server
      • Clients
    • Summary
  • 2. Designing a XenApp 6.5 Farm
    • Case study: Brick Unit Constructions
    • Farm terminology and concepts
      • Infrastructure servers
        • Virtualization infrastructure
        • Access Infrastructure
    • Designing a basic XenApp architecture
    • The pilot plan
      • Designing Active Directory integration
      • Building a small test farm
      • Creating a list of applications to publish in our XenApp farm
      • Testing the list of applications
        • Microsoft Office applications
        • Java
    • Summary
  • 3. Installing XenApp 6.5
    • Installing and configuring XenApp 6.5
    • Configuring Windows components
      • Configuring Windows Firewall
      • Configure IE ESC (Enhanced Security Configuration)
    • Installing XenApp using the Wizard-Based Server Role Manager
    • Installing License Server and Web Interface roles in server BRICKXA65-01
    • Configuring Citrix License Server
    • Installing Citrix Licenses
    • Configuring XenApp Using the Wizard-based Server Configuration Tool
      • Configuring the first XenApp server of the farm
      • Installing Data Stores
        • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Database Server
        • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database Server
        • Oracle Database Server
        • Configuring XenApp
      • Installing and configuring XenApp 6.5 on BRICKXA65-03
    • Configuring Citrix Web Interface server
      • Creating a XenApp Web Site
      • Creating a XenApp Services Site
    • Configure Remote Desktop Licenses
      • Configuring Remote Desktop licensing mode by using Group Policy
    • Managing XenApp Farms
    • Summary
  • 4. Advanced XenApp Deployment
    • Unattended install of XenApp 6.5
      • Unattended install of XenApp Components
    • Customizing Citrix Web Interface Server
      • Changing the header section color
      • Changing the header Citrix logo
      • Changing horizontal page upper section color
      • Changing the product name image
      • Changing devices image
      • Changing horizontal page lower section color
      • Changing the tagline text
      • Changing the footer Citrix logo
      • Changing the HDX logo
      • Changing the Footer section
    • Summary
  • 5. Using Management Tools
    • Management Consoles
      • Citrix AppCenter Console
      • License Administration Console
      • Citrix Web Interface Management Console
    • Other Administration Tools
      • Citrix SSL Relay Configuration Tool
      • Shadow Taskbar
      • SpeedScreen Latency Reduction Manager
    • Managing Citrix Administrators
      • Adding a Citrix administrator
      • Disabling a Citrix administrator
      • Modifying Administrator properties
    • Summary
  • 6. Application Publishing
    • Publishing applications
      • Choosing the best method to deliver applications
      • Publishing a hosted application using the Publish Application wizard
      • Publishing a streaming application using the Publish Application wizard
      • Publishing content using the Publish Application wizard
      • Publishing a server desktop using the Publish Application wizard
      • Configuring content redirection
        • Enabling content redirection from server to client
        • Configuring content redirection from client to server
      • Associating published applications with file types
      • Updating file type associations
      • Enabling or disabling content redirection
    • Summary
  • 7. Application Streaming
    • Application streaming
    • System requirements for application streaming
    • Components for application streaming
    • Choosing which plug-in to use for application streaming
    • Profiling Microsoft Office 2010
      • Installing a profiler workstation
      • Customizing the Office 2010 installation
      • Profiling Microsoft Office 2010
      • Publishing Office 2010 on the farm
      • Specifying trusted servers for streamed services and profiles
    • Summary
  • 8. Managing XenApp Policies
    • Understanding XenApp policies
      • Working with XenApp policies
      • Best practices for creating XenApp policies
      • Guidelines for working with policies
    • Working with management consoles
      • Using the Group Policy Management Console
      • Using the AppCenter Console
      • Using the Local Group Policy Editor
    • Creating XenApp policies
      • Creating a policy using consoles
    • Applying policies to sessions
      • Unfiltered policies
      • Using multiple policies
    • Using Citrix policies templates
      • Creating a new Citrix Policy template
      • Importing and exporting policy templates
    • Using Worker Groups to assign policies
      • Creating Worker Groups
    • Troubleshooting policies
      • Using the Citrix Policy Modeling Wizard
      • Simulating connection scenarios with XenApp policies
      • Citrix settings precedence over Windows settings
      • Searching policies and settings
      • Importing and migrating existing policies
    • Summary
  • 9. Printing in XenApp Environments
    • Windows printing concepts
      • Print job spooling
    • Printing on Citrix XenApp
      • Printing pathway
      • Client local printing
      • Client network printing
      • Server network printing
      • Assigning network printers to users
        • Adding session printers settings to a Citrix policy
        • Setting a default printer for a session
        • Modifying settings of session printers
      • Server local printers
        • Configuring server local printers
    • Managing printer drivers
      • Controlling printer driver automatic installation
        • Modifying the printer driver compatibility list
      • Replicating print drivers in XenApp
    • Using the Citrix Universal Printer
      • Setting up an auto-create generic universal printer
      • Setting up universal driver preference
      • Configuring the Universal printer driver usage on sessions
      • Setting up universal printing preview preference
      • Universal printing EMF processing mode
      • Universal printing image compression limit
      • Universal printing optimization defaults
      • Universal printing print quality limit
      • Changing the default settings on the Universal Printer
    • Implementing Printers
      • Auto-creation
        • Auto-creating client machine printers
        • Auto-creating network printers
      • Configuring printer auto-creation settings
      • Configuring legacy client printer support
      • User provisioning
      • Publishing the Windows Add Printer wizard
      • Publishing the ICA Client Printer Configuration tool
      • Storing users printer properties
      • General locations of printing preferences
    • Printing for mobile users
      • Smooth Roaming
      • Proximity printing
      • Configuring printers for mobile users
      • Improving printing performance
        • Limit printing bandwidth
    • Third-party printing solutions
    • Summary
  • 10. Multimedia Content in XenApp
    • Description of Citrix HDX technologies
    • Using HDX 3D technologies to improve image display
      • Using HDX 3D Image Acceleration to reduce bandwidth
      • Using HDX 3D Progressive Display to improve the display of images
      • Reducing CPU usage by moving processing to GPU
    • Using HDX Broadcast Display settings
    • Using HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration
      • Using Citrix policies to configure multimedia settings (HDX MediaStream)
      • Configuring echo cancellation
    • Using HDX MediaStream for Flash to optimize Flash content
      • System requirements for HDX MediaStream for Flash
      • Enabling HDX MediaStream at server side
      • Configuring HDX MediaStream for Flash settings
      • Setting up Flash Acceleration
      • Setting up Flash background color list
      • Setting up Flash backwards compatibility
      • Enable Flash event logging
      • Setting up Flash intelligent fallback
      • Setting up Flash latency threshold
      • Setting up Flash server-side content fetching URL list
      • Setting up Flash URL Blacklist
      • Setting up Flash URL compatibility list
      • Configuring HDX MediaStream for Flash on the client machine
      • Install/uninstall HDX MediaStream for Flash
    • Configuring audio using policies
      • Enabling Audio Plug N Play
      • Setting up audio quality
      • Setting up Client audio redirection
      • Setting up Client microphone redirection
    • Bandwidth policy settings
      • Setting up Audio redirection bandwidth limit
      • Setting up Audio redirection bandwidth limit percent
      • Setting up HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration bandwidth limit
      • Setting up HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration bandwidth limit percent
    • Configuring audio for user sessions
    • HDX Experience Monitor for XenApp
    • Summary
  • 11. Managing Sessions
    • Understanding sessions
    • Monitoring XenApp sessions
    • Managing XenApp sessions
      • Disconnecting, resetting, and logging off sessions
      • Terminating processes in a user session
      • Sending messages to users
    • Viewing XenApp sessions
      • Viewing sessions using the Shadow Taskbar
        • Starting the Shadow Taskbar
        • Initiating shadowing
        • Ending a shadowing session
      • Enabling logging for shadowing
      • Enabling user-to-user shadowing
        • Creating a shadowing policy
    • Maintaining session activity
      • Configuring Session Reliability
      • Configuring automatic client reconnection
      • Configuring ICA Keep-Alive
    • Customizing user environments in XenApp
      • Controlling the appearance of user logons
      • Controlling access to devices and ports
      • Mapping drives
      • Redirecting COM ports and audio
    • Limiting concurrent connections
      • Limiting the number of sessions per server
      • Limiting application instances
      • Logging connection denial events
      • Sharing sessions and connections
      • Preventing user connections during farm maintenance
    • Optimizing user sessions for XenApp
      • Mouse click feedback
      • Local text echo
      • Configuring SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
    • Redirection of Local Special Folders in sessions
      • Enabling Special Folder Redirection in the Web Interface
      • Enabling Special Folder Redirection for the Citrix Receiver or Citrix Online Plug-In
      • Using Group Policy to redirect Special Folders
    • Summary
  • 12. Scripting Programming
    • MFCOM and PowerShell
    • Installing XenApp Commands on XenApp Servers
      • Installing Citrix XenApp 6.5 PowerShell SDK
      • Installing PowerShell XenApp Commands
    • Using PowerShell for basic administrative tasks
      • Installing Citrix XenApp Commands snap-in
      • Using PowerShell for farm management
    • Using PowerShell Commands from .NET applications
      • Creating a sample VB.NET application
        • Adding references
        • Creating and opening a runspace
        • Running a cmdlet
        • Displaying results
        • Passing parameters to cmdlets
      • Creating a sample C#.NET application
        • Adding references
        • Creating and opening a runspace
        • Running a cmdlet
        • Displaying results
        • Passing parameters to cmdlets
    • Using MFCOM on XenApp
    • Convert MFCOM scripts to PowerShell
    • Summary
  • 13. Receiver and Plug-Ins Management
    • Introduction to Citrix Receiver
      • Citrix Receiver features
      • Citrix Receiver Plug-In compatibility
      • Citrix Receiver system requirements and compatibility
        • Citrix Receiver for Windows
        • Citrix Receiver for Macintosh
    • Setting up Citrix Merchandising Server 2.2
      • Installing Merchandising Server software
      • Merchandising Server System requirements
      • Importing the virtual appliance into VMware vSphere
      • Importing the virtual appliance into Citrix XenServer
      • Setting up Merchandising Server
      • Configuring administrator users
      • Installing Plug-Ins
      • Creating recipient rules
      • Creating deliveries
      • Configuring SSL certificates
      • Creating a self-signed SSL certificate
      • Creating a Certificate Signing Request
      • Importing SSL certificates
      • Creating a signing request for Microsoft certificate services
      • Installing SSL certificates on client machines
    • Installing Citrix Receiver
      • Deploying Citrix Receiver for internal users with administrative rights
      • Installing Citrix Receiver for Windows
      • Installing Citrix Receiver on XenApp servers
      • Installing Citrix Receiver for Macintosh
      • Deploying Citrix Receiver for internal Windows users without administrative rights
    • Summary
  • 14. Virtualizing XenApp Farms
    • Deploying XenApp 6.5 in a virtualized environment
      • Virtual machine performance and host scalability
    • Choosing the right virtualization platform
    • Deploying XenApp 6.5 on Citrix XenServer
      • Creating a new XenApp 6.5 VM in XenServer
    • Deploying XenApp 6.5 on Microsoft Hyper-V
      • Creating a new XenApp 6.5 VM in Hyper-V
    • Deploying XenApp 6.5 on VMware vSphere
      • Creating a new XenApp 6.5 VM in VMware vSphere
    • Virtual machines optimizations
    • Cloning XenApp 6.5 virtual machines
    • Summary
  • Index

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