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Citrix® XenApp® is one of the leading pieces of Application delivery software that delivers Windows compatible apps to users on any device, anywhere. Citrix® XenApp® also gives administrators the ability to manage and control the freedom of mobility by increasing the security and saving costs at the same time.
This book will provide you with all the knowledge required to successfully deploy and master a complete Citrix® hosted application. First, it will cover essential concepts of the architecture of XenApp®. You will then learn how to set up Hypervisor and how to set up Infrastructure components. Next you will learn how to Set up Citrix® Components, XenApp® resources, PVS, and Netscaler. We will further look at how to prepare the environment for Rollout. Additionally, you will learn how to configure the Citrix® components such as Citrix® Director. Moreover, you’ll learn about shared desktop for delivery to end users and the application of policies for effective and secure delivery. Finally, you will learn how to implement provisioning services for a Citrix® XenApp® 7.6 environment.
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Mastering XenApp®
Mastering XenApp®
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About the Author
Sunny Jha is a subject matter expert who specializes in Citrix® and virtualization with an experience of 5 years. He has a passion for learning and exploring new technologies, with Citrix® being his favorite. He started with supporting and then implementing solutions for enterprises using Citrix® and Windows.
He worked as a consultant and subject matter expert in medium-to-large Citrix® projects remotely from India with the projects' locations being the U.S., UK, and Australia. He currently lives in Delhi.
Special thanks goes to my mom and dad for supporting me during the writing of this book. Also, I'd like to thank my colleagues for helping me understand the Citrix XenApp® concepts.
About the Reviewer
Akshay Poddar has been working in the field of IT infrastructure for quite a long time, developing expertise in Citrix®, VMware, Windows, Linux, and web hosting. He has earned certifications and completed training in CCA-V, CCA-N, VCP 5, VCP-Cloud 5, MSCA, and CCNA, and is an expert in many technologies, whether it be IBM X series, HP, or Dell; Blade Centers, servers, or enterprise storage such as IBM v3700 or v70000; HP MSA series; Huawei Oceanstore Series. He is an expert in Citrix XenApp®, XenDesktop®, VMware ESX/ESXi, vCenter, Windows Server 2008/2012, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and so on. He is also well-versed in backup solutions, such as Symantec Backup EXEC, VEEAM, and others.
After completing his BTech at the Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, he worked as a VMware and cloud computing trainer in Mumbai. He later moved to a core IT company, where he worked as a project engineer on many complex projects, including VMware SRM, DC-DR setup, Microsoft SCVMM, Citrix XenApp®, Citrix XenDesktop®, Citrix NetScaler®, networking, storage, SAN switch zoning, and others. He is currently working as a pre-sales and solution architect for one of the companies in Mumbai, India.
He has spent a lot of his time training people on Citrix®, VMware, and cloud computing (OpenStack), sharing his valuable experience with fresh talents in the field. He has also been a technical blogger (http://www.v4virtual.com) for many years.
I would like to thank my parents, family, and friends who have been a great encouragement. You have always supported me in every curve of life, and I just can't imagine what would I have done without you all.
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Preface
Citrix XenApp® need no introduction as it is one of the leading software application virtualization solutions these days. The advantage of using Citrix XenApp® as a preferred virtualization solution has its own benefits; it enables users to connect to the enterprise application from anywhere and from any device, giving the look and feel of a locally installed application.
While it allows remote access to the users and workers, XenApp®, at the same time, also makes the connection, which is established, secure so that there is no risk to enterprise applications or enterprise data. This means it doesn't compromise corporate security.
We have drafted this book for administrators who want to upgrade their skills, right from administering Citrix XenApp® to implementing Citrix XenApp®. This book contains eight chapters that focuses on the step-by-step installation of the infrastructure components and Citrix® components, and explains how to make the infrastructure and the Citrix® components work together to deliver the effective solution for the application virtualization for Citrix®.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Understanding the XenDesktop® and XenApp® Architecture, contains an introduction to the FMA architecture. It explains the strength and uniqueness of the new architecture and the latest version, 7.6. It also deals with the types of edition available for Citrix XenApp® and XenDesktop®. It also covers the use cases of Citrix XenApp®.
Chapter 2, Initiating the Hypervisor, covers the step-by-step installation of Citrix XenServer®, which acts as a hypervisor solution for Citrix XenApp®. It also contains the steps for creating the storage solution for the POC lab, and explains how to create a virtual machine on Citrix XenServer®.
Chapter 3, Setting Up the Infrastructure Components, covers the step-by-step installation of the four different infrastructure components—domain controller, DHCP, certificate authority, and SQL database—which work with Citrix XenApp® to support the Citrix XenApp® features and functionality.
Chapter 4, Setting Up the Citrix® Components, is one of the very important chapters of this book. In this chapter, you will actually start preparing and installing the Citrix® infrastructure. It covers the step-by-step installation of the components, such as License Server, Delivery Controller, StoreFront™, and also other Citrix® components.
Chapter 5, Setting Up the XenApp® Resources, contains the steps to configure the components. It explains how to prepare the master virtual machine and the master image for the virtual machine. It also lets you create Machine Catalog and delivery groups.
Chapter 6, Configuring Policies, explains the policies that can be implemented in the Citrix XenApp® infrastructure. As an administrator, you must be aware of how useful and complex can group policies for Citrix XenApp® be.
Chapter 7, Setting Up Citrix Provisioning Services™, covers the step-by-step installation of Citrix Provisioning Services™. It also contains the steps to configure the provisioning with which you can stream the OS images to physical or virtual machines, making life easy for the administrator when it comes to managing the operating system with software and system updates.
Chapter 8, Setting Up NetScaler®, covers the steps to use NetScaler®, also known as Swiss Army knife by Citrix®. Except the gateway and load balancing solution, it can do lots of stuff. It also covers the method of importing and configuring VPX and setting the gateway for StoreFront™.
What you need for this book
In order to make the most from this book, you need to have a POC lab system with hardware that has an 8 core processor (the processor should support virtualization), 32 GB memory, and 1 TB HDD.
When it comes to software, you need the following:
Who this book is for
This book is for those administrators who are currently managing an implemented environment, and want to learn how to deploy a Citrix-hosted virtualization solution for the application in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment. A reasonable knowledge and understanding of the core XenApp elements and concepts used during the virtualization of the applications are assumed.
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