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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x. Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop 7.x

Craig Thomas Ellrod

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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
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- Preface
  - Getting started with Hypervisors
  - What this book covers
  - What you need for this book
  - Who this book is for
  - Conventions
  - Reader feedback
  - Customer support
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. Designing a XenDesktop Site
  - The core components of a XenDesktop Site
  - Terminology and concepts
    - Server side
      - Hypervisor
      - Database
      - Delivery Controller
      - Studio
      - Director
      - StoreFront
      - Virtual machines
      - The Virtual Desktop Agent
      - Server OS machines
      - Desktop OS machines
      - Active Directory
      - Desktop
      - XenApp
      - Edgesight
      - FlexCast
      - Storage
    - The client side
      - Receiver
  - System requirements
    - Receiver
    - StoreFront 2.1
    - Databases
    - Studio
    - Delivery Controller
    - Director
    - The Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA)
    - Server host
    - Active Directory
  - Designing a basic XenDesktop Site
    - Scenario
  - Common Citrix communication ports
  - Summary
- 2. Installing XenDesktop
  - Planning the XenDesktop installation
  - Step 1 installing the controller (XD1)
    - Installing the components on XD1
    - Configuring a Site
  - Step 2 installing StoreFront (XD2)
    - Installing the components on XD2
    - Creating a server certificate and adding a Site binding
    - Installing StoreFront
  - Step 3 installing Director (XD3)
    - Installing the components on XD3
  - Step 4 creating the virtual desktop and application delivery master images
  - Step 5 installing the Virtual Delivery Agent on the master images
    - Creating the desktop master images
    - Creating the application master images
  - Step 6 configuring the StoreFront server
  - Step 7 creating the machine catalogs
    - Creating desktops
    - Creating the application servers
  - Step 8 creating the delivery groups
    - Creating desktop delivery groups
    - Creating the application delivery groups
  - Installation checkpoint
  - Step 9 installing Citrix ReceiverTM on the client devices
  - Step 10 testing the connection
    - Testing the desktops
    - Testing the applications
  - Summary
- 3. Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks
  - Machine catalogs
    - Prerequisites
      - Creating the master images
      - Adding and configuring the virtual machines
      - Creating the computer accounts
    - Creating a machine catalog
      - Operating systems and hardware
        
        Windows desktop
        
        Windows Server
        
        Remote PC Access
      - Machine management
      - User experience
    - Managing the machine catalogs
      - Taking a snapshot of the master image
      - Updating the master image
      - Reverting to a previous master image
      - Managing the Active Directory computer accounts
      - Adding machines to a machine catalog
      - Modifying a machine catalog
      - Renaming a machine catalog
      - Deleting a machine catalog
  - Managing the hosts
  - Managing Personal vDisks
    - Updating Personal vDisks used by the master images
    - Adjusting the space available for applications
      - Disabling automatic resizing
      - Reallocating user profiles
  - Summary
- 4. Managing Delivery Groups
  - Managing the delivery groups
    - Creating a delivery group
    - Editing a delivery group
    - Managing desktop sessions
      - Logging off or disconnecting sessions
      - Sending messages to users
    - 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
        
        Using Smart Access
        
        Using Exclusion filters
      - Securing the ICA protocol communications
      - Managing power settings for desktops
        
        Pools and buffers
        
        Power state timers
        
        Partial power management
      - Importing and exporting user data
      - Enabling and disabling the maintenance mode
      - Managing the server load
        
        The server load index
        
        The concurrent logon tolerance setting
  - Managing the hosted applications
    - Application desktop delivery groups
      - Application sharing
      - Publishing applications to multiple desktop groups
      - Content redirection
      - Creating an application
        
        Managing and creating application desktop delivery groups
      - Managing application sessions
      - Modifying the applications
  - Managing the Delivery Controller environment
    - Controller discovery
    - Adding, moving, or removing Delivery Controllers
    - Moving a Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) to another Site
    - Active Directory OU-based controller discovery
    - Using SSL on controllers
      - Changing the default HTTP and HTTPS ports
  - Summary
- 5. Managing Policies
  - XenDesktop Studio versus Microsoft Group Policy Editor
    - Administrative roles
  - Working with policies
    - Navigating policies
    - Accessing policies
    - Searching policies
    - Creating policies
      - Creating a policy in Studio
      - Creating a policy in Microsoft Group Policy Editor
    - Configuring policies
      - Configuring policy settings
    - Best practices for designing policy settings
    - Applying policies
      - Using default values
      - Using filters
        
        Unfiltered policies
        
        Filter modes
        
        Using the same filters with different modes
        
        Using different filters with similar modes
  - Implementing multiple policies
    - Implementing priorities
    - Implementing exceptions
  - The resulting set of policies
    - Running the Citrix Group Policy Modeling Wizard
    - Running the Microsoft Group Policy Results tool
    - Troubleshooting policy scenarios
    - Comparing policies
  - Implementing policies with NetScaler Gateway
    - Implementing NetScaler Gateway policy filters
  - Summary
- 6. Managing Printing
  - How printing works
    - Using locally attached printers
    - Using network attached printers
    - Using default printing, preferences, and drivers
    - Setting printing preferences
    - Printing policies
  - Universal Print Server and Driver
  - Autocreation of printers
  - Mapping printers and drivers
  - Optimization of printing
  - Summary
- 7. Virtualizing USB Support
  - USB devices in virtualization
  - How XenDesktop uses USB redirection
    - Enabling USB support
    - Preventing the mapping of USB devices
    - Using USB mass storage
    - USB redirection with XenApp versus XenDesktop
    - Using USB automatic redirection
    - Using voice and video
  - Summary
- 8. Virtualizing Storage and Backup
  - XenDesktop storage considerations
    - Desktop storage
    - High Availability
    - Performance
    - IOPS
    - Personal vDisk
  - 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
    - Backing up a SQL Server
    - Restoring a SQL Server
    - Backing up and restoring VMs and user data
  - USB mass storage
  - Summary
- 9. High Definition Experience (HDX)
  - Introducing high definition experience
    - HDX system requirements
    - The reality of HDX
  - Aero redirection
    - Configuring Aero redirection or desktop composition redirection
  - Windows Media
    - Configuring Windows Media client-side fetching
    - Configuring real-time Windows Media multimedia transcoding
  - Flash Media
    - Configuring Flash redirection on a server
    - Configuring Flash redirection on the client
  - HDX 3D
    - GPU versus vGPU
      - GPU
      - vGPU
    - HDX 3D requirements
      - Client
      - Server
    - HDX GPU sharing
    - HDX 3D how it works
    - Installing and configuring HDX 3D
    - Upgrading HDX 3D
    - Configuring monitors for HDX 3D
  - Configuring image quality
  - Configuring audio
  - Configuring webcams
  - Configuring color compression
  - Configuring network priorities
  - Adaptive display
  - Summary
- 10. Application Delivery
  - Delivering applications
  - Differences between XenApp and XenDesktop
    - Whats new?
    - What's gone?
    - What's changed?
    - What hasn't changed?
  - Application Delivery Controllers
  - Application Delivery Networks
  - Summary
- 11. Working with the XenDesktop SDK
  - Microsoft Windows PowerShell
    - PowerShell snap-ins and cmdlets for XenDesktop
  - Using the XenDesktop SDK
  - Creating an SDK script
  - Troubleshooting using the XD PowerShell SDK
    - Useful desktop cmdlets
    - Useful controller cmdlets
    - Site debugging tools
  - Citrix Ready
  - Summary
- 12. Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins
  - Understanding Receiver
  - Changing the Receiver settings
    - Pushing the Receiver settings from the server
    - Changing the Receiver settings from the client's desktop
  - Using plugins
    - 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
  - Running Receiver on Microsoft Windows
  - Running Receiver on Apple
  - Running Receiver on other devices
  - Summary
- 13. Securing XenDesktop
  - DMZ and DMZ2
  - 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
    - IIS
    - Non-IIS
    - Changing the controller port to HTTPS
  - Securing Studio and Director
    - IIS
  - Securing the XenDesktop to XenServer communications
  - Using smart cards
  - Summary
- 14. Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop
  - Using Studio to manage the XenDesktop Site
  - Using Director to monitor the XenDesktop Site
  - Using HDX Insight
  - Troubleshooting XenDesktop
    - Troubleshooting users
    - Troubleshooting applications
    - Troubleshooting desktops
    - Troubleshooting sessions
    - Troubleshooting HDX
    - Troubleshooting Personal vDisks
  - Third-party tools
  - Summary
- 15. VDI in the Cloud
  - Understanding virtualization in the cloud
  - Private cloud
  - Public cloud
  - Hybrid cloud
  - Personal cloud
  - Your cloud
  - Summary
- A. Creating a Domain Certificate Authority
- 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
- 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
    - Testing NetScaler Gateway with a Windows client
- D. Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway
  - Enabling SSL on NetScaler Gateway
  - Creating a certificate request
  - Submitting the request to the public CA
  - Installing the public-signed wildcard certificate
  - Binding the public-signed certificate to the NetScaler Gateway VIP
  - Testing NetScaler Gateway and certificates
- Index

Title: Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x. Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop 7.x
Author: Craig Thomas Ellrod
Original title: Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x. Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop 7.x.
ISBN: 9781849689779, 9781849689779
Date of issue: 2014-04-22
Format: Ebook
Item ID: e_3cvo
Publisher: Packt Publishing

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