Tag: XenApp

XenDesktop 7 Pt 10: Application Delivery Group

XenDesktop 7 Pt 10: Application Delivery Group

And here we are....the last step to publish "XenApp" applications to the Citrix receiver and ultimately your users. This installment creates and application delivery group for the XenDesktop 7 applications that we've installed on our Windows Server 2012 server. Once you create and customize this group, users can refresh their...

XenDesktop 7 Pt 9: Server Machine Catalog

XenDesktop 7 Pt 9: Server Machine Catalog

Creating a XenDesktop Machine Catalog for server-class operating systems in XenDesktop 7 is virtually the same process as creating one for a dedicated desktop OS. A machine catalog is a grouping of similar "XenApp" servers, and if you were using MCS or PVS, you'd provision several at once and group them....

XenDesktop 7 Pt 8: Install Server VDA

XenDesktop 7 Pt 8: Install Server VDA

Citrix radically changed the "XenApp" 7 architecture in XenDesktop 7. Gone is the massive complexity, many consoles, and lengthy configuration times. I don't have much XenApp experience, but the consoles I've seen of prior versions seemed mind bogglingly complex. Two major themes of XenDesktop 7 is simplification and unification. The "Application" portion of XenDesktop...

XenDesktop 7 Pt 7: Citrix Receiver Config

XenDesktop 7 Pt 7: Citrix Receiver Config

Now that we've completed the first six parts of this series to configure the XenDesktop 7 back-end services, it's now time to use Citrix Receiver v14 and connect to our new VDI infrastructure. This is super easy, and the most fun part! Unlike previous versions of the Citrix Receiver, there is...

XenDesktop 7 Pt 4: Create Machine Catalog

XenDesktop 7 Pt 4: Create Machine Catalog

This is the fourth installment of the XenDesktop PoC guide, where we create a XenDesktop 7 machine catalog. As we near the point where we can dole out VDI VMs to users, one of the last steps is to create a catalog of VMs. These could be Windows 8, Windows...

XenDesktop 7

Citrix XenDesktop 7.0 is out!

XenDesktop 7 is a milestone in the Citrix end user computing experience. Citrix has merged XenDesktop (VDI) with XenApp, into a consolidated set of common consoles with common policies and HDX experiences. It also features full Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and SQL Server 2012 (with AlwaysOn clustering) support. Last...