Book description
Design and implement a high performance and efficient virtual desktop infrastructure using Citrix® XenDesktop®
- Design, deploy, configure, optimize, troubleshoot, and maintain XenDesktop for enterprise environments and to meet emerging high-end business requirements
- Configure Citrix XenDesktop to deliver a rich virtual desktop experience to end users
- A comprehensive, practical guide to monitoring a XenDesktop environment and automating XenDesktop tasks using PowerShell
In Detail
Nowadays, many organizations are moving toward desktop virtualization. Citrix® XenDesktop® is the most comprehensive solution to implement a scalable and high performance virtual desktop environment.
This book will provide you with the technical skills you need to successfully design, set up, and maintain a XenDesktop® environment. This book will introduce you to the main components of a XenDesktop® infrastructure and covers how to design and install them. Through each chapter, you will quickly learn how to configure your virtual desktop environment in order to meet specific end user requirements, giving your users the freedom to work from anywhere and from any device while virtual desktops and apps are centrally maintained in your data center.
What You Will Learn
- Understand the evolution and main components of XenDesktop® architecture in detail
- Design and implement a XenDesktop® environment with enterprise capabilities such as high availability, scalability, app orchestration, and integration with cloud infrastructures
- Configure Citrix® XenDesktop® for real-time advanced business use cases and optimize it for performance
- Understand and configure the various components of networking involved in both remote and intranet access to your XenDesktop® environment
- Discover the usage and features of Citrix®-provided tools for monitoring and troubleshooting XenDesktop® environments
- Explore how the PowerShell SDK can help you to automate common tasks and administrative operations
- Discover how you can use Microsoft Application Virtualization to expand your virtual desktop infrastructure to deliver virtual applications to end users
Table of contents
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Mastering Citrix® XenDesktop®
- Table of Contents
- Mastering Citrix® XenDesktop®
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
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1. Evolution and Core Strengths of XenDesktop®
- The evolution of XenDesktop®
- XenDesktop® releases and improvements
- Core strengths of XenDesktop®
- Summary
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2. Understanding the XenDesktop® Architecture in Detail
- Key features of the XenDesktop® architecture for businesses
- The evolution of XenDesktop® architecture
- XenDesktop® 2.0 and Independent Management Architecture (IMA)
- XenDesktop® 5.0 and FlexCast® Management Architecture
- XenDesktop® 7.0 with FMA - the unified architecture for XenDesktop® 7 and XenApp®
- The basics of FMA - the XenDesktop® architecture
- Advanced FMA - the XenDesktop® architecture in detail
- Designing FMA for your XenDesktop® deployment
- Summary
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3. Designing XenDesktop® for Complex Environments
- Desktop environments
- XenDesktop® – Transforming desktop environments
- Process of designing XenDesktop® deployments
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XenDesktop® deployment architectures for complex environments
- XenDesktop® architecture designed for high availability
- Design considerations for a scalable deployment
- App Orchestration – multi forest Active Directory Environment
- XenDesktop® and Cloud computing integration
- Summary
- 4. Implementing a XenDesktop® Environment
- 5. Delivering Virtual Desktops and Optimizing XenDesktop®
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6. Configuring XenDesktop® for Advanced Use Cases
- Advanced use cases of XenDesktop®
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Configuring XenDesktop® for advanced business use cases
- High-end 3D business applications using GPU technology
- Unified Communications Solutions (UCS) - audio and video conferencing applications
- Streaming media applications through HDX technology
- Secured Internet access through web filtering
- Secured virtual desktops through policy restrictions
- Virtual desktops through low bandwidth remote and mobile user connections
- Advanced fine-tuning of XenDesktop®
- Summary
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7. Networking for XenDesktop®
- The role of networking in XenDesktop®
- XenDesktop® and layers of networking
- Network layer components and configuration
- Virtualization layer network components
- Windows networking
- Citrix® recommended network performance tuning
- Summary
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8. Monitoring and Troubleshooting XenDesktop®
- Overview of monitoring and troubleshooting XenDesktop®
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A deep dive into monitoring and troubleshooting XenDesktop®
- Citrix® Director and EdgeSight®
- Citrix® Studio
- Citrix® Insight Services (CIS)
- PowerShell command-lets
- Citrix® troubleshooting tools for XenDesktop®
- Troubleshooting knowledge for issues out of the scope of XenDesktop
- Summary
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9. XenDesktop® PowerShell SDK for Automation
- PowerShell SDK for automation
- Using the XenDesktop® PowerShell SDK
- A deep dive into the XenDesktop® PowerShell SDK
- Summary
- 10. XenDesktop® and App-V Integration
- 11. XenDesktop® Licensing
- Index
Product information
- Title: Mastering Citrix® XenDesktop®
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2015
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781784393977
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