What this book covers

Chapter 1, Why Citrix XenApp^® – Making the Case for App Virtualization, aims at explaining the benefits of Citrix XenApp in the context of the latest trends in the field of virtualization technology. It will help you adopt the ideas presented to you and justify the Citrix solution to your management team.

Chapter 2, Designing a Citrix^® Solution to Fit Your Needs, explains that even though system architecture is suitable for a more advanced-level book, some design knowledge is needed in order to be able to build a relevant XenApp system that meets the needs of your IT enterprise. In this chapter, you will learn how to create a simple design of a Citrix solution that meets your business needs.

Chapter 3, Preparing Your System for XenApp^® Deployment, explains the various methods of deployment and system requirements that need to be in place before deploying XenApp.

Chapter 4, Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp^®, covers how to install the Citrix XenApp solution and perform initial configurations.

Chapter 5, Installing and Configuring Citrix^® StoreFront™, provides a walkthrough of the steps needed to install and configure StoreFront in order to present XenApp resources to end users.

Chapter 6, Installing and Configuring NetScaler Gateway™, provides a walkthrough of the steps needed to install and configure NetScaler Gateway in order to provide end users with remote access to their published applications.

Chapter 7, Load Balancing with Citrix^® NetScaler^®, provides a brief overview of Citrix NetScaler and how a load balancing implementation fits into the XenApp deployment.

Chapter 8, Building Your First XenApp^® Farm – Machine Creation Services, covers the first steps involved in deploying a XenApp farm using the Machine Creation Services method.

Chapter 9, Building Your First XenApp^® Farm – Provisioning Services™, covers the first steps involved in deploying a XenApp farm using the Provisioning Services method.

Chapter 10, Administering a XenApp^® Environment – Application Management, introduces an IT administrator to the XenApp administration (specifically, application publishing and management of the newly built XenApp system).

Chapter 11, Administering a XenApp^® Environment – Server Management, introduces an IT administrator to administration and maintenance of XenApp servers and Delivery Controllers.

Chapter 12, Printing, is dedicated to explaining how printing works in a XenApp environment and deploying Citrix Group Policies to satisfy printing needs.

Chapter 13, Troubleshooting Tools, Tips, and Tricks, introduces basic and advanced troubleshooting techniques and teaches you how to leverage Citrix and third-party tools to support the XenApp environment.

Chapter 14, The Big Day – Going Live with Citrix XenApp^®, provides a prelaunch checklist and best practice recommendations on rolling the XenApp environment out to production.