[...]... Hydra is Windows 4.0 Terminal Server Edition I was working with my first Citrix server and that was when I first fell in love with application hosting In this chapter we will learn: • • New XenApp 6.5 features System requirements for the installation of XenApp 6.5 Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 Introducing XenApp 6.5 When Citrix introduced XenApp 6.0 in March 2010, they rewrote the code completely... SmartAuditor enhancements, and more Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 provides comprehensive details on how to design, implement, and maintain Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5 Additionally, you will learn to use management tools and scripts for daily tasks such as managing servers, published resources, printers, and connections Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 starts by introducing the basics... Index 439 Deploying XenApp 6.5 in a virtualized environment Virtual machine performance and host scalability Choosing the right virtualization platform Deploying XenApp 6.5 on Citrix XenServer Creating a new XenApp 6.5 VM in XenServer Deploying XenApp 6.5 on Microsoft Hyper-V Creating a new XenApp 6.5 VM in Hyper-V Deploying XenApp 6.5 on VMware vSphere Creating a new XenApp 6.5 VM in VMware vSphere... and x64) we must choose to use XenApp 5.0 Citrix XenApp 6.5 does not support mixed farms Mixed farms are XenApp farms that contain more than one server operating system version Until previous versions Citrix supported XenApp farms that contained different versions of Windows and/or of XenApp XenApp 6.5 cannot co-exist with any previous versions in the same farm, even with XenApp 6.0 We can have two separated... applications hosted on XenApp 6.0 or 6.5 We are going to learn about Citrix Receiver in detail in Chapter 11 [ 11 ] Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 • Citrix Dazzle: Citrix called Dazzle the first self-service "storefront" for enterprise applications Dazzle allows corporate employees 24x7 self-service access to the applications they need to work End users now can subscribe to XenApp applications...Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 Introducing XenApp 6.5 XenApp feature overview System requirements Data store databases Citrix AppCenter console License server Clients Summary Chapter 2: Designing a XenApp 6.5 Farm Case study: Brick Unit Constructions Farm terminology and concepts Infrastructure servers... Configuring XenApp Installing and configuring XenApp 6.5 on BRICKXA65-03 Configuring Citrix Web Interface server Creating a XenApp Web Site Creating a XenApp Services Site Configure Remote Desktop Licenses Configuring Remote Desktop licensing mode by using Group Policy Managing XenApp Farms Summary Chapter 4: Advanced XenApp Deployment Unattended install of XenApp 6.5 Unattended install of XenApp Components... provide new features Now with XenApp 6.5, released in August 2011, Citrix has introduced more features, performance improvements and the new faster application launch XenApp 6.5 looks like an enhanced version of XenApp 6.0, but there are several differences in the farm architecture, so there is no direct upgrade from XenApp 6.0 to 6.5, forcing us to create a new farm for XenApp 6.5 servers Here are some... Scripting Programming, is dedicated to scripting programming using PowerShell [9] Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 • New Management Console: Only one console is something all administrators asked for years Citrix introduced the Citrix Delivery Services Console in XenApp 6.0, and then replaced it by the new AppCenter on XenApp 6.5 The new management console has been completely redesigned We still need... Installing Citrix Receiver Deploying Citrix Receiver for internal users with administrative rights Installing Citrix Receiver for Windows Installing Citrix Receiver on XenApp servers Installing Citrix Receiver for Macintosh Deploying Citrix Receiver for internal Windows users without administrative rights Summary 403 403 404 405 405 406 407 Chapter 14: Virtualizing XenApp Farms 409 Index 439 Deploying XenApp . 1 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6. 5 7 Introducing XenApp 6. 5 8 XenApp feature overview 12 System requirements 13 Data store databases 15 Citrix. PowerShell 355 Installing XenApp Commands on XenApp Servers 3 56 Installing Citrix XenApp 6. 5 PowerShell SDK 357 Installing PowerShell XenApp Commands 357 Using