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1 online resource |
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Professional expertise distilled |
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Professional expertise distilled.
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| Summary |
This book is intended for IT administrators who want to use Citrix® as a desktop virtualization solution or for IT architects who want to learn how to design and implement highly available and scalable XenDesktop® environments. It is assumed that you have intermediate-level knowledge of virtualization concepts, Windows desktop operating systems, and Windows Server technologies. 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.--Publisher description. |
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Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Disclaimer -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Evolution and Core Strengths of XenDesktop -- The evolution of XenDesktop -- Citrix and its vision -- Citrix's relationship with Microsoft -- Citrix XenDesktop virtualization solutions -- The XenDesktop and Project Avalon roadmap -- XenDesktop releases and improvements -- Citrix Desktop Server 1.0 -- XenDesktop 2.0 -- XenDesktop 2.1 -- XenDesktop 3.0 -- XenDesktop 3.0 Feature Pack 1 |
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XenDesktop 4.0XenDesktop 4.0 Feature Pack 1 -- XenDesktop 4.0 Feature Pack 2 -- XenDesktop 5.0 -- XenDesktop 5.5 -- XenDesktop 5.6 -- XenDesktop 5.6 Feature Pack 1 -- XenDesktop 7.0 -- XenDesktop 7.1 -- XenDesktop 7.5 -- XenDesktop 7.6 -- XenDesktop 7.6 Feature Pack 1 -- Core strengths of XenDesktop -- Citrix Receiver for any device, anytime, anywhere -- HDX user experience technology -- Intelligent redirection -- Adaptive compression -- De-duplication of network traffic -- FlexCast delivery technology -- Hosted shared -- Hosted VDI |
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Remote PCStreamed VHD -- Local VM -- On-demand apps -- Open architecture -- Cloud-ready FMA -- On-demand applications by XenApp -- Automated application migration with AppDNA -- High security and compliance standards -- Summary -- Chapter 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 |
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XenDesktop 7.0 with FMA -- the unified architecture for XenDesktop 7 and XenAppThe basics of FMA -- the XenDesktop architecture -- Concepts and terminologies -- The components of FMA -- The features of FMA -- Terminology change from the IMA to the latest FMA -- Advanced FMA -- the XenDesktop architecture in detail -- The five layers of FMA -- Working of FMA components to deliver virtual desktops -- Designing FMA for your XenDesktop deployment -- Project Accelerator -- The assess phase -- The design phase -- Results along with an example -- Summary |
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""Chapter 3 : Designing XenDesktop for Complex Environments""""Desktop environments""; ""The essential elements of a desktop environment""; ""Business expectations of a desktop environment""; ""XenDesktop � Transforming desktop environments""; ""XenDesktop""; ""Additional technologies""; ""Process of designing XenDesktop deployments""; ""Decisions to be made at each layer""; ""User layer""; ""Access layer""; ""Desktop/resource layer""; ""Control layer""; ""Hardware layer""; ""Tools for designing XenDesktop""; ""Project Accelerator""; ""Virtual Desktop Handbook"" |
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Citrix XenDesktop.
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Citrix XenApp.
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Citrix XenApp |
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Citrix XenDesktop |
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Virtual computer systems.
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Computer networks -- Remote access.
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Systèmes virtuels (Informatique) |
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Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Accès à distance. |
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Computer networks -- Remote access |
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Virtual computer systems |
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Tosatto, Daniele.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gunnala, Govardhan. Mastering Citrix® XenDesktop®. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, [2015] 1784394599 |
| ISBN |
1784394599 (electronic bk.) |
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9781784394592 (electronic bk.) |
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