21/22 October 2015

Lee Bushen – EMEA Tech Readiness

Patrick Irwin – EMEA Sales Readiness

Desktop Master Class

Live - Install XenDesktop 7.6 FP3

Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen

Quick Start

Recording available on YouTube Citrix Channel

Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen

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Agenda

Full Installation of XenApp 7.6 FP3

Introduction Enable remote PC access in 5 minutes

Upgrade from XenApp 6.5

What’s new in FP3?

Competition!

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Virtual Desktop Agents

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App and desktop virtualization

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Desktops and Apps as-a-Service

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“Internal” Network

InternetStudent Desktop

W2K12-VDAVDA Worker

Template

MC-DC1Delivery

Controller

MC-SF1StoreFront

XenApp-01VDA

Worker

ADDomain

Controller

SQL1MS SQLDatabase

XenApp 7.6 Lab Environment• All Win 2012 R2 fresh installs• Domain “Training” Created on DC1 +DNS/DHCP• All servers domain joined• SQL1 fresh install of MS SQL 2012 SP1.• Remote Desktop has been enabled• The XenServer tools installed• Infra Servers have static IP

“Real” PC

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http://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-solutions/xenapp-deployment-blueprint.pdf http://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-solutions/xendesktop-deployment-blueprint.pdf

Sizing for XenApp/XenDesktop VDI Workloads

Installation – Let’s Go!

XenApp / XenDesktop 7.6 Architecture

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Hypervisor

Hypervisor

The hypervisor hosts the virtual machines in the Site

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DeliveryController

Delivery Controller

Central management component of any XenApp or XenDesktop Site

Authenticates and manages user access

Brokers connections between users and their virtual desktops and applications

Optimizes and Load Balances connections

Communicates with the hypervisor to distribute applications and desktops

Hypervisor

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DeliveryController

Database

Database

Stores data collected and managed by services that make up the Controller including all configuration and session information

Hypervisorhttp://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/36246-102-707006/XenDesktop%207%20Database%20Sizing_v4.pdf

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DeliveryController

LicenseServer Database

License Server

Communicates with the Controller and Studio to manage licensing for each user's session

Hypervisor

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DeliveryController

VM

Virtual DeliveryAgent (VDA)

Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA)

Hypervisor

Installed on each physical or virtual machine in the Site that you want to make available to users

Enables machine to register with Delivery Controller and make its hosted resources available to users

Establishes and manages the connection between the machine and user device

Verifies Citrix licensing and applies policies for session License

Server Database

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DeliveryController

VM

Virtual DeliveryAgent (VDA)

StoreFront

Hypervisor

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StoreFront

Authenticates users to Sites hosting resources

Hosts enterprise application stores, giving users self-service access to the desktops and applications made available to them

LicenseServer Database

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DeliveryController

VM

Virtual DeliveryAgent (VDA)

Receiver

Hypervisor

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StoreFront

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Receiver

Installed on user devices and other endpoints, such as virtual desktops

Provides users with quick, secure, self-service access to applications, and desktops from any of the user's devices, including smartphones, tablets, and PCs

For devices that cannot install Receiver software, Receiver for HTML5 provides a connection through a HTML5-compatible web browser License

Server Database

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DeliveryController

VM

Virtual DeliveryAgent (VDA)

Studio

Hypervisor

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StoreFront

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Receiver

Single console enabling Site configuration and management

Provides wizards to guide setup, creating your workloads and assigning applications and desktops to users License

Server Database

Studio

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DeliveryController

VM

Virtual DeliveryAgent (VDA)

Director

Hypervisor

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StoreFront

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Receiver

Enables IT support and help desk teams to monitor an environment, troubleshoot issues and perform support tasks for end users

LicenseServer Database

Studio

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Director

XenApp / XenDesktop High Availability

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DeliveryController

VM

High Availability

Hypervisor

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StoreFront

LicenseServer DB

DeliveryController

DB

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StoreFront

VM VM VMHypervisor VM VM

30 Days Grace

SQL MirrorSQL ClusterSQL Always-onConnection Leasing

Hypervisor HA

NetScalerLoad Balancing

NetScalervServer

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System requirements for XA/XD 7.6 Deliver Controller, Citrix Studio/Director & Server VDAs:• Windows Server 2012 & R2, 2008 R2 SP1

Database:• SQL Server 2014, 2012 SP1, SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2

• Express 2012 SP1 can be installed at the same time as XenApp 7.6 from the same media

Desktop VDAs, Citrix Studio• Windows 7 SP1, 8.x & 10• Linux VDA – RHEL 6/7, SLES/SLED 11/12

Hypervisors:• XenServer 6.5 SP1, 6.5, 6.2 SP1 plus hotfixes, XenServer 6.1• VMware vSphere 6.0, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0• Hyper-V with SCVMM 2012, R2, SP1• Nutanix Acropolis 4.5• Citrix CloudPlatform & AWS

Full Details: http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-xendesktop/7-6/xad-system-requirements-76.html

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DeliveryController

VM

Virtual DeliveryAgent (VDA)

Install Summary

Hypervisor

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StoreFront

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Receiver

LicenseServer Database

Studio

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Director

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XenDesktop Remote PC

CorporateDesktops

XenDesktop 7.5/7.6

Netscaler Gateway

Storefront

1. Client logs into Storefront/WI2. Wake on Lan (If Required)3. User Session Starts… Work from Home!

Upgrading from IMA to FMA

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Citrix Lifecycle Manager Upgrade Service

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Citrix Lifecycle Management

Upgrade Service Wizard

Customer Datacenter / Cloud

XA65-C

XA65-W

MC-DC1

XenApp-01

CLM Agent

Deploy and Manage

CLM BlueprintCLM

AgentApps/Policies

What’s New in 7.6 Feature Pack 3?

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7.6 Feature Pack 3 Roundup…

Personalised VDI for Linux users

Signature support on tablets (eg Wacom)

Smartcard performance

DesktopPlayer for Windows & Mac

AppDNA (7.6.5)

Citrix Receiver for Windows 10

Windows 10 VDA

HDXPoliciesiOS Jailbreak

detection

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Where do I go for more details?

Feature Pack 3: http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-xendesktop/7-6/xad-whats-new.html

Sizing info – XA Deployment Blueprint

Trial Software: http://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/try.html

PoC planning Guide http://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/oth/xenapp-reviewers-guide.pdf

High Availability Guide

Upgrade Resources: http://www.citrix.com/xenapp/upgrade

This Master Class – Email follow up tomorrow: Recording, Install notes, PPT/PDF

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AppDNA

Competition – GoPro Camera!!

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What we did…

Full Installation of XenApp 7.6 FP3

Introduction Enable remote PC access in 5 minutes

Upgrade from XenApp 6.5

What’s new in FP3?

Competition!

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