Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x

by Craig Thomas Ellrod

Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop® 7.x If you are a system administrator, consultant, or beginner who wants to implement and administer Citrix® XenDesktop® Sites, then this book is for you. Familiarity with virtualization of desktops and applications and datacenter concepts will be helpful. The ability to read network diagrams and understand servers, data flow, clients, devices, and the interworking of these pieces will be beneficial. Citrix®, Citrix Systems®, XenApp®, XenDesktop® and CloudPortal¢ are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/ or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Citrix® is an established name in today's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) era by virtue of their desktop and application virtualization platforms, with the capability to assign applications and contents in a secure manner. Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x provides the best way to learn how to build your own virtual desktop and application Site. You may not have a lot of time to read the Citrix® documentation, or attend a class, so this step-by-step guide is distilled into fast, concise chapters to quickly lead you through all of the important information to get your XenDesktop® 7.x deployment done.

422 pages, Paperback

First published April 24, 2014

Reviews

[Stephan Hoelzel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi!

I wish, i had this eBook 12 months earlier!
Our project at a customer started up on May 2013 with vSphere 5.5, XenDesktop 7.x and Windows 8.1 and i had to look for every information, estimate the consumption and calculate the required hardware- and storage ressources without having information in detail.

This eBook gives you a great overview about XenDesktop 7.x on XenServer.
It shows you, how you have to size your environment, what you have to think about and where you should keep on an eye.
You get a helping hand with this ebook to configure the XenDesktop 7.x environment and a lot of explaination, how to configure what (policies, printer, USB device, etc.).

What i missed, is the Citrix Provisioning part. The whole book describes the MCS way of deploying virtual desktops. Till now, Citrix does not support provisioning service for Windows 8.x and it does not work (black screen). - Too bad!

Never the less, it is too much content in this ebook to describe every chapter, so let me summarize it:
A very good eBook of Citrix XenDesktop 7.x!
But not for beginners, you need some experience with Citrix XenDesktop to understand everything.

When will be published an eBook about XenDesktop 7.x AppEdition/XenApp 7.5 in that quality?
I would buy it asap! =)

Best regards from Germany!

Stephan

[Harleen Bagga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x is a practical, step-by-step guide that will walk readers through all of the important information to help them get their XenDesktop® 7.x deployment done quickly and efficiently. The book is packed with diagrams and screenshots that will help readers build a complete and secure XenDesktop 7 site from the ground up.

This book is for system administrators, consultants, and beginners who want to implement and administer Citrix® XenDesktop® sites. It will be helpful if readers are familiar with the virtualization of desktops and applications as well as the concept of datacenters.

You can read more about the book here : http://bit.ly/1iH55YA

[Bart Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

A practical, step-by-step guide that will help you deploy XenDesktop 7.x. Gives a good overview of the features and will make you understand XenDesktop 7.