Category: Citrix

Important Considerations: XenDesktop should NOT be installed on a Domain Controller or Active Directory running server XenDesktop should NOT be installed on a server running Citrix XenApp services Avoid: On server running Firewall services On server with UAC enabled Installer Path: "E:x64XenDesktop SetupXenDesktopServerSetup.exe" Installing XenDesktop on XenApp server is NOT supported and in which case XenDesktop installer doesn’t give you option install its components on XenApp server instead says “This component cannot be installed on this machine” XenDesktop Controller Web Access Desktop Studio Desktop Director License Server XenDesktop required firewall ports for License server (TCP ports 27000, 7279)   No […]

When a target device starts up from a Provisioning services image, it generally follows this process: DHCP or a boot device manager assigns the target device an IP address. The target device obtains a bootstrap file from the network or from a boot device manager. The target device connects to the Stream Service running on a Provisioning services host. The Provisioning services host begins streaming the vDisk image to the target device. The target device requests new vDisk image sectors as necessary to access data.

The following process describes how the desktop delivery components interact to deliver desktops to users: Stage#1: Getting list of user accessible desktop items display in WI The user device submits credentials to a Web Interface site. Web Interface passes the user credentials to the controller. The controller verifies user authorization by performing a Microsoft Active Directory query with the end user’s credentials. The controller queries the site database for the end user’s assigned desktop groups. Using the desktop group it obtained from the database, the controller queries the hypervisor about the status of desktops within that group. The controller identifies […]