How to Install and Configure Citrix XenApp 6.5 – Part 1 on YouTube
How to install and configure Citrix XenApp 6.5 – Part 1. In this video tutorial we have explained step by step installation of Citrix XenApp 6.5 Server on Windows Server 2008 R2 is explained in this video.
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Transcript
Hello Friends, welcome back to ProHut IT Services. Good to see you back.
In this video we’ll learn about installation and configuration of Citrix XenApp 6.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2.
I am assuming that you have basic understanding of Application Virtualization and you are aware of the advantages of application Virtualization.
If you are not sure about the application Virtualization then I’ll quickly run through the concepts of application virtualization
What is application virtualization?
Application Virtualization means that an application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is still executed as if it’s there. The application behaves at runtime like it is directly interfacing with the original operating system and all the resources managed by it.
In lay man terms.
Application Virtualization means that you have not installed application on your device like laptop, desktop or mobile, but it can be accessed from the Server.
I’ll quote an example to make it more clear.
Let’s assume that you are at client’s location and client share some files like VSD files, for which you don’t have software deployed on your Laptop i.e. MS Visio software.
In this scenario, we are assuming that you don’t have MS Visio dump with you therefore you cannot install MS-Visio on your laptop.
Now you are left with 3 options
1st option, you ask your customer to help you with the MS Visio software so that you can deploy it on your Laptop but….. it sounds weird. You cannot ask your customer for the software… can you….. No.. Right???
2nd option, you can purchase a software and install it on your laptop. Will you do that ???……………. NO??? ……………… Right????
Maybe you’ll do it but what if you need about 3-4 softwares. That would be very costly.. right… ???
So not a viable option…. right???
3rd option, you can request your IT Admin to install MS Visio on Citrix Server which is hosted in your Datacenter and then you can access MS Visio via Citrix XenApp.
3rd option in which we are accessing application from Server is actually application virtualization. In this scenario, application is deployed on Server which is hosted in Datacenter but application can be seamlessly accessed from anywhere and almost on any device like Laptop, Desktop, Thin client, Mobile, Tablet, etc.
Hope with this, you must have got the idea about Citrix XenApp.
Before we start with the installation and configuration of Citrix XenApp. Let’s build an environment.
Let’s make a list of servers that we need to provision.
We need to have a Domain Controller for authentication and centralize management. If you are not sure about the steps of installing and configuring Domain Controller then please click on the link shared on the screen. It will help you with the steps of installing and configuring Domain Controller.
We’ll name Domain Controller as DC01.
Domain will be created when we install a Domain Controller.
We’ll name the domain as ProHut.net.
We need a Citrix Management Server i.e. Citrix XenApp Server on which we’ll install Citrix XenApp 6.5.
We’ll name it CTX01. Please use uppercase or lowercase while defining computer name, as Citrix License is case sensitive.
For this video, we’ll take uppercase.
We need to have a Database Server for Citrix i.e. datastore Server. It contains all the static information e.g. Farm Configuration, Published Application Configuration, Server Configuration, etc.
For this lab, we’ll use SQL 2005, you can use SQL 2008 or SQL 2012.
We’ll name this box as DB01.
We need Web Interface Server. It’s a kind of website which we need to create to access applications. End users will access this web site to access applications.
We’ll name it WI01.
We need License Server on which we’ll install Citrix Licenses.
We’ll name it LIC01.
To load balanced our Citrix environment, we need one more Citrix Servers.
We’ll name second Citrix Server as CTX02.
In next video, we’ll learn the practical of installing and configuring Citrix XenApp 6.5
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