System requirements for application streaming

The Citrix Offline Plug-in and the Citrix Streaming Profiler (we used version 6.5 of both products for this book) are supported on the following Microsoft operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows XP Home and Professional editions, 32-bit and 64-bit, with the last service pack

• Microsoft Windows Vista (Home, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions), 32-bit and 64-bit editions, with Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit (Enterprise, Professional, Ultimate)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, 32-bit and 64-bit editions

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit editions

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

The current Citrix Offline Plug-in supports Citrix Receiver versions 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x.

We need to have a dedicated machine, usually called a profiler workstation. The profiler workstation must provide an environment that is as close to our users' environment as possible, such as the same or similar operating system and platform (x86, x64...