Farm terminology and concepts

Now is the moment to define the terminology which we are going to use in this book. If you are new in the XenApp world, please pay attention to this section. Except when noted, all following terminology applies to both XenApp 6.0 and XenApp 6.5.

• Multi-user environment is when applications are published on servers running Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and/or Citrix XenApp accessed by multiple users simultaneously.

• XenApp server is the main software component of the Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure. The objective of XenApp servers is to deliver applications to user devices.

• XenApp application servers are the farm servers that host published applications, desktop, or content.

• XenApp infrastructure servers are the farm servers that host services such as a license server or Web Interface. Usually, they do not host published applications.

• Remote Desktop Services, formerly known as Terminal Services, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows Server...