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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

You're reading from   Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop 7.x.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849689762
Length 422 pages
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Table of Contents (27) Chapters Close

Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x
Credits
Notice
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Designing a XenDesktop Site FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing XenDesktop 3. Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks 4. Managing Delivery Groups 5. Managing Policies 6. Managing Printing 7. Virtualizing USB Support 8. Virtualizing Storage and Backup 9. High Definition Experience (HDX) 10. Application Delivery 11. Working with the XenDesktop SDK 12. Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins 13. Securing XenDesktop 14. Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop 15. VDI in the Cloud Creating a Domain Certificate Authority
XenDesktop Policy Settings Reference Creating Self-signed Certificates for NetScaler Gateway Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway Index

Managing the Delivery Controller environment


The Delivery Controller is the component that distributes desktops, manages user access, and optimizes connections. A XenDesktop Site can have one or more controllers depending on the size of the deployment.

Controller discovery

Before a desktop can be used, the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) must establish a connection with a Delivery Controller. The VDA finds a controller by checking the ListOfDDCs registry key. The ListOfDDCs registry key contains the DNS entries or IP addresses that point to the controllers for the XenDesktop Site. For load balancing, the VDA automatically distributes connections across all the controllers in the list.

The ListOfSIDs registry key indicates which machine Security IDs (SIDs) the VDA will allow to contact it as a controller. The ListOfSIDs registry key can be used to decrease the load on Active Directory or to avoid possible security threats from a compromised DNS server.

You need to make sure that the ListOfDDCs and...

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