XenApp feature overview

This section provides summary descriptions of some of the most popular XenApp features. This section will help new Citrix customers to understand major features on last versions of XenApp (XenApp 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, and 6.5).

• Access applications from any device, anytime, anywhere: We can deliver any published Windows application to an extensive variety of user devices and operating system, including Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX, DOS, Java, and mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, and Android.

• Active Directory Federation Services Support: We can use ADFS to provide business partners access to published applications.

• Application Gateway: Citrix provides SSL-proxy, using both hardware (Citrix NetScaler and Citrix Access Gateway) and software (Citrix Secure Gateway) solutions, to allow remote users to access published applications in XenApp, securely.

• CPU Utilization Management: This feature prevents users and their processes from utilizing the CPU too much and guarantees a consistent performance level for all users on the XenApp server.

• Installation Manager: This feature allows us to remotely install applications to multiple XenApp servers simultaneously.

• Network Management Console Integration: XenApp supports SNMP monitoring and integration with third-party network management tools, including: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), IBM Tivoli, HP OpenView, CA Unicenter.

• Novell eDirectory and NDS Support: XenApp now provides support for Novell eDirectory and Domain Services for Windows, allowing XenApp to authenticate Novell users.

• Power and Capacity Management: We can create system policies to manage server power consumption. This feature can turn on/off XenApp servers. As users log off and idle resources increase, idle servers are shut down. When users arrive in the morning and they log on to the farm, servers are powered up. Also, we can schedule times for powering on and powering off servers.

• Single Sign-On: This feature (formerly known as Password Manager) provides single sign-on access to Windows, Web, and terminal emulator applications. The self-service password reset feature included on Single Sign-On allows users to reset their domain password or unlock their Windows account.

• SmartAuditor: Utilize policies to allow us to record the on-screen activity of any user's session, over any type of connection, from any server running XenApp. SmartAuditor records, catalogs, and archives sessions for review.

• Web Interface: The Web Interface allows users access to published applications and content on XenApp through a standard Web browser or Citrix Plug-In. Web Interface provides built-in support for two-factor, RADIUS and Smart Card authentication, simple customization through the management console and multilingual support, for the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), and Korean.