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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

Step 10 – testing the connection


You can test the environment by connecting to the StoreFront server with a web browser or by logging in to the client device and launching the Receiver.

Testing the desktops

Connect to the StoreFront server using a web browser and log in. You should see a list of desktops that are available to you in the Desktops section as shown in the following screenshot:

Testing the applications

Connect to the StoreFront server using a web browser and log in. You should see a list of the applications available to you in the Apps section. Click on the + sign on the left-hand side of the window, and add the applications that you want to use to your dashboard.

Click on the Application icon; it is automatically launched and run from the server and is delivered to your device over the ICA protocol using the Citrix Receiver, as shown in the following screenshot:

If you launch the Receiver and log in but still don't see your desktop, there is a little trick that you can do. In the...

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