Overview
We will be setting up four different infrastructure components listed here:
- Domain controller: As per Citrix, at least one domain controller is required for the XenApp 7.6 deployments, and that should have the active directory domain services role installed on it.
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP): The DHCP plays an important role when we configure Citrix Provisioning Services, which is the software streaming technology by Citrix. With Citrix Provisioning Services, one can provision or re-provision computers in real time from the single shared disk image. We will discuss Citrix Provisioning Services in detail later in this book.
- Setting up a certificate authority: We will be setting up this Microsoft component to generate a certificate, which can be used for various components such as StoreFront and Delivery Controller to secure the connection.
- Setting up SQL server 2012: This is a very important part of the XenApp 7.6 infrastructure because the SQL server database will store...