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XenApp 7.5 Preparations

For Citrix XenApp 7.5 you need to take the following preparations within your environment;

• Citrix License Server 11.11.1 or higher with the required licenses installed
• A “Master” machine for use with PVS or MCS, alternatively you can install the server(s) manually
• A Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 or higher installed, alternatively you can install SQL Express during the XenApp installation
• Citrix StoreFront or Webinterface server for the provision of the Desktops and/or Applications installed
• Created security groups to assign desktops and applications to users

XenApp 7.5 Prerequisites

Citrix XenApp 7.5 Delivery Controller;

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (only when installing on Server 2008 R2)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
• Windows PowerShell 2.0 (for Server 2008 R2) or Windows PowerShell 3.0 (for Server 2012)
• Visual C++ 2005
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1
• Visual C++ 2010

Citrix XenApp 7.5 Studio;

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (only when installing on Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
• Microsoft Management Console 3.0
• Windows PowerShell 2.0 (for Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7) or Windows PowerShell 3.0 (for Server 2012/2012 R2 or Windows 8 / 8.1)

Citrix XenApp 7.5 Director;

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 and ASP.NET 2.0

Citrix XenApp 7.5 Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) for Windows Desktop OS;

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (only when installing on Windows 7 SP1)
•  Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
• Visual C++ 2010

Citrix XenApp 7.5 Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) for Windows Server OS;

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (only when installing on Server 2008 R2)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1
• Visual C++ 2005
• Visual C++ 2008
• Visual C++
• 2010

• Installing Citrix XenApp 7.5 Delivery Controller

  

  Start the installation and click Start (next to XenApp)

  

  Click on Delivery Controller

  

  Select I have read, understand, and accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next

  

  I have already installed StoreFront and the License Server on a separate server so I select only the Delivery Controller, the Studio and the Director. Click Next

  

  I have Microsoft SQL Server 2012 already up and running in my environment so I select only Windows Remote Assistance. Click Next.

  

  Click Next

  

  Click Install

  

  Select Launch Studio and click Finish

  

  Click on Deliver applications and desktops to your users

  

  Select A fully configured, production-ready Site, enter a Site name and click Next

  

  Enter the database server and a database name. If the database not exits it will create automatically. Click Test connection

  

  Click OK

  

  Click Close

  

  Click Next

  

  Enter your Citrix License server and click Connect

  

  Select the correct license and click Next

  

  I use Citrix XenServer in my environment. Fill in the requested information of you hypervisor and click Next

  

  Select  the network you want to use and click Next

  

  Select the storage you want to use and click Next 

  

  Click Next

  

  Click Finish

  Installing the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) on a Windows 2012 R2 system

  Before we continue with the configuration of the delivery controller, lets first install the VDA Agent on a separate Windows 2012 R2 server so that we can use it later to add it to the delivery group.

  

  Start the XenApp / XenDesktop setup and click on Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows Server OS

  

  For now I will not use MCS or PVS so I select Enable connections to a server machine and click Next

  

  Optionally you can install the Citrix Reveiver, click Next

  

  Fill in the XenApp Delivery Controller FQDN installed in previous steps and click Test connection

  

  Click Add

  

  Click Next

  

  Click Next

  

  Click Next

  

  Click Install

  

  The Windows features like Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host and the Microsoft Desktop Experience are now installing.

  

  Click Close to reboot the machine

  

  After the reboot the setup continues. Click Finish

  Creating the Machine Catalog and the Delivery group

  

  Go back the the Delivery Controller console (Citrix Studio) and click on Set up machines for desktops and applications or remote PC access

  

  Click Next

  

  Select Windows Server OS and click Next

  

  Select what is applicable and click Next

  

  Click Add VMs (If not using MCS or PVS)

  

  Add the machine you installed the Agent on in previous steps and click Next

  

  Fill in a Machine Catalog name and the Machine Catalog description for administrators (anything you like) and click Finish

  

  Click on Set up Delivery Groups to assign desktops and applications to your users

  

  Click Next

  

  Select the catalog and choose the number of machines you want to add to this delivery group. Click Next

  

  Choose what you want to publish within this delivery group. In this case I will select Desktops and Applications. Click Next

  

  Add a Active Directory security group or users for this delivery group. In this case the “Shared Desktop” will be published automatic to users that are member of delivery group. Click Next

  

  XenApp will automatic scan the Windows Server hard disk for applications and will display a list of it. To customize a application or to limit the visibility of the application for a specific security group select the application and click Application Properties

  

  Optionally. edit the Identification of the application, click on Delivery

  

  Optionally. edit the icon or the category of the application (Visible within Storefront), click on Location

  

  Optionally. edit the Locations of the application or add a command line argument, click on Limit Visibility

  

  If you want to publish the application only to a specific user group add the users or security group and click OK

  

  Edit and select all the applications you want to publish and click Next

  

  Optionally you can configure the Citrix Receiver (if installed on the server) with the correct StoreFront server. Click Next

  

  Fill in the Delivery Group name, Display name and Delivery Group description for users (anything you like) and click Finish

  

  You are now ready to add the XenApp 7.5 delivery controller to your Citrix StoreFront store.

  Logon to StoreFront to see the published desktop and application(s).

  

  The Shared Desktop from XenApp 7.5.

  

  The published app Adobe Reader XI within the Readers and Viewers.