BriForum Day 2 XenDesktop Deep Dive Session

XenDesktop Deep Dive - Rick Dehlinger from iQurious Corporation

This session dove into the architecture of XenDesktop.

-IMA Data store
-Citrix Licensing
-ICA/SSL
-Web Interface is required for connectivity
-Single zone, single data collector
-Administered from AMC and PSC (Old style java console) for policy management
-Requires AD but there are no schema updates

-Desktop Delivery Controller DDC
--Server 2k3
--Terminal Service enabled in app mode - doesn't make since, no users connect to this server over RDP. Must have something to do with the IMA being on

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--.NET 3.5

-Virtual Desktop Agent
--Win XP, Vista
--32 bit only
--single IP address
--Adds 7 services and drivers for ICA, Printing and other services

-Provisioning Server - Not required but definitely makes like easier

-XenServer/VMware ESX - No functionality lost if VMware is used in place of XenServer

-XenDesktop Setup Wizard

-Web Interface - goes on the DDC - Can also use the new Citrix App Receiver or PNAgent - There are also some thin clients - Login Desktop

These two sessions on XenDesktop have gotten me very excited about this product. I want to build a lab with this at the office ASAP.

It would be cool to build a XenServer one and a VMware one to compare the scalability.