XENAPP APPLICATION ACCESS THROUGH WEB INTERFACE AND CITRIX RECEIVER

APPLICATION ACCESS THROUGH WEB INTERFACE:

From a web browser navigate to the web interface xenapp site.
Install the appropriate citrix plugin to access the application If all installation and configuration steps have been performed successfully, a Xenapp logon site should be presented. Provide a username and password of an account with a application provided by Xenapp. Click Log On to continue

Observe if any applications are available for end-user use.
Click the icon representing an assigned application to initiate the connection.

The user can access the application from web interface and can work with that application and can
log off after completion of working on that particular applications.


APPLICATION ACCESS THROUGH CITRIX RECEIVER PLUG-IN:-

Now we need Citrix Receiver, download it, In this case we have windows 7 client pc.

Enter the Server name that we installed on Application

Here we go, Application  works

we can see the applications on the start menu after login with citrix receiver, as if it were installed locally
on the windows 7.

HOW TO PUBLISH APPLICATION USING CITRIX DELIVERY SERVICES CONSOLE ON CITRIX XENAPP 6 SERVER

PUBLISHING APPLICATION :-

Launch Citrix Delivery Services Console from start menu-citrix folder-citrix delivery services console

A popup appears if .NET Authenticode signature is enabled for MMC: Citrix suggest to disable it in order to speed-up services console opening

The first time you launch the console, a wizard is displayed for discover your first citrix server:

select only XenApp on Products and components
 

Click on Add Local Computer to add our citrix server or click on Add button to add other citrix server:

On Citrix Delivery Services Console Go to your farm and right Click on Apllication and Select Publish Application

Click on Next

Assign a name for application, In this case we selected WordPad

Browse the application where located on your server, Click Browse and select

Select Application, Select Access from a server, Click on Next,

Select the server/servers which host the application. Click Add

Now XA server is available, Click Add and Click on OK

Add users or groups who are going to access the application. In order to do this go ahead and select Allow only configured users and click on Add

Select the Domain name , if you need to add users, click on check box , Show users, The best practice is  add groups, We are going to add Groups

Enter  domainname\username and password

Select Domain users  who will be able to access the Application

Click on Next

Select the check box of  Add to Client`s Start Menu and Add Shortcut as well

Click On Finish

HOW TO CONFIGURE XENAPP 6 SERVER

Configuration Phase:

After installation end, you have to configure Citrix roles:

Starting from License Server, click on configure:
Here you can configure ports and password for admin user. For this tutorial, default ports will be used.

Set a password for admin user and click Ok.

 

After license server, configure XenApp server. At this point, you can choose if you want create a new server farm or join an existing one. In our case, this is the first server, so we choose "create a new server farm" .

Type a name for the new Citrix Farm and select first Citrix Administrator account:

Enter Citrix License Server information: we have yet configured a license server so we select "Use an existing license server" :

Now we have to choose a database for our Citrix farm: for this demo, we use SQL Server Express and we create a new database. Configuration process will install SQL and create new database for us.
Note: in production environment, best practice is using a dedicated SQL Server for Citrix database.

Configure shadowing: shadowing permit you to remote control a citrix session.

Set a custom name for Citrix zone. You can also set other advanced settings: in this tutorial I leave defaults.

After configuration, a reboot is required.

After reboot, we can configure web interface: Web Interface permit to access Citrix published application by web or by PN Agent.

Start creating a site in the Web Interface console. For this demo, we select XenApp Web to permit users to access resources by web browser:

Set the IIS site, the path and the name:

Select where user authentication takes place: for this tutorial, we specify Web Interface:

Specify details of the server farm: So set a farm name and add our first server:

Configure Authentication Methods:

Specify logon screen appearance: default is minimal. I prefer full screen.

Select types or resources available to users: You can change this setting after configuration.