With the new 7.x version of XenApp, Citrix made many changes to its infrastructure and to the way it works; hence Packt Publishing, that is the editor of my first book about XenApp, asked me for a new, updated edition:
The book consists of four chapters and covers the following topics:
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- the new Flexcast Management Architecture (FMA): how to build scalable and well-performing infrastructures
- the new tool for deploying worker servers: Machine Creation Services (MCS)
- the main differences between XenApp 6.5 and XenApp 7.x
- the tools to administer and monitor the infrastructure: Director, EdgeSight, Powershell and OData API
- functions and settings to optimize hardware resources and to balance the load
- how to optimize the end user experience
- how to control user profiles and sessions with Citrix Profile Management, ICA Keep-alive…
- the use of AppDNA to analyse and optimize the applications
- how to publish applications through geographic links (WAN)
- the use of WANem to simulate different links
- traffic shaping settings to optimize the usage of the bandwidth
- the use of CloudBridge as wan accelerator
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The book is available on the editor’s website and on the major online webstores, in printed and electronic (ebook) version.
Packt Publishing also gave me the opportunity to give away 3 free copies of the book. To win your copy of this book, all you need to do is come up with a comment below highlighting the reason “why you would like to win this book”. The contest is valid to sunday 2 november and is open to everyone. Winners will be selected on the basis of their comment posted.
I am a blogger and i would like to review this book. Just like i did for XenMobile book published by Packtpub.