XenDesktop
- Insert the Desktop Delivery Controller installation media in the appropriate drive. If the Welcome page does not appear automatically, use Windows Explorer to open Autorun.exe.
- On the Welcome page, click Install Server Components. The End User License Agreement appears.
The first server you install in the farm automatically becomes the data collector. This server manages all user launch requests and all requests to start and stop desktops. If this server fails, one of the other controllers in the farm takes over this functionality.
You cannot install Desktop Delivery Controller on a domain controller.
If you are creating a new farm and plan to use Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, or Oracle for the farm data store, you must create the data store before installing Desktop Delivery Controller.
For more information, see the topics about planning and setting up the farm data store in XenApp.
After purchasing XenDesktop, you receive two emails with instructions specific to your license(s).
The following components require the use of a Citrix License Server:
- Desktop Delivery Controller
- Provisioning Services for Desktops
- Access Gateway
- EdgeSight
- XenApp
- Password Manager
- StorageLink
Licensing for the remaining components is as follows:
| Installation media | ||
|---|---|---|
| Medium | Label | Contents |
| DVD | Desktop Delivery Controller | Desktop Delivery Controller, the Virtual Desktop Agent, the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, and the online plug-in. |
| CD | Virtual Machine Infrastructure powered by Citrix XenServer | XenServer |
| CD | ||
For a new installation of XenDesktop, Citrix recommends that you carry out the following tasks in the order shown below.
These topics describe how to install the components of XenDesktop, and how the XenDesktop installation media are structured and organized. They also provide details of how to upgrade from earlier versions of XenDesktop, how to move to a different edition, and how to remove XenDesktop.
When the user removes their smart card, the XenDesktop behavior depends on the smart card removal policy setting on the virtual desktop:
Keep the following points in mind when managing the use of smart cards in your organization:
To allow users to authenticate with smart cards, you must use the Web Interface to reconfigure the relevant default Web site provided with XenDesktop, or create new Web sites, as described in http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx119227/.
If you need to support more than one authentication method, Citrix recommends that you maintain a separate Web site for each method to ensure the best user authentication experience.
