Steps to install and configure XenDesktop 7.1 and publish Application.

I am a big fan of installing and testing software on my laptop.

Check feasibility for different set of environments.

I have windows 7 64 bit laptop on which I have installed VMware Workstation.

Infrastructure requirements:-

1:- Installed windows 2003 machine , Install role  DC and DNS Domain name “dc.com”. 

Reason for choosing Windows 2003 as it takes less memory and CPU.

2:- Installed Two Windows 2008 R2 SP1 machines named as xend7 and xendapp

Once the installation of OS is complete Enable Remote Desktop

Disable Windows Firewall.

3:- Join server in Domain.

Once server is up mount xendesktop7.1 iso on xend7 machine and start installation.

4:-  It will automatically start the installation of .NET 3.5 SP1

 

 5:- Click on Start

6:- Click on Delivery Controller , you can see that Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows Desktop OS is greyed out, as it is not and desktop OS.

7:- Accept License Agreement and click on Next

8:- As I have limited number of servers so I will be installation all the core components on one server ie xend7. Click Next. 

9:- it will automatically install SQL server 2012 as a Database for store front and Delivery controller. Click Next

10 :- Click Next

11:- Click Install

12:- Click Finish

13:- It will launch Citrix Studio and click on Create Site.

14:- Select  “Configure the site and start delivering application and desktops t  users”  and Enter site Name like  I entered xend. Click Next

15:- It will automatically choose the Database location and Database name. Click Next.

16:- Click Ok.

 17:- As I have downloaded Evaluation license , so I will be selecting  “ use the free 30-day trail” and click Next. 

 

18:- I don’t have any Virtual infrastructure like Hyper –V,  Xenserver or Vmware, so I select None and click Next.

19:-I don’t have any App-v server so I select No and click Next.

20:- Click Finish.

20:- On XENDAPP server start the installation of Virtual delivering agent for window server OS, It will automatically start the installation of .NET 3.5 SP1.

 

21:- Click on Start.

22:- Click on Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows Server OS.

23:- Select  “ Enable connections to server machine” and click next.

24:- It will install Virtual Delivery Agent and Citrix Receiver , click Next

 

25:- Enter the Name of Controller address, in this case its “xend7.dc.com”, click on “Test connection”.

26:- Click on Add

27:- Click on Next

28:- Click Next

29:- click on Next

30:- Click on Install.

31:- Click on Close and it will reboot machine.

  

32:- Once machine is UP it will install all the components and Reboot Machine.

33:- On xend7  server open Citrix Studio Create Catalog

 34 :- Click on Next

  

 

35:- Select “Windows Server OS” and click Next.

 36:- Select Another Service or technology and click Next.

37:- Click on Add Computers and Enter the Server Name on which we installed Virtual  Deleviry Agent for Server OS  ie xenappd and click next.

38:- Enter the Machine Catalog Name “ First Catalog “ and click Finish

39:- Click Finish

40 :- Click on Delivery Group, Applications and Assign Users.

40:- Click on Next.

41:- Select First catalog and click on + to add machine.

42:- Select Applications and click on Next.

43:- Click on Add users and Enter Domain users for testing purpose. Click Next

44:- It automatically discover all the installed application, select Notepad and click on Next.

45:- Enter Delivery Group Name like ” Notepad” and click on Finish.

46 :- open Webpage like http://xend7.dc.com/Citrix/StoreWeb.

47:- Enter credentials and add application to your Favorite Apps.