E2E What\'s New In XenApp 6.5
- 1. E2E Virtualization Conference 18th November 2011 What’s new In Citrix XenApp 6.5 ? Highlights Neil Spellings and Stephane Thirion
- 2. Neil Spellings Independent contractor Blog : http://neil.spellings.net Email : neil@spellings.net Twitter : @neilspellings
- 3. Stephane Thirion CTO - IT Architect in Activlan base in France (Contractor / Consulting) Blog : http://www.archy.net Email : st@archy.net / sthirion@activlan.com Twitter : @archynet
- 4. Summary Instant App Access From Powerpoint to reality App Streaming (6.5 – vhd) (overview) HDX (overview) Multi-Stream ICA Service Provider Automation Pack & Enhanced Desktop Experience Additional features (overview)
- 5. Instant App Access Session Pre-launch Linger Fast-re-connect
- 6. Session Pre-Launch • Can provide “better than local” experience • Just-in-Time Pre-Launch • Scheduled Pre-Launch • Easily managed through policy settings
- 7. Session Linger & Reconnect • Dramatically reduces time to reconnect to a session • Simple policy settings • Linger disconnect timer • Linger terminate timer • Fast reconnect • No policy settings required
- 8. From Powerpoint to reality Configuration • Pre-Launch / Session lingering and fast reconnect settings are managed with policies (XenApp and Microsoft)
- 9. Démo
- 10. From Powerpoint to reality Scheduled Pre-launch Application name : Sophis (Realtime trading / contribution) Before XenApp 6.5 With XenApp 6.5 • 600 sessions initiated between • Schedule Pre-launch app 8h00am and 8h15am configuration • Logon storm • Schedule between 05h30 and • Profile loading is very long 08h30 • Filer (Profile store) is very busy • Oracle database is overload • 15 to 20 minutes to be able to work • Market is opening at 09h00
- 11. From Powerpoint to reality Scheduled Pre-launch Application name : Sophis (Realtime trading and contribution) + - • Latest Receiver 3.0 and up • Latest Receiver 3.0 and up • The load is spread on 3h00 • Receiver for Windows only timeframe instead of 15 minutes feature. • Easy to setup • Customizing the pre-launch feature using the icaclient.adm file is not supported. • Registry setting to set on the client device • Session need to be open and lock HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECitrixICA ClientPrelaunch http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-30-windows/ica-session-pre-launch.html
- 12. From Powerpoint to reality Considerations and take away • When a pre-launch session is created, it takes up a license immediately • When enable for an app, the setting applies to all users and servers configured for the application
- 13. App Streaming What’s new with 6.5 Overview
- 14. App Streaming 6.5 • VHD Streaming • RadeFastLaunch • SHA2 signing (Still SHA1 for legacy Offline Plug-in support) http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131338
- 16. New HDX / Flash for WAN v2 • Faster HDX performance over the WAN • Highly responsive up to 300ms network latency • Compresses, caches and prioritizes traffic • Available on Receiver for Windows and Linux (Fedora & Ubuntu) • Flash for WAN v2 • Internet Explorer 9 support http://citrix.g2planet.com/synergybarcelona2011/public_session_view.php?agenda_session_id=139&conference=synergy http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/11/01/what-do-you-need-to-know-about-hdx-ready-system-on-a-chip-soc/
- 17. Multi-Stream ICA Granular Quality of Service for ICA
- 18. “Classic” ICA Citrix Receiver Router XenApp 6.5 ICA 14 Virtual Streams HTTP
- 19. Multi-Stream ICA Citrix Receiver Router XenApp 6.5 ICA Real6me ICA Real6me ICA Interac6ve ICA Interac6ve ICA Bulk ICA Bulk ICA Background ICA Background HTTP
- 20. Démo
- 21. Enhanced Desktop Experience Win-7 look and feel for hosted shared desktops Service Provider Automation Pack
- 22. Before Applying Windows 7 Desktop Experience • Familiar to IT admins – not users • Unfamiliar server tools • Missing Media Player, Snipping tool, etc. • Plain Start menu • Plain Task Bar
- 23. After Applying Windows 7 Desktop Experience • More familiar for users • Support for themes • Accessory apps (Windows Media Player, Snipping Tool, etc.) • High-res, vibrant wallpaper • Win7 Start Menu and Taskbar
- 24. Service Provider Automation Pack • Windows 7 experience enabler • GPO to lockdown the desktop • Full XenApp farm automatic deployment • Use a multi tenant farm with a broker lockdown script • This is not only for Cloud Providers (CSP) • If you want to work on XenApp farm automatic deployment (POC etc..) This is an executable file to download, install it and you’ll find all the scripts in c:Program Files... http://citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=2311403&productId=186
- 25. Service Provider Automation Pack XenApp DVD • Data Collector • Backup DC • Licensing Server • WebInterface server (Configured to use an Access Gateway) • XenApp worker server A lot more soon on http://www.archy.net stay tune !
- 26. Additional Features & Enhancements • Power Capacity Management: • Hyper-V and ESX support • PCM Agent configuration via AD policy • HDX Policy Templates • EdgeSight 5.4 • Migration Center (Next Session with Daniel Wedel) • XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack (ref Simon Frost session)
- 27. Thanks ! Questions ? it…
- 28. @archynet Stéphane Thirion http://www.archy.net st@archy.net