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Sebastian A. Barnes Version 0.1 Outline Draft April 9, 2007

Renu Ravilla Version 0.2 Implementation Document May 2, 2007

Jo Harder

Sebastian Barnes

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Version 0.5 Initial Document Review May 10, 2007

Hopeful Owitti Version 1.0 Final Review May 11, 2007

Application Streaming with Citrix Presentation Server Implementation Guide

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Table of Contents 1. DOCUMENT OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................... 1

2. ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................... 2 A. APPLICATION STREAMING FEATURE INSTALLATION SUMMARY.................................................................................................. 2

i. Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Components.......................................................................................................... 2 ii. Application Streaming Licensing.................................................................................................................................. 2

B. CONFIGURING AN APPLICATION HUB..................................................................................................................................... 2 C. CONFIGURING THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT CONSOLE ............................................................................................................. 3

i. Initial Discovery............................................................................................................................................................ 3 ii. Creating Web Interface Sites ....................................................................................................................................... 7

D. INSTALLING THE APPLICATION PROFILER ............................................................................................................................. 13 E. CREATING AN APPLICATION PROFILE .................................................................................................................................. 18 F. PUBLISHING AN APPLICATION PROFILE................................................................................................................................ 27

3. DEMONSTRATION EXAMPLES ...................................................................................................................................... 36 A. STREAMING AN APPLICATION PROFILE – END-USER CLIENT ................................................................................................. 36 B. STREAMING AN APPLICATION PROFILE – PRESENTATION SERVER.......................................................................................... 38 C. PRE-DEPLOYING APPLICATION PROFILES............................................................................................................................ 39 D. UTILIZING OFFLINE ACCESS............................................................................................................................................... 39


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1. Document Overview Application Streaming is an innovative new feature of Citrix Presentation Server™ 4.5 that enhances IT administrators’ ability to centralize management of all Windows-based applications. With both application virtualization and application streaming integrated in a single solution, Presentation Server can dynamically select the best application delivery method based on the user profile, the application type, and the physical location. Applications become an on-demand service that is always available and always up to date.

With application streaming technology, Citrix Presentation Server™ 4.5 extends IT’s ability to centrally manage and deliver Windows-based applications to any user. Just like streaming and downloading music from iTunes™, streaming delivers applications to a client device for use whenever and wherever users want — even when they are not connected to a network. Applications are cached locally in an “isolation environment”, rather than installed on the device, which eliminates application delivery conflicts and the need for extensive regression testing.

This document details the environment configurations and demonstration examples to showcase the complete streaming solution. The following topics are included:

Environmental Configurations

• Application Streaming feature Installation Summary

o Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Components

o Application Streaming Licensing

• Configuring an Application Hub

• Configuring the Access Management Console

o Initial Discovery

o Creating Web Interface Sites

• Installing the Application Profiler

• Creating an Application Profile

• Publishing an Application Profile

o Configuring Streamed vs. Fallback Option

o Configuring Application Streaming Related Presentation Server Policies

o Configuring Offline Access

o Configuring Alternative Location

Demonstration Examples

• Streaming an Application Profile – End-User Client

• Streaming an Application Profile – Presentation Server

• Pre-Deploying Application Profiles

• Utilizing Offline Access


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2. Environment Configuration

a. Application Streaming feature Installation Summary

i. Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Components

The Application Streaming feature is included with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Enterprise and Platinum Editions. The following Citrix Presentation Server components must be installed in order to enable the Application Streaming feature:

o Citrix Licensing

o Citrix Presentation Server Prerequisites

o Access Management Console

o Presentation Server Console

o Web Interface

o Citrix Presentation Server

o Document Center (optional)

ii. Application Streaming Licensing

Aside from the Presentation Server Enterprise license, the Application Streaming feature requires an additional license. The Streaming for Desktop licenses are required to stream applications to client desktops, and these licenses also enable offline access. Applications can be cached to the client desktops using this feature, and users can access the applications when they are disconnected from the network. When offline, users checkout a license and can utilize it until the administratively-configured expiration is reached. When the license expires, users must connect to the environment to get a new license or renew their license.

Note: After July 2007, the amalgamated Platinum license will automatically incorporate the Desktop Streaming licenses, so the secondary license will no longer be required unless the customer purchases add-on licenses for this purpose only.

b. Configuring an Application Hub Application Profiles are stored on one or more file shares. Users must have read and execute rights to the file share(s). Application Profiles are accessed from the file share by the Presentation Server and Streaming Clients on client Desktops when requested. Administrators can define one or more Alternate Package Locations that will be used as the file resource based on the IP address of the requesting device.



c. Configuring the Access Management Console This section details the configurations required to be conducted to the Access Management Console after the required pre-requisites have been installed. Note that a either Presentation Server or a Program Neighborhood Agent site must be configured within the environment. This section details the following:

• Initial Discovery • Creating Web Interface Sites

i. Initial Discovery

Screenshot Description

• Click Next



• Select the components you want discovery to search

• Click Next

• Add the server running configuration service

• Click Next



• Add the servers running Citrix Presentation Server in your farm

• Click Next

• Verify information in the summary

• Click Next



• Click Finish after discovery stops



ii. Creating Web Interface Sites


• Expand Configuration Tools Node

• Select Web Interface Node

• On the right pane, select Create site

• Select the type of site you want to create

• Click Next



• Specify the URL for users to access the site

• Click Next

• Specify the storage location of configuration information

• Click Next



• Select your preferred authentication settings.

• Click Next

• Click Next



• Click Finish to finish creating the site

• Click Next to configure the site



• Specify your farm name and the servers in the farm

• Click Next

Select:

• Remote: if applications are accessed directly from the server

• Streaming: if applications are streamed directly to client desktops

• Dual mode streaming: if applications are streamed if possible and otherwise virtualized from the Presentation Server.

• Click Next



• Confirm settings and click Finish



d. Installing the Application Profiler The Application Profiler should be installed on a machine which resembles the target environment where the applications will be streamed. This resemblance includes operating system, language configuration as well as pre-existing programs, (such as anti-virus software).


• Insert the Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Components CD on the server hosting the Profiler

• Select Presentation Server Utilities

• Select Install Citrix Streaming Profiler for Windows



• Select your preferred language

• Click OK

• Click Next



• Select I accept the license agreement

• Click Next

• Select the Destination folder for the Profiler

• Click Next



• Click Install

• The Profiler will be installed



• Click on Yes on the Prompt window to restart the system



e. Creating an Application Profile This section details the steps required to create a Citrix Streaming Server Application Profile. The Application Profile is what will be streamed from the Streaming client from a file share to the target destination, (i.e. end-user workstation or Presentation Server).


• Click on New Profile to create a new profile

• Click Next



• Provide a name for the new profile

• Click Next

Select:

• Enhanced Security: if users are not allowed to run other executables in the Profiled resource

• Relaxed Security: if users are allowed to run other executables in the Profiled resource

• Click Next



• Select the target Operating system of the client machines

• Select the Target Language

• Click Next

Select

• Quick Install: when packaging a single application

• Advanced Install: when packaging multiple applications or other more complex settings are required

• Click Next



• Choose the installation program or command line script

• Click Next

• Click on Launch Installer



• Wait while the installer installs the application

• Install application

• Install application



• Select the Application

• Select the core executable and click on Run

• Application will launch



• Click Next

• If desired, set private key or certificate to digitally sign the application profile.

• Click Next



• Verify Profile details

• Click Next

• Click on Save button to save the profile created



• Specify the UNC path of the Profile file share to save the application profile

• Click Save



f. Publishing an Application Profile This section details the steps to publish a Citrix Streaming Application Profile, thus advertising its availability to users. This section includes:

• Using the Publish Application Wizard • Configuring Streamed vs. Fallback option • Configuring Application Streaming Related Presentation Server Policies • Configuring Offline Access • Configuring Alternative Location

i. Using the Publish Application Wizard


• Open the Publish Application wizard in the Access Management Console

• Click Next



• Provide the application name

• Click Next

ii. Configuring Streamed vs. Fallback Option




• Select Streamed to Client if application should be directly streamed to the client desktop

• Click Next

• Select Streamed if possible, otherwise accessed from a server to configure a fallback to streaming

• Click Next



• When Accessed from a Server or Streamed if Possible are selected, there are additional options for the server application type presented:

o Installed Application

o Installation Manager packaged application

o Streamed to Server

• Click Next

• Browse to the application profile you want to publish

• Select the application

• Click Next



iii. Configuring Application Streaming Related Presentation Server Policies


• Select the Policies Node in the Presentation Server Console

• Right click the Policies Node and select Create New Policy

• Provide a name for the policy

• Click OK



• Expand User Workspace

• Expand Streamed Applications

• Select Configure delivery protocol



• Select Enabled

• Select whether server access is forced or streaming is forced

• Apply the policy

Note: This policy is generally used when Dual Mode Streaming is selected in order to control streaming based on a configured policy filter.

iv. Configuring Offline Access


• Check the Enable offline access checkbox to configure offline access for applications

• Click Next



Select

• Pre-cache application at login: to cache the application at user login

• Cache application at launch time: to cache application when its launched

v. Configuring Alternative Location


• Alternate profiles can be configured for some users based on client IP ranges in Application Properties. Open the Application Properties of the streamed application and click on Alternate Profiles

• On the Right pane, click on Add



• Enter the IP range and browse to the alternate profile

• Click OK



3. Demonstration Examples The following demonstration examples are the typical guideline functionality in order to showcase the value-add of the Application Streaming feature. This includes:

• Streaming an Application Profile – End-User Client • Streaming an Application Profile – Presentation Server • Pre-Deploying Application Profiles • Utilizing Offline Access

a. Streaming an Application Profile – End-User Client Please note that the Streaming client must be installed on the end-user client device in order to showcase this scenario.


• This is the folder on the client machine where the profiles are stored:

C:\Program Files\Citrix\RadeCache

• Initially it is empty



• The application is accessed through the Streaming Client. Note that Program Neighborhood Agent is also a prerequisite

• Right click on the Program Neighborhood Agent icon, Select Applications and click on the application o be accessed

• The Starting application and Preparing application windows will be seen in the bottom right corner of the desktop



• The application launches

• After accessing the application, the RadeCache folder contains the following profile

b. Streaming an Application Profile – Presentation Server Accessing an application that is streamed to a Presentation Server is the same as accessing a published application that is installed on a Presentation Server from an end-user perspective. Please note that to stream an application profile to an end-user client, the Streaming client must be installed on the workstation. This is not required to stream an application profile to a Presentation Server as the Streaming client is part of the Presentation Server install.



c. Pre-Deploying Application Profiles Pre-Deploying applications is a useful utility which allows Citrix Administrators to push out Application Profiles to target environments (i.e. workstations or Presentation Servers) in order to alleviate the potentially excessive “first-time” download time required to stream an application from a file share. If an application profile is already in system cache on a workstation or Presentation Server, then the Streaming client will not have to take the time to stream the application profile across the network. Instead, it can simply launch the application.

To Pre-deploy applications:

• On the client Desktop with the Streaming Client, Open Command Prompt • Enter the following command line, where <UNC path> is replaced by the UNC path of the

profile Radedeploy /deploy:<UNC path>

• To enumerate applications Radedeploy /enum

• To add applications Radedeploy [-m] /deploy:filename

Where filename is a .profile file

d. Utilizing Offline Access Screenshot Description

• When you initially launch an application or login (depending on offline caching setting), the offline application is downloaded



• To get information about Offline Applications available, click on Program Neighborhood Agent and select Offline Applications

• The Offline Application window pops up and shows the available applications and the license expiry date



• To access Offline Applications, go to Programs, and select your application



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