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Citrix best practices reference list for XenApp/XenDesktop design

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I want to share a list of all citrix best practices documents that contain usefull information when you have to write a XenApp of XenDesktop design.

design part

best practice guide

active directory

Edoc-Recommendations for Active Directory Environments

application virtualization

virtual application management with microsoft application virtualization 4.5/4.6 and system center configuration manager 2007R2 2012 search for app-v and configmgr whitepaper

bandwidth

ctx124457 performance assessment and bandwidth analysis for delivering xendesktop to branch offices

datastore

edoc datastore reference

datastore

CTX112524-Citrix Presentation Server and Microsoft SQL 2005 Configuration

datastore

CTX118849-Installing SQL 2008 on Windows Server 2008. Datastore Replication with XenApp 5.0 using SQL 2008 with Windows Authentication

datastore

Edoc-planning a citrix high available citrix datastore

datastore

ctx127939-XenDesktop 5 Database Sizing and Mirroring Best Practices

farm&zone

CTX129106-Scaling Big – DaaS and SaaS Deployments for Citrix Service Providers Scaling to 1,000 servers in a single farm

farm&zone

edoc-planning zones in a wan

HA & scalability & sizing

Citrix-blogpost-estimating xenapp 6.5 hosted shared desktop scalability

HA & scalability & sizing

CTX 131102 Citrix XenApp 6 5 – Enterprise Scalable XenApp Deployments

HA & scalability & sizing

CTX123684-Delivering 5000 Desktops with XenDesktop 4

HA & scalability & sizing

CTX134979 -High Availability for XD and XA – Planning Guide

HA & scalability & sizing

fujitsu-terminal_server_sizing_guide_en

license

Remote Desktop License Server Discovery

license

CTX114847-LICENSE SERVER SIZING AND SCALABILITY

license

edoc- setting up a citrix license server on a microsoft cluster

netscaler

edoc-netscaler high availability

network

Citrix-Blogpost-Quality of services

optimization

CTX131577-XA – Windows 2008 R2 Optimization Guide.pdf

optimization

CTX125060 Best_Practices_for_Optimizing_HDX_Technologies_for_XenDesktop_4

overall

CTX124481 Advanced Farm Administration with XenApp Worker Groups

overall

CTX119686-Top_10_Items_Found_by_Citrix_Consulting_on_Assessments_v2

overall

CTX132799-XenDesktop and XenApp – Best Practices

overall

edocs designing a xenapp 6 farm

patchmanagement

CTX120842-Best Practices for Citrix XenApp Hotfix Rollup Pack &Installation and Deployment

ports

CTX101810-CitrixPorts_by_Product_and_Port_2060

printing

Edoc-Overview of Client and Network Printing Pathways

printing

edoc-improve printing performance

printing

CTX18234-printing architecture solution

printing

CTX131337-TechEdge Barcelona 2011 – Integrating your branch office successfully with optimized printing solutions

profiles

CTX110351 User Profile Best Practices for MetaFrame Presentation Server

profiles

Profile Management Frequently Asked Questions

profiles

CTX119036-User-Profile-Manager-Best-Practices-Guide-Final

pvs

CTX120464-PVS_for_XenApp_Best_Practices

pvs

CTX134945-Provisioning Services Networking Planning Guide

pvs

CTX124791-Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide

pvs

CTX124792-Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP1 Administrator’s Guide

pvs

CTX127438-Provisioning Services Components Interaction

pvs

CTX127549-Provisioning Services 5.6 Best Practices

pvs

CTX120803-Citrix Provisioning Services Security Backgrounder

running xenapp virtual

CTX129761 XenApp Planning Guide – Virtualization Best Practices

running xenapp virtual

vmware-citrix-xenapp-best-practices-EN

storage

CTX130632-XD – Planning Guide – Storage Best Practices

thin clients

citrix blogpost-selecting thin clients for xendesktop 4

thin clients

citrix blogpost-HDX Ready thin client test kit

thin clients hdx

citrix blogpost-hdx and thin clients in the hld 1883 only the mandatory requirement that the thin client must be hdx ready is mentioned. 

http://www.citrix.com/English/partners/programs/fourthLevel.asp?programID=1681660&tlID=163199&flID=1859519

What about the management of the thin clients and reuse of existing tooling like sccm

http://henkhoogendoorn.blogspot.nl/2012/09/thin-client-management-in-configmgr-2012.html?spref=tw

training

Citrix recommends the following levels of training as best practice: · Level 1 (Help Desk): Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) on XenApp and XenDesktop · Level 2 (Production Support Engineer): Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator (CCAA) · Level 3 (Build Engineer): Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer (CCEE) · Level 4 (Architect): Citrix Certified Integration Architect (CCIA) and more XenDesktop and XenApp – Best Practices guide

uac

edoc-user account control

xendesktop

citrix blogpost-xendesktop design handbook

xendesktop

CTX127842-how to configure the logoff behavior of a desktop group in xendesktop 5

administration

Best Practices for XenApp Administrators

virusscan

Citrix Guidelines for Antivirus Software Configuration

printing

xendesktop and xenapp printing planning guide

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