1. App-
Integrating XenApp 6 with Microsoft App-V
and System Center Configuration Manager
Stephan Pfister
Citrix Certified Instructor
Microsoft Certified App-V Trainer
1

2. Session objectives
Understand the Microsoft Application Virtualization
requirements and System Overview
Understand how to integrate System Center
Configuration Manager with XenApp 6
Understand how to integrate Microsoft App-V
with Citrix XenApp
Understand which application delivery
mechanism to utilize based on a
given scenario
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3. Understanding the components of
Citrix Application Virtualization

4. Citrix Streaming Components

5. Application Streaming Communication
Process

6. Known limits for profiling Applications
Some applications cannot be profiled, including:
Applications that contain drivers, such as Adobe Acrobat
Professional
Microsoft Internet Explorer
64-bit applications
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
.NET Framework

7. Application Delivery Methods
The following delivery methods are available:
Accessed from a server
Streamed if possible, otherwise accessed from a server
Streamed to client

8. Understanding the components of
Microsoft Application virtualization

9. Desktop Optimization Pack -
Application Virtualiztation for Desktops

10. Technical Overview

11. Integrating XenApp 6 with Microsoft
System Center Configuration
Manager

12. Working t(w)ogether

13. When use what?
Citrix Application Streaming
Citrix Application Virtualization
Based on 5 core components
• Publishing and Management Infrastructure
• Application Isolation
• Application Streaming
• Receiver Plug-ins (Citrix Receiver
• Self-service enterprise app store (Dazzle)
„Is Citrix ending its development of their native application virtualization
capabilities and going with App-V instead?“

14. "Why would Citrix want to
support App-V, and what does
XenApp enable me to do with
App-V that I can't do
otherwise"?

15. App-
Pro‘s using App-V Integration
App-
Publish App-V packages directly from XenApp as „Dual Mode“
applications
• App-V sequences can be published using the same workflows
and wizards as all other applications managed through XenApp
Manage App-V client plug-in using Citrix Receiver
App- plug-
• The Microsoft Application Virtualization Desktop client can now
be managed and delivered as a plug-in for Citrix Receiver
App-
Subscribe to App-V packages using Citrix Dazzle
• With Citrix Receiver users gain self-service access to applications
through an enterprise app storefront

16. Demo
XenApp 6 Connector for System Center
Configuration Manager
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2380

17. Application Delivery Using Configuration Manager
1 Admin uses SCCM
Console to configure
application delivery SCCM Server
and publishing
XenApp Web and
Services Site 2 New XenApp connector
facilitates seamless
delivery of installed and
virtualized apps with
Citrix zero user disruption
Receiver
and Dazzle
3
User subscribes to
XenApp Servers
app and executes
hosted or virtualized
apps
App Hub
Storage for XenApp
and App-V packages

18. SCCM delivers apps to
XenApp servers to make
them available to
unmanaged devices

19. Installed on each
XenApp6 server
•Microsoft SCCM Agent
•XenApp PCM Agent
•App-V client for RDS

20. XenApp Connector
uses PowerShell
Remoting
to communicate with
•SCCM site server
•XenApp farm server
•PCM Concentrator

21. XenApp Data
Connector syncs
SCCM site
database and
XenApp farm
database

22. XenApp Connector for Config Manager 2007 R2
Includes two components
• XenApp Data Connector
• Communicates with both
XenApp and SCCM for
application delivery
• Configuration Manager
Console Extension
• Inserts XenApp-specific
configuration options into the
SCCM Console

23. XenApp Data Connector internals
• Contains 3 task scheduled
PowerShell scripts
• Scripts used to process Configured
using
data from SCCM site, Connector
XenApp farm, PCM farm Config
wizard
C:
C:Program FilesCitrixXenApp Connector for ConfigMgr 2007Connector
FilesCitrix 2007 XenApp Connector Configuration tool
Executed
using
Script Task
location Schedule
r
Administrative tools > Task Scheduler

24. XenApp Data Connector internals (cont.)
Synchronization script
• Syncs SCCM data and XenApp farm data stored in separate
databases
XenApp Data
Connector
SCCM site
XenApp 6
Farm
Reads Writes
XenApp and Config Mgr
Synchronization script
•Syncs XA farm data such as XenApp worker groups and XA server folder membership
•Syncs daily by default

25. XenApp Data Connector internals (cont.)
Publication and advertisement scripts
IMA
service
XenApp Data
Connector
SCCM site
server
XenApp 6
Farm
Reads
Writes
Program and Package advertisement script
Publication script
•Program and Package advertisement script:
•Orchestrates software distribution process to
XenApp servers
XenApp Power and •Communicates with PCM Concentrator to drain
Capacity online servers and bring offline servers online
Management •Publication script: writes published app data to XenApp
Concentrator farm

26. Configuration Manager Console Extension
Adds XenApp-specific options
• “Programs for XenApp”
node
• Used for simultaneous app
delivery and publishing to
XenApp servers
• “XenApp Publication” node
• Used to publish apps to
XenApp servers
App
delivery
App
publishing

27. Configuration Manager Console Extension (cont.)
XenApp-specific options added
XenApp specific
collection and
sub-collections
• New SCCM “Collections”
• Citrix XenApp Farm, Servers
grouped in folders and
worker groups
• Worker groups and folders must be
configured in the Delivery Services Console

28. Application published in Delivery Services Console
Application properties
• Apps appear in ConfigMgr folder
in the Delivery Services Console
• Apps are published to individual
XenApp servers and not to worker
groups

29. Integrating XenApp with
Microsoft App-V

30. App-
App-V with System Center Configuration Manager R2
• For XenApp server- App-V
Sequencer
hosted application
Configuration Manager Site
delivery only Server
• Apps streamed from Configuration Manager
Distribution Point
Configuration Manager
Distribution Point

31. App-
App-V without System Center Configuration Manager
App-
• Requires App-V
Management server, App-V
Sequencer
Streaming server or
web server
• Integrate with XenApp
for
• Application publishing
using XenApp console App-V
Client
• Application access App-V Streaming
using Web Interface Server or
IIS Web Server
or Dazzle

32. App-
Citrix integration with Microsoft App-V
4
3 Applications published
User subscribes to using Delivery Services
virtualized application
through Dazzle
XenApp
Servers
XenApp Web
and Services
Site
User devices with App Hub
Storage for virtualized
Citrix Receiver
and Dazzle
2 apps
Sequence is stored on
And App-V packages
5 streaming or management
server
User selects app icon in
Start Menu to execute 1
app
Administrator
sequences
applications

33. XenApp and App-V integration
App-
• Requires App-V integration kit
• Publish App-V sequences using
XenApp Delivery Services Console
• Select “Streamed if
possible, otherwise…”
• Applications streamed to
client or fallback to server-hosted
application access

34. App-
Citrix App-V integration kit
www.citrix.com/downloads
www.citrix.com/downloads
>XenApp
App-
• App Streaming to App-V Conduit
• Used for app streaming fallback
• App-V MetaData files
App-
App-
• Used to deploy App-V client with Merchandising server
and Citrix Receiver

35. Stream to client
App-
App-V Streaming
Server
Windows device
A
p
RTSP port 554
p
Web Interface
XenApp
Server

36. server-
Streaming fall back to server-hosted application
App-
App-V Streaming Server
A
p
p
XenApp
Server
Macintosh Mobile
ICA port 1494
Linux Unix

37. Using Dazzle and App-V
Receiver with Merchandise
Server

38. Citrix Merchandising Server

39. How to integrate Merchandise Server

40. Citrix Receiver Download
https://<merchandise server>

41. Demo
Citrix Receiver and dazzle
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/773

42. Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit