Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3'0: Enterprise Edition Administration

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Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0
Enterprise Edition Administration

• Module 6
• Installing and Configuring the
• MetaFrame Presentation Server Clients

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Overview

• Topics in the module include
• The Client Features for Win32
• New Features for the Client for Win32
• Installing the Client for Win32
• The Client Packager
• Installing the Clients Manually
• Installing the Clients from a Network Share
• Deploying the Clients Using Active Directory or
  Microsoft Systems Management Server
• Creating a New ICA Client Update Database
• Configuring and Modifying the ICA Client Update
• Accessing Published Resources with the Client for
  Web
• Accessing Published Resources with Program
  Neighborhood Agent
• Accessing Published Resources and the Server
  Desktop with Program Neighborhood

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MetaFrame Presentation Server Client Software
Win32 Win16 Java Mac Linux x86 WinCE
Tier 1
Solaris/SPARC HP-UX IBM AIX EPOC
Tier 2
Linux ARM Solaris x86 SunOS Compaq Tru-64
SGI IRIX SCO UNIX
Tier 3
DOS32 DOS16 OS/2
Tier 4
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The Client Features for Win32

• The Client for Win32 includes
• The Client for the Web
• Program Neighborhood Agent
• Program Neighborhood
• These Clients share the majority of the available
  
• features however, a small subset of the features
  is
• not available to all three Clients

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New Features for the Client for Win32

• The new features for the Client for Win32
  include
• Digital Dictation
• SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration
• Session Reliability
• Workspace Control
• Dynamic Session Reconfiguration
• Zone Preference and Failover
• Compatibility with Asian Language Web Servers
• Extended Unicode Keyboard Support
• Multiple Farm Support for Program Neighborhood
  Agent

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Installing the Client for Win32

• Administrators can install the Clients using any
  of the following
• A network share
• Microsoft System Management Server or Active
  Directory
• The Component CD for MetaFrame Presentation
  Server
• The www.citrix.com web site

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The Client Packager
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Installing the Clients Manually

• Administrators and users can install the Clients
  manually by
• Using the Component CD for MetaFrame
  Presentation Server
• Downloading the Clients from the www.citrix.com
  web site

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Installing the Clients from a Network Share

• Deploying the Clients from a network share
• Allows an administrator to quickly update or
  replace an existing Client
• Allows users to obtain the new version of the
  Client
• Can be used in environments where users are
  comfortable with connecting to a network share
  and installing the Clients on their own

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Deploying the Clients Using Active Directory or
Microsoft Systems Management Server

• Administrators can deploy the Clients using
• Active Directory or Microsoft Systems Management
• Server by
• Using the .MSI package contained on the
  Components CD for MetaFrame Presentation Server
• Using the custom Client Package in the .MSI format

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Exercise

• Complete Exercise 6-1 Creating and Deploying a
  Client Package

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ICA Client Update Database

• Administrators can use the ICA Client
• Update Configuration utility to perform the
  following
• tasks
• Create a new update database
• Specify a default update database
• Configure update database options and properties
• Add new Client versions to the database
• Remove outdated and unneeded Client versions from
  the database
• Change the properties of Clients in the database

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Creating a New ICA Client Update Database
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Configuring and Modifying the ICA Client Update
Database

• Administrators can modify the ICA Client
• Update Database by
• Adding new versions of the Client database
• Removing the Clients from the database
• Configuring user options for the entire database
• Configuring user options for individual Clients
  within the database

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The Clients for Win32

• The Clients for Win32 include
• The Client for Web
• Program Neighborhood Agent
• Program Neighborhood

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Accessing Published Resources with the Client for
Web

• The Client for Web
• Is the most seamless version of the Client for
  Win32
• Installs the first time the user logs on to the
  Web Interface
• Requires no configurations by the user

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Security Considerations
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Accessing Published Resources with Program
Neighborhood Agent

• Program Neighborhood Agent
• Allows users to connect to their application set
  in the Web Interface without the need to open an
  Internet browser
• Places icons for the published resources on the
  desktop, system tray or in the Start menu of the
  client device

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Accessing Published Resources and the Server
Desktop with Program Neighborhood

• Program Neighborhood
• Allows custom connections to published resources
  without the use of the Web Interface
• Provides the ability to create custom connections
  directly to the server desktop

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Exercise

• Complete Exercise 6-2 Creating a Custom
  Connection in Program Neighborhood

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Review

• Topics in the module include
• The Client Features for Win32
• New Features for the Client for Win32
• Installing the Client for Win32
• The Client Packager
• Installing the Clients Manually
• Installing the Clients from a Network Share
• Deploying the Clients Using Active Directory or
  Microsoft Systems Management Server
• Creating a New ICA Client Update Database
• Configuring and Modifying the ICA Client Update
• Accessing Published Resources with the Client for
  Web
• Accessing Published Resources with Program
  Neighborhood Agent
• Accessing Published Resources and the Server
  Desktop with Program Neighborhood