When you don’t have such a deployment you choose that the machine connects directly to a server machine itself.

When using Citrix deployment techniques like MCS (Machine Creation Services) or PVS (Provisioning Services) you will install the VDA in the master image only and the Citrix should take care that the machine is unique. The first question in the installation wizard is about the way the VDA will be provisioned. I will mention which part is Desktop OS only.įigure 1: XenDesktop Installation Wizard start-up screen The set-ups are pretty similar, so it also does not make a big difference. In this article I will also show the installation steps for the Windows Desktop OS, but I will use the Window Server OS VDA for the purpose of this article (almost all license editions support the Server OS features). The VDA Agent for Desktop OS can be installed on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. The Windows Server OS VDA is supported on Windows 2008R2 SP1, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012R2. The installation wizard checks the OS and only shows the available VDA option. There are two VDA installations available: One installer for Windows Server OS and one installer for Windows Desktop OS. If you don’t want to miss my future Citrix tutorials and best practices articles, sign up for updates here! Installation of the Virtual Desktop Agent In this third part we will continue with the installation of the VDA agent, followed by the creation of a basic XenDesktop environment.

In the first part of the article series we installed the Desktop Delivery Controller role, while in the second part we executed the initial setup of the first and following Desktop Delivery Controllers and the Citrix StoreFront basic configuration.

Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 (Part 5).Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 (Part 4).Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 (Part 2).Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 (Part 1).If you would like to read the other parts in this article series please go to:

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