If your DBA team doesn’t want to give your service account temporary elevated rights then genreate the datbabase script and give it to them. As long as the service account you are logged in with has SA and DBO rights to the database server, you can just type in the name, hit test connection, then press OK and it will create it for you. This is where things are a little different from older versions of XenApp such as XenApp 6.5. Type in a database server and database name. For a brand new deployment, keep it checked on “A fully configured, production-ready Site (recommended for new users)” and give it a nameġ4. Click “Deliver applications and desktops to your users” under the Site Setup headingġ3. Once installed it will look like this, hit Finish to launch Desktop Studioġ2. It will begin installing, come back in about 11 minġ1. Just leave it to configure the rules automatically on Windows Firewall.ġ0. Firewall ports 80 and 443 will be used by Delivery Controller and Director. Go ahead and leave Remote Assistance checked if you plan on using shadowingĨ.

Again, I’m assuming you will have dedicated servers for the License Server and StoreFront roles.ħ. Change the location to D: drive unless you want to let it install to the default C: and keep Delivery Controller, Studio, and Director checked. Make sure you are logged into the server using a service account that has rights to the SQL server you plan on installing the SQL database to.Ħ. Extract the media and and click AutoSelect.exe. It’s a 2.8 GB ISO called “XenApp_and_XenDesktop7_5.iso”.ġ. If you’ve used XenDesktop in the past, this is a cakewalk for you. If you’ve only used previous versions of XenApp in the past, there might be a slight learning curve to some of the concepts and terminology. I encourage everyone to at least be playing with 7.x architecture in a test lab if you don’t already have it in production or have plans to do so. I know a lot of Citrix Admins are hesitant to move to 7.x architecture because of the big changes like FMA but really, there is nothing keeping you from moving forward. I want to demonstrate that it’s not all that different from previous versions of XenApp and XenDesktop from a management standpoint. Today I want to cover the steps it takes to setup a XenApp 7.5 or XenDesktop 7.5 delivery controller for the first time.

Xendesktop 7.6 server vdi