Project Avalon Excalibur (aka XenDesktop 7) Technology Preview: Installation and Configuration Using Windows Server 2012 Exclusively! Part 1

UPDATED May 24th, 2013: The new product name for Citrix Project Excalibur has been announced as XenDesktop 7! I can't speak for anyone else in the industry, but from my perspective, this is the most anticipated Tech Preview that I've been involved with to date! I am very excited about all the new capabilities that Citrix Project Excalibur (a component of Avalon) will bring to the table, and couldn't wait to get my hands dirty and start playing! Many industry experts have already covered some of the bases with Excalibur, that this is a move toward unifying XenApp and XenDesktop, [...]

Project Avalon Excalibur (aka XenDesktop 7) Technology Preview: Installation and Configuration Using Windows Server 2012 Exclusively! Part 2

If you've just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I've broken this blog post into five parts: Part 1: Installing the Delivery Controller(s) Components and Creating the Site Part 2: Preparing the Master Server for Imaging < YOU ARE HERE! Part 3: Creating the Hosting Infrastructure Connection and Deploying a Catalog from the Master Server Part 4: Creating the Delivery Group and Publishing an Application Part 5: Configuring StoreFront 1.3 Services and Launching a Published Application Again, install the .Net Framework feature by launching PowerShell [...]

Project Avalon Excalibur (aka XenDesktop 7) Technology Preview: Installation and Configuration Using Windows Server 2012 Exclusively! Part 3

If you've just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I've broken this blog post into five parts: Part 1: Installing the Delivery Controller(s) Components and Creating the Site Part 2: Preparing the Master Server for Imaging Part 3: Creating the Hosting Infrastructure Connection and Deploying a Catalog from the Master Server < YOU ARE HERE! Part 4: Creating the Delivery Group and Publishing an Application Part 5: Configuring StoreFront 1.3 Services and Launching a Published Application At this point we are ready to setup our [...]

Project Avalon Excalibur (aka XenDesktop 7) Technology Preview: Installation and Configuration Using Windows Server 2012 Exclusively! Part 4

If you've just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I've broken this blog post into five parts: Part 1: Installing the Delivery Controller(s) Components and Creating the Site Part 2: Preparing the Master Server for Imaging Part 3: Creating the Hosting Infrastructure Connection and Deploying a Catalog from the Master Server Part 4: Creating the Delivery Group and Publishing an Application < YOU ARE HERE! Part 5: Configuring StoreFront 1.3 Services and Launching a Published Application Navigate to Delivery Groups and select Create Application Delivery [...]

Project Avalon Excalibur (aka XenDesktop 7) Technology Preview: Installation and Configuration Using Windows Server 2012 Exclusively! Part 5

If you've just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I've broken this blog post into five parts: Part 1: Installing the Delivery Controller(s) Components and Creating the Site Part 2: Preparing the Master Server for Imaging Part 3: Creating the Hosting Infrastructure Connection and Deploying a Catalog from the Master Server Part 4: Creating the Delivery Group and Publishing an Application Part 5: Configuring StoreFront 1.3 Services and Launching a Published Application < YOU ARE HERE! Now we are ready to configure StoreFront. I've covered [...]

Go to Top