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Best Practices - Citrix XenDesktop with Citrix Provisioning Server

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Best Practices for Citrix XenDesktop with Provisioning Server
Overview
Citrix XenDesktop offers a next-generation, user-centric desktop virtualization solution that provides a complete system for desktop delivery. For information technology (IT) organizations, XenDesktop greatly simplifies thedesktop lifecycle management process and drives down the cost of desktop ownership by separating the delivery of the desktop operating system from applications and user settings. Citrix XenDesktop, in concert with Provisioning Server for Desktops’ virtual desktop provisioning capabilities, provides a powerful solution that simplifies the delivery of desktops to end users. When designing aCitrix XenDesktop solution, it is important to take into account how XenDesktop with Provisioning Server will interact with an organization’s existing critical infrastructure and services. These components include: directory services, network and security architecture, server hardware types, storage infrastructure, virtualization strategies and desktop operating system types. This whitepaperdiscusses considerations when designing and implementing Citrix XenDesktop with Provisioning Server in an enterprise environment. It is important to note that this whitepaper is not a step-by-step guide to deploying XenDesktop architectures, but rather it looks to identify best practices for providing the best performing, most stable, and scalable implementation of XenDesktop withProvisioning Server.

Target Audience
This document has been developed for information technology (IT) infrastructure specialists who are responsible for planning and designing a Citrix XenDesktop infrastructure for desktop virtualization. These specialists include consultants, system architects, and others who are concerned with design decisions related to virtualization, specifically thevirtualization of desktop systems.

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Table of Contents
Overview........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1  Target Audience.......................................................................................................................................................................... 1  Citrix XenDesktop Overview............................................................................................................................................................. 3  Citrix Provisioning Server Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 3  Best Practices ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4  Networking................................................................................................................................................................................. 4  Storage....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5  XenDesktop Desktop Delivery Controller .......................................................................................................................................7  Provisioning Server ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9  Virtual Desktop Images/Target Devices ...................................................................................................................................... 11  Scalability...