Citrix Metaframe for Windows Terminal Services: The Official Guide (Citrix Press S.) - Softcover

Kaplan, Steve; Mangus, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072124431 ISBN 13: 9780072124439

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2000

Synopsis

This Citrix-authorized guide explains how to build a robust, reliable, and scalable thin-client computing environment and deploy Windows 2000 Terminal Services and MetaFrame 1.8. You'll also learn to centralize application management, reduce software on the desktop, and eliminate terminal emulation. From the official Citrix Press.

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Review:

If you are thinking about setting up a thin-client networking solution based on Citrix's popular MetaFrame technology and know little about MetaFrame now, Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Terminal Services will make your day. More experienced and knowledgeable MetaFrame engineers will probably find this book lacking in expert-level tricks and techniques. Read this volume for the fundamentals; turn to other books (such as Todd Mathers's excellent Windows NT/2000 Thin Client Solutions: Implementing Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame) for deeper wisdom.

After providing a primer on Windows Terminal Services and the design of Citrix's thin-client solution, the book approaches MetaFrame work as a consultant might. It walks through the design issues presented by an organisational MetaFrame implementation (also known as a corporate application service provider, or corporate ASP), and helpfully provides you with ammunition to use against standard objections (single point of failure, dependence on the network and so on). Then it discusses the implementation challenges of specific corporate ASP requirements, such as file services, printing capability, application sharing, and different user profiles. Text explanations are enhanced via conceptual diagrams, stepped procedures, lists of Registry settings, and script listings. --David Wall

From the Back Cover:

An Authorized Resource on Citrix Products

Exploit the server-based computing alternative using Citirx MetaFrame 1.8, Windows 2000 Terminal Services, or Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. Learn how to plan and implement a server-based environment, ensure a redundant and scalable data center, integrate with legacy systems, and centralize printing and Web browsing services. You'll also find all the information you need on rollover and migration plans, security protocols, virus protection, and network management procedures. Reduce the complexity and total costs associated with end-to-end enterprise class computing in no time!

Learn to:

- Build, deploy, and administer a successful server-based computing environment
- Install and maintain Windows 2000 Terminal Services and MetaFrame 1.8
- Simplify administration with Citrix Installation Management Services and resource Management Services
- Configure a reliable, distributed data center to house your Corporate ASP
- Construct the network backbone using Ethernet switching, FDDI, and ATM options
- Centralize all printing tasks and write scripts to automate configuration tasks
- Interoperate server-based networks with legacy systems
- Optimize security using Citrix SecureICA and IPSec
- Design and execute successful Terminal Services rollout and migration plans

About this edition

• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0072124431
• ISBN 13: 9780072124439
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608