Managing Applications

Remote and Streaming Application Delivery Methods

Using a web browser, a XenApp Web site allows users to access:

* Remote and streamed applications
* Content

Streamed applications can be pre-deployed in one of two ways:

* Using RADEDEPLOY.EXE.
* Configured in the published application.

When configuring an application delivery method policy the administrator can configure the policy to:

* Force server access
¨ Forces streamed applications to always launch from the server.

* Force streamed delivery
¨ Forces the applications to always stream to the desktops of the client devices.

Publish an Application

When published, users can access applications installed on the XenApp servers.

* The applications appear to run locally on the client devices.

* Published applications provide the administrators control over what resources users can access on a server.
¨ Unlike published server desktops.

• Published server desktops allow users unlimited access to the resources on a serverwhich can result in users changing configurations and settings that can cause server vulnerabilities.

If you install and publish an application after installing XenApp, you must update the file type association in the server’s Windows registry.

* To update file type associations:

* In the Access Management Console, select the server where the application is published.

* Select Action > All Tasks > Update file types from registry.

By default, all resources are published to the root folder of the application set.

* An administrator can organize published resources in an application set by placing the published resources in folders during the resource publishing process or afterwards.

¨ For example, if many Microsoft Office applications are published, an administrator might decide to place the Microsoft Office applications into a folder called Microsoft Officemaking it easier for users to locate these applications.

Users can open published content using two types of content redirection:

* Client-to-server

¨ Allows users to use a published application on the XenApp server to access files residing on the local client device.

• Requires XenApp Plugin on the client devices.
• Client drive mapping must be enabled so that the local content can be accessed by the application on the server.
  • If drive mapping is not enabled, the published application opens and displays an error
  • Application is unable to access the local content that initially triggered the application to start.