Deploying Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server 3.0: With Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services

PLAN, INSTALL, CONFIGURE, SECURE, OPTIMIZE AND TROUBLESHOOT! Citrix MetaFrame is the de facto standard for hosting and delivering applications from Windows-based servers. Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 is optimized for performance under Windows Server 2003, particularly Terminal Services. This book covers all the topics needed to plan, design, and implement a reliable, scalable server-based computing solution in a Citrix/Windows 2003 environment. Whether you are building thin client environments for disaster recovery purposes or rolling Citrix MetaFrame out as the network model for the day-to-day activities of the company, you will find this book to be a great resource. It offers advice and direction on optimization, redundancy, troubleshooting, and scalability together with disaster recovery and business continuity planning and implementation.

• Incorporate Terminal Services' New Features Improvements to RDP, RDC, and Microsoft's Security Initiative will have a positive impact on your Citrix deployment.
• Determine Whether to Scale Up or Scale Out On paper, vertical scaling seems the way to go. Why does horizontal scaling usually win the day?
• Map an Upgrade Strategy Create a Quality Assurance environment, a plan for user downtime, and a rollback path if things go wrong.
• Troubleshoot Installation Problems Understand how media, drives, network connectivity, system BIOS, and answer files can hang your install.
• Understand Your Device and Client Options Citrix provides ICA clients for virtually every platform and device on the market; which should you use?
• Secure Communications between Presentation Server and Clients Secure remote access methods include Secure ICA, SSL Relay, VPN, and Citrix Secure Gateway.
• Deploy Password Manager Account for system requirements, GINA chaining, and .Net Framework considerations.
• Secure the Presentation Server Farm Integrate virus protection, IDS, IPS, and firewall solutions with MetaFrame's built-in security features.
• Configure the GPMC Microsoft's new unified Group Policy Model makes it possible to view and manage all GPOs across a domain, organizational unit, or site.

Contents Include:

• Introduction to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Terminal Services
• Introduction to Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0
• Installation Planning and Requirements
• Upgrade and Migration Strategies for Citrix MetaFrame
• Installing and Configuring Your Windows 2003 Server
• Installing and Configuring MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0
• Client Configuration
• Printing
• Network and Firewall Configuration
• Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager
• Security and Load Management
• Configuring Policies (Group Policy and Citrix Policies)
• Server Cloning and Other Disaster Recovery Techniques
• Day-to-Day Administration
• Troubleshooting and Helpdesk
• Network Management and Resource Monitoring
• MetaFrame Access Suite Licensing