Benefits Of Deploying Citrix Profiles - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

• Converting a Suite of Applications into a Virtual Package
• Converting a Directory of Packages into Individual Virtual Packages

Benefits of Deploying Citrix Profiles

Converting a Windows Installer package to a Citrix profile and deploying it on a Citrix XenApp offers the following
benefits:
• Reduces Application Conflicts
• Enables Rapid, Low Cost Application Deployment
• Enables Automatic Software Updates
• Centralized Application Management Provides Controlled Access and Security
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Enables User-Based Application Access Rather Than Machine-Based Access
Reduces Application Conflicts
Traditionally to deploy an application throughout an enterprise, the application was installed on each user's
desktop. Therefore, prior to installation, each application had to be tested for conflicts against each target desktop
image (operating system with existing applications). After resolving conflicts that were found during testing, each
application then had to be installed on each desktop. This process was very time consuming not only during initial
installation, but also when applying patches or upgrading.
Citrix profiles run within isolation environments, which separate the interaction between an application and the
underlying operating system's resources in order to prevent the applications from interfering with others running
on the same machine. Because applications do not interact, the need to perform any conflict analysis and
regression testing prior to deployment is eliminated. This not only results in rapid application deployment, but it
also reduces the total cost of application delivery, due to decreased labor by IT.
Also, because users running applications in an isolation environment encounter no conflicts with other
applications, user calls to the help desk are decreased.
Enables Rapid, Low Cost Application Deployment
Deploying Citrix profiles on Citrix XenApp simplifies the deployment of new applications, updates and patch
deployment, regardless of the diversity of the access devices, software languages, computing architectures, and
networks that are involved.
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Only a single instance of the application is
securing a vast array of heterogeneous client software on each individual user's access device, a single
instance of the application is installed on Citrix XenApp. The IT department only has to test for one
environment, and deploy and update in one place. This reduces the cost of application installation and
support. Also, you can deploy a Citrix profile once on a Citrix XenApp and replicate it to other Citrix XenApps
within the existing enterprise infrastructure.
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Prevents application-specific server
up of application-specific server silos because you can safely install and reliably run multiple application
versions and incompatible applications on the same server.
AdminStudio 9.5 User Guide
Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications
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