Citrix Presentation Server 4'0: Administration

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Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Administration

• Module 4
• Configuring ICA Connections and Sessions

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Overview

• Topics covered in the module include
• ICA Connection Configurations
• Configuring ICA-TCP Connections
• Setting Security Permissions Procedure
• Configuring Client Settings
• Configuring ICA Connection Advanced Settings
• Configuring ICA Sessions for Improved Performance
• Configuring ICA Settings
• Enabling SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration
• Enabling SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration
• Enabling SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration
• Enabling SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
• Enabling SpeedScreen Image Acceleration
• Configuring Audio for ICA Sessions

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ICA Connection Configurations

• The configuration of a connection controls how
  the ICA
• session behaves. The three types of settings for
  ICA
• sessions are
• Per Connection
• Per User
• Per Client

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Configuring ICA-TCP Connections

• When configuring ICA-TCP connections, an
• administrator can
• Enable and disable ICA connections
• Set security permissions for the ICA connections
• Configure client settings
• Configure advanced settings
• Configure ICA settings

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Setting Security Permissions

• An administrator can configure the following
• access permissions for ICA connections
• Full Control
• User Access
• Guest Access
• Special Permission

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Configuring Client Settings

• Using the Client Connection Configuration Tool,
  an
• administrator can specify
• How client mappings are handled at logon
• Whether to only connect to the default printer
• Whether certain client mapping functions can run
  at logon

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Configuring Advanced ICA Connection Settings
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Configuring ICA Settings

• When configuring ICA connections, an
• administrator can configure audio settings to be
• High
• Medium
• Low

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Configuring ICA Sessions for Improved Performance

• ICA sessions can be configured for improved
• performance by using the following
• SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration
• SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration
• SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration
• SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
• SpeedScreen Image Acceleration

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Enabling SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration

• SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration requires
• The Client for Win32 Version 7.0 or later
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
• Connection color depth of 16-bit or higher

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Enabling SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration

• Enabling SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration can
  improve
• User experience
• Server CPU utilization
• Network bandwidth

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Enabling SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration

• SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration
• Optimizes the way in which servers render and
  pass Macromedia Flash animations to client
  devices
• Forces Flash player to start in a low quality
  mode
• Requires Macromedia Flash Player to be installed
  on the server

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Enabling SpeedScreen Latency Reduction

• SpeedScreen Latency Reduction allows an
  administrator to enable
• Mouse Click Feedback
• Local Text Echo

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Enabling SpeedScreen Image Acceleration

• SpeedScreen Image Acceleration
• Allows an administrator to choose the level of
  lossy compression
• Is enabled through a policy rule

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Configuring Audio for ICA Sessions

• An administrator can control the way audio is
  transferred between the server and the client
  device by using the following audio policy rules
• Audio
• Microphones
• Sound quality
• Turn off speakers

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Exercise

• Complete Exercise 4-1 Changing Client Settings

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Review

• Topics covered in the module include
• ICA Connection Configurations
• Configuring ICA-TCP Connections
• Setting Security Permissions Procedure
• Configuring Client Settings
• Configuring ICA Connection Advanced Settings
• Configuring ICA Sessions for Improved Performance
• Configuring ICA Settings
• Enabling SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration
• Enabling SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration
• Enabling SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration
• Enabling SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
• Enabling SpeedScreen Image Acceleration
• Configuring Audio for ICA Sessions