XenApp & XenDesktop

Overall VDI Design Handbook: Citrix VDI Best Practices Handbook for XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 (LTSR)

• Best Practice #1: For the best user experience, application and back-end data must reside together on a fast, low latency network
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    • How to use Cached Exchange Mode on XenApp & XenDesktop
• Best Practice #2: For the best combination of user experience and resource consumption, optimize appropriately
  • Lync Optimization
  • Skype for Business Optimization
    • Hybrid Skype for Business deployment
    • Skype for Business Audio and Video Conferencing Server
    • Skype for Business Edge Server
  • Storage Optimization:Provisioning Services Ram Cache
  • Windows 10 Optimization
    • Part 1: Default Apps
    • Part 2: Services
    • Part 3: Scheduled Tasks
    • Part 4: User Interface
    • Part 5: Runtime
    • Part 6: Release
    • Part 7: ICA
    • Part 8: Results Single Server Scalability
    • Part 9: Results IOPS
    • Part 10: Results Logon Speed
  • Provisioning Services
    • Read Cache
    • Write Cache
  • Antivirus Optimizations
• Best Practice #3: Servers delivering the same set of applications must maintain configuration consistency throughout their life.
• Best Practice #4: To manage costs, focus on the right user experience instead of the best user experience.
• Best Practice #5: Continuously delivering  the best user experience requires proper ongoing maintenance
• Best Practice #6: You can’t plan for every potential failure; focus some effort on recovery