Одно из самых подробных руководств по терминальной среде Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0. Эту книга просто надо читать. Естественно тому кто интересуется или сталкивается с предметом. Book Description 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 Microsofts 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 MetaFrames built-in security features. * Configure the GPMC Microsofts 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