Citrix XenApp™ is the new name for the Citrix Presentation Server™ product line. Beginning with the next release, code-named Project Delaware, Citrix XenApp will be the new product line name for all versions of Presentation Server going forward. In the interim, the technical videos below will be based on Citrix Presentation Server.

Application Isolation and Streaming

By leveraging Citrix’s Application Isolation and Streaming technology you can efficiently and flexibly deliver applications to be published on Presentation Server or directly to the end users’ clients.  Shawn Bass will explore the architecture, the process for profiling applications and the resulting easy, quick and flexible delivery of the applications.
(Running time: 32:55 minutes)
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User Environment – profiles and group policy

The user environment and profile is critical to the user experience within a Presentation Server environment.  Gabe Knuth walks us through some best practices when designing and implementing this environment.  Understand the approaches for handling profiles and using group policies for defining profiles, folder redirection and other critical components to the user experience.
(Running time: 37:13 minutes)
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Optimizing your Application’s CPU & Memory Performance

Brian Madden will explore the CPU and DLL optimization capabilities offered in Presentation Server and their ability to improve user density and provide an improved and consistent user experience.  With the capabilities of CPU and DLL optimizations, your servers will be able to more efficiently manage memory and fairly distribute CPU loads.
(Running time: 42:13 minutes)
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Optimizing Printing in Presentation Server Environments

To deliver the best user experience with Presentation Server, printing has to be configured correctly.  Shawn Bass provides in-depth detail on the implementation and management of printers. This video shows how to leverage the Universal Print Driver and many other insights that will help you deploy your environment successfully.
(Running time: 27:41 minutes)
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Configuring Policies in Presentation Server

Policies are one of the most powerful ways to granularly control and secure access to virtualized applications in Presentation Server. Setting these up properly also helps to ensure that end-users get the best, most consistent and reliable access experience. Brian Madden, an independent, well-known author and consultant specializing in Citrix solutions, hosts this detailed yet concise, technical, step-by-step overview of configuring policies.
(Running time: 27:45 minutes)
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Understanding and Designing Presentation Server Farms

Looking for an overview of the various components of a Presentation Server farm? In this Citrix Tech Video, Brian Madden covers the basic architecture of a farm and considerations in building a single zone farm design.
(Running time: 18:31 minutes)
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Deep Dive into Presentation Server SpeedScreen Technologies

SpeedScreen technologies encompass several features found in Presentation Server that contribute to application responsiveness, user acceptance and productivity, and bandwidth optimization. This video takes an in-depth look SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration, Multimedia Acceleration and several others and just how they improve the user experience.
(Running time: 46:07 minutes)
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Fundamentals of the Presentation Server Architecture

To get a sound understanding of how Presentation Server is implemented and managed, you need to know the fundamentals of how they operate - what are the components of the server itself, how does it handle sessions, what the various services do, and more. This video offers an overview of the various components in the architecture and how they interact.
(Running time: 27:48 minutes)
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Licensing Essentials

Get a grasp on the basics of Presentation Server and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services licensing.
(Running time: 23:13 minutes)
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Migrating your Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers to a Presentation Server Farm

Suppose you have some terminal servers already deployed and now you are ready to move them into a Presentation Server environment. This video describes the process of adding Presentation Server to existing terminal servers.
(Running time: 33:21 minutes)
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