Get started: Plan and build a deployment

If you’re not familiar with the components, terminology, and objects used with Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), seeCitrix DaaS.

For a customer journey perspective, go to theCitrix Success Center. The Success Center provides guidance for the five key stages of your Citrix journey: plan, build, roll out, manage, and optimize.

• The Success Center information is an essential partner to this product documentation.
• Success Center articles and guides offer a broad solution-based perspective. They also contain links to service-specific details in this product documentation.

If you’re migrating from a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment, seeMigrate to cloud.

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To set up your Citrix DaaS deployment, complete the tasks summarized below. Links are provided to each task’s details.

Review the entire process before starting the deployment, so you know what to expect. This article also links to other helpful information sources.

Note:

If you plan to use the Quick Deploy interface to provision Microsoft Azure machines, follow the setup guidance inGet started with Quick Deploy.

Plan and prepare

Use the Success CenterPlanguidance to help establish goals, define use cases and business objectives, identify potential risks, and create a project plan.

In the Citrix Tech Zone documentation, see astep-by-step proof of concept guide for this service.

Sign up

Sign upfor a Citrix account and request a Citrix DaaS demo.

Set up a resource location

A resource location contains resources required to deliver applications and desktops to users. Creating resource locations enables DaaS to use those resources. To learn more about resource locations, seeConnect to Citrix Cloud.

Before creating machines, you must connect a resource location to DaaS:

• Domain-joined machines require that you have Cloud Connectors installed in the resource location. In this case, you can:

  • Create on-premises Active Directory joined catalogs

  • Create Azure Active Directory joined catalogs

  • Create hybrid Azure Active Directory joined catalogs

  For high availability, we recommend that you install two Cloud Connectors in each resource location. SeeCloud Connector installation.

  More information:

  • What are resource locations and Cloud Connectors?

  • Video about installing Cloud Connectors:

    

• Non-domain-joined machines don’t require Cloud Connectors but require that you have Rendezvous V2 enabled. The Rendezvous protocol allows VDAs to bypass the Cloud Connectors to connect directly and securely with DaaS. SeeRendezvous V2. In this case, you can:

  • Create non-domain-joined catalogs

If you’re using theQuick Deployinterface to provision Azure VMs, Citrix creates the resource location and Cloud Connectors for you.

Create a connection to the resource location

After you add a resource location and Cloud Connectors,create a connectionto the resource location using the Full Configuration interface of Citrix DaaS.

This step isn’t necessary in either of the following cases:

• You’re building a simple proof of concept deployment
• You’re using theQuick Deployinterface to provision Azure VMs.

More information:

• What are hosts?
• What are host connections?

Install VDAs

Each machine that delivers applications and desktops to users must have a Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installed on it.

• For a simple proof of concept deployment, download and install a VDA on one machine.
• If you’re using an image to provision VMs, install a VDA on the image.
• For aRemote PC Accessdeployment, install the core version of the VDA for single-session OS on each physical office PC.

How-to and more information:

• What are VDAs?
• Installation preparation and instruction
• Command-line VDA installation

• Video about downloading and installing a VDA:

  

Create a catalog

After you create a connection to your resource location (if needed), you create a catalog. If you’re using the Full Configuration interface, the workflow guides you automatically to this step.

How-to and more information:

• What are catalogs?
• Create a catalog
• Use theQuick Deployinterface to deploy a catalog containing Azure VMs.

• 视频创建一个目录使用完整的设计iguration management interface:

  

Create a delivery group

After you create your first catalog, theManageworkflow guides you to create a delivery group.

This step isn’t necessary if you’re using theQuick Deployinterface to provision Azure VMs.

How-to and more information:

• What are delivery groups?
• Create a delivery group

• Video about how to create a delivery group:

  

Deploy other components and technologies

After you complete the tasks above that set up the Citrix DaaS deployment, follow the guidance in theBuildarea of the Citrix Success Center. You’ll find information about provisioning and configuring other components and technologies in the Citrix solution, such as:

• Citrix policies
• StoreFront
• App Layering
• Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Service
• Citrix Gateway service
• Zones
• Federated Authentication Service (FAS)

Complete other tasks that apply to your configuration. For example, if you plan to deliver Windows Server workloads,configure a Microsoft RDS License Server.

Launch applications and desktops

After you configure your deployment, publishing occurs automatically. Applications and desktops that you configured are available to users in their Citrix Workspace. A user simply navigates to their Workspace URL and selects an application or desktop, which launches immediately.

Send the Workspace URL to your users. You can find the workspace URL in two locations:

• From the Citrix Cloud console, selectWorkspace Configurationfrom the menu in the upper left corner. TheAccesstab contains the Workspace URL.
• From the Citrix DaaSOverviewpage, the workspace URL appears near the bottom of the page.

More information:

• Video about users launching applications and desktops from their Workspace:

  

More information

The Citrix Cloud Learning series provides education courses that are organized by your path:

• If you’re new to Citrix DaaS, seeNew to Citrix DaaS Learning Path.
• If you’re migrating from a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment, seeMigrating Citrix DaaS to Citrix Cloud Learning Path.