Citrix Metaframe Access Suite for Windows Server 2003 [Paperback]

Steve Kaplan (Author), Tim Reeser (Author), Alan Wood (Author), Franny Kelly (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072195665 | ISBN-13: 978-0072195668 | Publication Date: October 1, 2003 | Edition: 2

Citrix-authorized guide explains how to build a robust, reliable, and scalable thin-client computing environment and deploy Windows 2000/Windows 2003 Server and MetaFrame. You'll also learn to centralize application management, reduce software on the desktop, and eliminate terminal emulation.

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From the Back Cover

The only authorized guide to Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite

Design and deploy an enterprise-level server-based computing (SBC) environment on Windows Server 2003 using Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite. Authorized by Citrix Systems, Inc., this invaluable guide shows you how to maximize the suite components to enable and manage secure access to applications and data across the Internet, intranets, extranets, and WANs, LANs, and wireless networks. Get details on integration with legacy systems, migration, resource centralization, security, and more. Streamline processes, reduce costs, and increase productivity by applying the strategies in this one-of-a-kind resource.

Learn to:

• Calculate ROI and TCO, and understand the savings associated with SBC
• Plan and design an on-demand enterprise
• Configure a scalable data center architecture
• Construct a robust, secure network infrastructure
• Install and configure MetaFrame XP Presentation Server
• Size and build a stable Terminal Services Farm
• Install and optimize applications in the SBC environment
• Secure client access using MetaFrame Secure Gateway and MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
• Maximize the built-in tools--Resource Manager, Installation Manager, Network Manager, Password Manager, and Conferencing Manager

About the Author

Steve Kaplan (Benicia, CA) is the CEO and co-founder of RYNO Technology. Steve is a charter columnist for Solutions Integrator and he was formerly a columnist for Reseller Magazine. He is the author of a thin-client comic book, a Clipper compiled point-of-sales program and an early PC DOS Users Manual. Steve was a featured speaker at the Citrix Summit in 1999. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley, and a Masters in Management with emphasis in both marketing and finance from Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Tim Reeser (Fort Collins, CO) is president of Engineering Computer Consultants, a mechanical engineer, and an MCP for Windows NT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072195665
• ISBN-13: 978-0072195668
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,920,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MetaFrame Access Suite for Windows Server 2003, January 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Citrix Metaframe Access Suite for Windows Server 2003 (Paperback)

Finally a book that not only addresses the technical issues a Citrix administrator needs, but also the often times forgotten business issues that justify why any technology should be implemented. These guys do a great job addressing the paradigm change a system administrator must understand in order to correctly design, implement, administer and troubleshoot a MetaFrame environment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, August 10, 2006

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That Dan Guy (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Citrix Metaframe Access Suite for Windows Server 2003 (Paperback)

The book spends an excessive amount of pages talking about things OTHER than Citrix. Project Management, Network Management etc. The core problem with the book is that it simply does not contain details on getting up and running. It spends huge amounts of space talking about coneptional things like "Server Based Computing" but does not go through the technical details of setting it up.

If you are buying this for technical reference, forget it, head for the Citrix Knowledge base. There aren't very many Citrix books out there, so you don't have a choice sorry to say.

I bought this book after reading the "Author Rebuttal" as it sounded as if he was making the case for it being a technical book. It would be best to read the other reviews that complain about its lack of technical "get it working" material.

Interesting bits: the first few chapters do go through the history of the product and clear up questions I had about version names and numbers. Since this wasn't why I bought the book I can't give it a break.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars a little long winded, December 28, 2004

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Travis H. Hutchings (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Citrix Metaframe Access Suite for Windows Server 2003 (Paperback)

I have started reading the book and find it to long winded. If I want to read PMBOK I would read it, if the book is about Citrix please get to the point.
Sometimes technical writers get paid by the word instead of getting to the point. I am at chapter 5 it is starting to scratch the surface, that is alot of reading for nothing.
-Travis