Citrix testing
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are virtualization solutions that give IT control of virtual machines, applications, licensing, and security while providing anywhere access for any device.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops allow:
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End users to run applications and desktops independently of the device’s operating system and interface.
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Administrators to manage the network and control access from selected devices or from all devices.
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Administrators to manage an entire network from a single data center.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops share a unified architecture called FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA). FMA’s key features are the ability to run multiple versions of Citrix Virtual Apps or Citrix Virtual Desktops from a single Site and integrated provisioning.
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Client/UI based (not protocol based)
Unlike the support of Web technology which is protocol based in NeoLoad, the support of Citrix is based on a Client/UI driven approach. During the recording, NeoLoad captures the UI interaction, from both the keyboard and the mouse. At runtime, NeoLoad replays these same interactions with a Citrix client running for each NeoLoad Virtual User.
Support for ICA /Storefront
Citrix applications can be recorded either in ICA mode, or StoreFront mode:
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ICA: ICA file contains the Citrix client launching information.
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StoreFront: Storefront connection exposes the Citrix launcher through a Web portal (StoreFront, NetScaler…).