CWS-215: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud Quiz Questions and Answers

Answer :
  • hide a published application on Citrix Workspace app for specified users

Explanation :

Limit Visibility property only limits the visibility of application to specified users, but it does not block an access to that application when accessed via another application. (For ex: We can apply limit visibility to Excel application to HR user, but if HR user receives any .xlsx email attachment, then they can open it within excel application published.)
Answer :
  • Registration requests are proxied through the citrix cloud connectors to the citrix delivery controllers

Explanation :

All VDAs need to be registered with Delivery controller in citrix cloud and VDAs only exists in resource location (Not managed by citrix cloud), so all requests from resource location to citrix cloud proxies only through cloud connectors, thus VDAs registration is also proxied through cloud connector to citrix delivery controller in citrix cloud.
Answer :
  • 2

Explanation :

Citrix recommends to have minimum 2 cloud connectors in each resource location in different VMs, because when updates are pushed to cloud connectors, they are unusable during update and citrix reboots cloud connector VM. Citrix pushes updates to cloud connectors one by one and not at same time.
Answer :
  • If a single desktop is published to the user, it will launch automatically.

Explanation :

This is a default propert in citrix virtual apps and desktop that if only single desktop is published to user then it will auto launch while launching any other published application. It can be disabled using Storefront web.config file located at c:\inetpub\wwwroot\citrix\store\storename
Answer :
  • Install SCVMM console on cloud connector

Explanation :

Because any Hypervisor being used is a part of resourcelocation and not of citrix cloud, hence installing SCVMM console on cloud connector improves the performance for commands triggered from delivery controller in citrix cloud via Remote HCL service in cloud connector.
Answer :
  • Storefront

Explanation :

Cloud connector is responsible to generate a launch ticket and encrypts the password using launch ticket. The ticket is never passed o citrix cloud and gets delivered to VDA via user citrix receiver to decrypt user's credentials during application lauch process.
Answer :
  • subscription License

Explanation :

Because in citrix virtual apps and desktop serviceLicensing is controlled by citrix and uses only Subscription license. Other licensing methods are only for On-prem deplyments. When using citrix cloud only Subscription (per user basis) license is used
Answer :
  • There must be at-least two cloud connectors in a cloud resource location

Explanation :

Two cloud connectors are must in a resource location as citrix updates cloud connectors one-by-one and during up-date process the cloud connector is not operational, so for HA and to avoid downtime, two cloud connectors are recommended by citrix.
Answer :
  • The base image rearm count has been exceeded
  • The version of Windows installed uses Multiple Activation Key (MAK) licensing

Explanation :

For activation of Windows machines using MCS process requires Windows KMS Server to provide licenses to each windows machine. If Windows KMS server is down or not having sufficient licenses, thenit can casue windows activation failure.