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Table of Contents
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Conceptual Architecture ............................................................................................................................ 3
Scope ............................................................................................................................................................ 3
Deployment Steps ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Create an Azure Subscription and an Azure Active Directory Tenant ............................................... 6
Connect the on premises AD to Azure AD using Azure AD Connect ............................................... 10
Create a master image using Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops .................................. 15
Create a Cloud Connector in your Azure subscription ...................................................................... 19
Create a Citrix Cloud Account .............................................................................................................. 23
Create a new Resource Location ........................................................................................................ 27
Request a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service trial .................................................................. 30
Install Virtual Delivery Agent on the WVD host VM ........................................................................... 32
Create a hosting connection between Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Azure ..................... 39
Create a Machine Catalog and a Delivery Group ................................................................................ 45
Create a Cloud Connector in your on-premises datacenter ............................................................. 57
Add on-premises site to the Workspace ............................................................................................ 58
Launch the session from Citrix Workspace ........................................................................................ 59
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Overview
Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Virtual Desktop on 30th Sept 2019. This
Reviewer’s Guide is designed to help you quickly configure Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service
with Windows Virtual Desktop for a trial evaluation only, in a hybrid environment. At the end of this
Reviewer’s Guide you will be able to bridge your on-premises Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
deployment with a Microsoft Azure subscription using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service. You
will be able to let your users launch a Windows Virtual Desktop virtual app or desktop utilizing the
new Windows 10 Multi-Session experience, while also accessing on-premises resources.
Conceptual Architecture
Scope
In this Reviewer’s Guide, you will experience the role of a Citrix and Microsoft Azure administrator
and you will create a hybrid environment that spans your organization’s on-premises deployment
and Azure. You will provide access to a virtualization environment consisting of the Windows 10
Multi-Session experience in Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) and on-premises resources to an end
user with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service.
This guide will showcase how to do the following actions:
1. Create a new Azure subscription and an Azure Active Directory (AAD) Tenant (if you don’t
have one)
2. Connect your on-premises AD to your AAD using Azure AD Connect
3. Create Master Image using Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops
4. Create a Citrix Cloud account (if you don’t have one)
5. Request a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service trial
6. Create a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service account (Citrix Cloud account) and add the
Azure tenant as a Resource Location
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7. Create a Windows Server VM and install the Citrix Cloud Connector in your Azure resource
location.
8. Prepare the Windows Virtual Desktop template for the session host virtual machines (VMs).
Install the Citrix Virtual Desktop Agent on the WVD VM
9. Utilize your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service account (Citrix Cloud account) to
connect to your Azure subscription using the Citrix Cloud Connector.
10. Use Citrix Machine Creation Services for deploying a catalog and then create a delivery
group.
11. Create a Windows Server VM and install the Citrix Cloud Connector in your on premises
Resource Location and add it as a resource location.
12. Utilize your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service account (Citrix Cloud account) to
connect to your on-premises resources using the Citrix Cloud Connector.
13. Let your users connect to the WVD or on premises sessions via Citrix Workspace.
There is a requirement from Microsoft that the WVD session hosts must be joined to a Windows
Active Directory (AD) domain that has been synchronized with either Azure AD using Azure AD
Connect or with Azure AD Domain Services. This would require you to connect your on-premises
Active Directory to your organization’s Azure subscription. This is out-of-scope for this guide but if
you are also a Citrix Networking or Citrix SDWAN customer then you can use
Site-to-Site VPN (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howtosite-to-site-resource-manager-portal) with Citrix ADC https://docs.citrix.com/enus/netscaler/11-1/system/cloudbridge-connector-introduction/cloudbridge-connectorazure.html (which requires a public IP) or Citrix SDWAN (https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-sdwan-center/10-2/azure-virtual-wan.html). The two preceding options are creating IP-Sec tunnels
between your on-premises environment and the WVD network in Azure.
If you are looking for a solution that does much more than just setup a link between these 2
locations, then we suggest considering creating an end to end SDWAN solution. The main
advantages this gives you is integrated security, orchestration, and policy based configuration.
SDWAN has further benefits
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Enables direct access to video-on-demand that is rendered from the customer data center
Provides intelligent traffic steering from the VDA to other on-premises properties
VoIP and real-time video traffic are navigated from the corporate data center
Aggregate more than 1 link to give you resiliency and expanded bandwidth by combining
the different links
To set up an end to end SDWAN solution you can follow these guides:
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-sd-wan/10-2/configuration/configuring-virtual-path-servicebetween-mcn-client-sites.html
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-sd-wan-platforms/vpx-models/vpx-se/sd-wan-se-on-azure-102.html
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https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-sd-wan-center/11/deploying-sd-wan-appliance/deploy-citrix-sdwan-on-azure-from-citrix-sd-wan-center.html
Express route (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/expressroute/) or Point-to-Site VPN
(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-point-to-site-resourcemanager-portal) which doesn’t require a public IP are other options to establish the connectivity.
This guide will provide detailed instructions on how to deploy and configure your environment
including VMs, connecting your AD to Azure AD. As a Citrix and Azure tenant administrator, you will
create the WVD environment to enable your users to test various scenarios that showcase Citrix
Virtual Apps and Desktops service and Windows Virtual Desktop integration.
For feedback about this document, please contact us at tech-content-feedback@citrix.com
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Deployment Steps
Create an Azure Subscription and an Azure Active Directory Tenant
If you are an existing Microsoft O365 customer you should already have an Azure Active Directory (AAD)
and so you can login to Azure as the global administrator of the subscription and skip to the next section
on page 9.
Go to the url:
https://signup
.azure.com/si
gnup?offer=M
S-AZR0044P&return
Url=https:%2F
%2Faccount.a
zure.com%2FS
ubscriptions&l
=en-US and
Login to
Azure
Enter you
information,
click Next
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Verify your
identity and
then provide
your credit
card details
for billing
purposes. You
may be asked
to verify your
card details by
making a
payment of ~
USD 1
Once you are
done you
should see
this in Azure
Portal. If that
is the
payment
method you
want to use
click Next.
Else change it
and then click
Next.
If you agree,
Check I agree
check box for
subscription
agreement,
offer details
and privacy
statement.
Click Sign Up
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Alternately
you can enroll
in an O365
Enterprise E3
trial by going
to this link
https://signup
.microsoft.co
m/Signup?Off
erId=B07A112
7-DE83-4a6d9F852C104BDAE8B
4&dl=ENTERP
RISEPACK&cul
ture=enUS&country=
US&ali=1 and
providing your
details
Click + Create
Resource and
search for
Azure Active
Directory and
Select it
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Click Create
Provide the
Organization
name and
Initial domain
name of the
AD that you
wish to
create. Select
the Country
or Region and
then click
Create
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Wait for the
Azure AD to
be created
Connect the on premises AD to Azure AD using Azure AD Connect
Launch an
RDP session
to the AD.
Open a
browser and
login to Azure
as the global
administrator
of the
subscription
and Azure AD.
Click Azure
Active
Directory and
then Azure
AD Connect.
Click
Download
Azure AD
Connect
In the browser
window that
opens click
Download
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Click Run
In the Azure
AD connect
dialog, click
Continue.
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Click Use
Express
Settings
Provide the
Azure Active
Directory
global
administrator
Username
and
Password.
Click Next and
Login again if
requested
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Provide the
Active
Directory
enterprise
administrator
Username
and
Password.
Click Next
Check the
Continue
without
matching all
UPN suffixes
to verified
domains, click
Next
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Click Install
Once the
config is
complete.
Click Exit
Go back to the
Azure Active
Directory
page in the
Azure portal
and click
Users.
Validate that
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the user(s)
you created
are visible in
the list.
Create a master image using Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops
Select + or +
Create a
resource.
Search for
Microsoft
Windows 10
and Select the
Microsoft
Windows 10
option that
shows
Windows 10
Enterprise
2016 LTSB in
the drop
down
Select one of
the Windows
10 Enterprise
multi-session
options from
the dropdown
and then Click
Create
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Select the
appropriate
Subscription
and the
Resource
group created
for WVD to
deploy the
machine in.
Provide a
name for the
Master Image
VM.
Choose the
same region
as the AD VM.
Enter the
creds for the
administrator
account. Click
Next: Disks
Select the
appropriate
OS disk Type
for your
deployment.
Click Next:
Networking
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Select the
virtual
network that
your other
VMs are on
and ensure
that a Public
IP is being
created for
the Master
Image. Click
Review +
Create
Ensure that
the Validation
Passed
message
appears and
check the
machine
settings. Click
Create to
begin the
Master Image
VM creation
Once the VM
creation
completes.
Click Go to
resource.
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The VM needs
to have a
networking
rule to allow
incoming RDP
traffic on it
Public IP. Click
Networking in
the Favorites
column. Click
Add inbound
port rule
Your public IP
can be
obtained by
running a
google search
for
“whatsmyip”
address to
make RDP
connections
to the AD VM.
Select IP
Address as
Source, enter
the Public IP
Address of
the machine
you wish to
connect from
in the Source
IP field, set
Destination
Port range to
3389, and
Protocol to
TCP. Set an
appropriate
Priority value
and provide a
name to the
rule.*
Click Add
RDP in to the machine with the admin credentials you provided when creating the
VM and join the VM to the domain and reboot the machine.
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Create a Cloud Connector in your Azure subscription
Select + or +
Create a
resource.
Select
Windows
Server 2016
Datacenter
under Get
Started to
create a new
Windows
Server 2016
machine.
Select the
appropriate
Subscription
and the
Resource
group created
for WVD to
deploy the
machine in.
Provide a
name for the
Cloud
connector
VM.
Chose the
same region
as the AD VM.
Enter the
creds for the
administrator
account. Click
Next: Disks
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Select the
appropriate
OS disk Type
for your
deployment.
Click Next:
Networking
Select the
virtual
network that
your other
VMs are on
and ensure
that a Public
IP is being
created for
the Cloud
Connector
VM. Click
Review +
Create
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Ensure that
the Validation
Passed
message
appears and
check the
machine
settings. Click
Create to
begin the
Cloud
connector VM
creation
Once the VM
creation
completes.
Click on Go to
Resource.
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The VM needs
to have a
networking
rule to allow
incoming RDP
traffic on it
Public IP. Click
Networking in
the favorites
column and
then click on
the name of
the network
interface
Click Network
Security
Group and
then click Edit
Click on the
Network
security group
Select the
Network
Security
group of your
WVD VM as it
already has
the port rules
to allow
access to your
machine. Click
Save
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RDP in to the machine with the admin credentials you provided when creating the
VM and join the Cloud Connector VM to the domain and reboot the machine.
* Please note that leaving port 3389 open remotely long-term could pose a security risk.
Create a Citrix Cloud Account
RDP to the Cloud Connector VM and login as the AD admin.
Goto the URL: https://citrix.cloud.com. If you are an existing Citrix Cloud customer
go to Create a new Resource Location on Page 26. Please ensure that you have an
active Citrix cloud account. If your account has expired you will need to contact sales
to enable it.
If you are new
to Citrix Cloud
click Sign up
and try it free
in the bottom
left.
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Enter your
business
details and
Check the
“I’ve read,
understand
and agree to
the Terms of
Service”
check box, if
you agree.
Click
Continue.
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Select an
appropriate
region to host
your Citrix
cloud
deployment.
Click Continue
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Verify your
email id, by
clicking the
link sent to
you in your
email.
Open the
email and
click on the
Confirm Your
Account link.
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Once the
account is
confirmed,
Enter and
Confirm the
password.
Click Create
Account
Click Sign In
Create a new Resource Location
Enter
Username
and Password
Click Sign In.
(If your
account
manages
more than
one customer
select the
appropriate
one)
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Under
Resource
Locations
Click Edit or
Add New
Click +
Resource
Location and
enter name of
the New
Resource
Location. Click
Save
Under the
newly created
resource
location click
+ Cloud
Connectors
Click
Download.
Click Run
when the
download
begins
Citrix Cloud
connectivity
test successful
message
should be
displayed.
Click Close.
If the test
fails, check
the following
link to resolve
the issue https://suppo
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rticle/CTX224
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Click Sign In
and Sign in to
Citrix Cloud
From the drop
downs select
the
appropriate
Customer and
Resource
Location. Click
Install
Once the
installation
completes. A
service
connectivity
test will run.
Let it
complete and
you should
again see a
successful
result. Click
Close
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Refresh the
Resource
Location page
in Citrix Cloud.
Click on Cloud
Connectors
The newly
added Cloud
Connector is
listed. In
Production
environments,
ensure to
have 2 Cloud
Connectors
per Resource
Location
Request a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service trial
Click Citrix
Cloud on top
of the page. If
you don’t
have a Virtual
Apps and
Desktops
Service trial
enabled,
scroll down to
Available
Services and
click Request
Demo in the
Virtual Apps
and Desktops
Service Tile
Click Request
a Call
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Enter your
details and in
Comments
section
specify
“Windows
Virtual
Desktop
Trial”. Click
Submit
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Install Virtual Delivery Agent on the WVD host VM
While we wait, we can install the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, virtual delivery agent on the
Windows 10 Multiuser VM that we created.
Connect to
the WVD VM
via RDP as the
Domain
admin from it.
Open
Citrix.com in
Internet
Explorer.
Hover over
Sign In and
click My
Account
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Sign in with
your
Username
and
Password.
Click
Downloads in
the top menu
From the
Select a
Product drop
down, select
Citrix Virtual
Apps and
Desktops
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In the page
that opens,
select the
latest version
of Citrix
Virtual Apps
and Desktops
7 (without the
.x at the end)
Scroll down to
Components
that are on
the product
ISO but also
packaged
separately.
Click chevron
to expand the
section. Click
Download File
under Server
OS Virtual
Delivery
Agent
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Check “I have
read and
certify that I
comply with
the above
Export Control
Laws” check
box, if you
agree. Click
Accept. The
download
should begin.
Save the file
and Run it
when the
download
completes
Click Next in
the
Environment
section to
create a
master MCS
image.
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In the Core
Components
section, check
the Citrix
Workspace
App checkbox
if your users
would use the
session to
launch
sessions from
within it. Click
Next
In the
Additional
section
choose the
components
you need and
click Next
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Enter the UPN
for the Cloud
Connector
VM and click
Test
Connection.
Ensure that
the test is
successful a
green tick
appears next
to the entered
UPN. Click
Add and click
Next
Click Next in
the Feature
section and
Next again in
the Firewall
section.
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Click Install in
the Summary
section
Once the
installation
completes, in
the
Diagnostics
section click
Connect.
Enter your
Citrix Cloud
credentials,
click OK. Once
the
credentials
are validated,
click Next
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Click Finish
and let the
VM reboot.
Create a hosting connection between Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Azure
Configure Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service to connect to the Azure Subscription that hosts the
Windows Virtual Desktop VMs.
Once the trial
is approved.
Login to Citrix
Cloud from
your local
machine.
Scroll to My
Services, and
locate Virtual
Apps and
Desktops
service tile,
click Manage
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Click Manage
Service. If you
scroll further
down you will
see the
Workspace
Experience
URL.
Bookmark it.
In the Left
Menu under
Configuration.
Click Hosting
and then click
Connect to
resources
that will host
the machines.
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From the drop
downs select
Microsoft©
AzureTM as
Connection
Type, Azure
Global for
Azure
environment
and an
Appropriate
Zone for Zone
name. Leave
Studio Tools
selected. Click
Next
Hover over
the grey
notch just
below the
Manage text
(center of the
screen). A
workspace
icon will slide
down click it
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Copy your
Azure
Subscription
ID to the
clipboard.
Click the Open
clipboard
button in the
middle and
paste the
Subscription
ID in it. Click
anywhere
outside the
text box
Paste the ID
in the
Subscription
ID text box
and enter a
Connection
Name click
Create New
to create a
new service
principal.
Alternately
you can
manually
grant Citrix
Cloud Access
to the Azure
subscription
(with more
restrictive
roles than the
default
contributor)
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Sign in to your
Azure account
when
prompted.
Ensure that
the user is an
owner and
not an
external user
in the
subscription
Check the
Consent on
behalf of your
organization
check box and
click Accept if
you agree.
Once the
validation
completes ✓
Connected is
displayed.
Click Next
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Select the
appropriate
Region and
click Next
Enter a Name
for the
network and
select the
appropriate
Virtual
network and
Subnet that
where the
VMs are to be
created. Click
Next. Review
the Summary
and click
Finish
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You will be
returned to
the Hosting
page. Once
you are done
click Machine
Catalogs to
start creating
your catalog.
Create a Machine Catalog and a Delivery Group
Click Create
Machine
Catalog (right
side menu). In
the Machine
Catalog Setup
dialog click
Next
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Ensure MultiSession OS is
selected. Click
Next
Ensure
Machines that
are power
managed and
Citrix Machine
Creation
service are
selected and
the correct
Azure
network is
shown in the
Resources.
Click Next
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Choose the
correct disk
that is
associated
with the WVD
VM. From the
minimum
functional
level drop
down select
1811 (or
newer). Click
Next. A pop
up will appear
asking for the
VM attached
to the VHD to
be stopped.
Login to the
Azure portal
and Under
Virtual
Machines, go
to the WVD
VM and Click
the Stop
button.
Ignore the
warning about
losing the
Public IP. Wait
for status to
show Stopped
(deallocated)
Return to the
Citrix Cloud
tab and click
Close
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Leave
Defaults and
click Next
Modify the
number of
VMs if you
wish and
select the
machine size
you want for
your VMs.
Click Next
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Set the write
back cache
size if you
want it. Click
Next
Click Next and
click Close
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Click Next
Select the OU
in which the
VMs should
be placed.
Enter the
computer
Account
naming
scheme.
Ensure the
name is less
than 15 chars
long and ends
with a #. Click
Next
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Click Enter
Credentials.
In the dialog
that opens
enter
username and
password of
the AD
admin. Click
OK. Click Next
Enter a name
for the
machine
catalog. Click
Finish
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Wait for the
catalog to be
created.
You will be
returned to
the Machine
Catalogs page.
From the left
side menu
click Delivery
Groups to
start creating
your delivery
group.
Click Create
Delivery
Group from
the right side
menu.
In the Create
Delivery
Group dialog
that opens
click Next
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Select the
WVD Catalog.
Increment the
number of
machines to
the number of
VMS you want
to add to the
delivery
group. Click
Next
For our
example we
will assign the
users to a
particular
group. Click
the Restrict
use to this
Delivery
Group to the
following
users’ radio
button. Click
Add
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Add domain
users that you
want to have
access to the
delivery
group. You
can check
their names
by clicking
Check Names.
Once you are
done click OK
If you want to
also make
apps available
from this
delivery group
click the Add
dropdown
and choose
From Start
Menu
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From the Add
Applications
from Start
Menu Dialog
check the
boxes next to
the apps you
want to make
available.
Then click OK
Click Next
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In the
Desktops
section Click
Add. Enter
Display Name
for the
delivery
group. Ensure
Enable
desktop is
checked. Click
OK
Click Next
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Enter a
Delivery
Group name.
Click Finish
Once the
delivery group
is created, the
Manage Tab
should look
like this.
If you wish to add your on-premises resources to the Workspace follow the below steps.
Create a Cloud Connector in your on-premises datacenter
Add a cloud
connector in
your onpremises
datacenter
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in the “Create a new Resource Location” section.
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Add on-premises site to the Workspace
Follow the
steps in the
guide to add
the onpremises site
to the
Workspace.
https://docs.ci
trix.com/enus/citrixcloud/worksp
aces/add-onpremisessite.html#prer
equisites
Complete till
the end of
Task 3:
Configure
connectivity
and confirm
settings in this
page.
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Launch the session from Citrix Workspace
Open the
Workspace
URL you had
saved earlier
(from Citrix
Cloud) to the
Citrix
workspace.
Login as one
of the domain
users that you
had added to
the Delivery
Group.
Click View all
Desktops
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Click on the
Windows 10
Multi-session
DG desktop
that you
created in
Azure.
The session
should launch
giving you
access to the
Windows
Virtual
Desktop
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