Citrix Streaming Profiler

The Citrix Streaming Profiler for XenApp 5.0 is an independent application that allows you to prepare applications, browsers, files, folders, and registry settings to be streamed from a file share to your XenApp servers or users’ PCs. The resources you prepare with the Profiler software are called profiles. This section provides in-depth information about how the Profiler creates an application profile. The purpose is to enable administrators to identify objects of interest at the point when profile creation or modification fails. You can use the Profiler to create a streaming application profile (and its initial target), add a target to a profile, delete a target from a profile, update a target, and add updates, patches, additional applications, and so on. As part of the basic functionality, the Profiler can install applications, configure profiles, support the Access Management Console functionality, and maintain profile security.

You create a profile by installing applications or other resources on an independent PC or server running the Profiler software. The Profiler bundles files and configuration settings that the client accesses to stream to end-user desktops, laptops, or an end point. After you create a profile, you make it available for publishing in the XenApp farm by saving it to a network file share. Figure 6.2 displays the XenApp publishing wizard selecting a saved profile to be published.