Citrix Systems MetaFrame Presentation Server - Manual (Page 28)

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ICA session monitoring. Performance counters let you use Windows Performance
Monitor to observe ICA communication, including bandwidth and compression for
sessions, servers, and individual virtual channels, and latency in ICA sessions.
Performance monitoring can provide valuable information about utilization of
network bandwidth and help determine if a bottleneck exists. (Available in
Enterprise edition.)
Delegated administration. Citrix administrators can delegate to IT staff areas of
server administration and farm management. Administrators can assign specialized
staff members to perform specific farm management tasks, such as managing
printers, published applications, or user policies. Members of the enterprise IT staff
can carry out their assigned tasks without being granted full access to all areas of
farm management. This release enhances the level of administration you can
delegate. You can now create policies to apply settings based on users or user
groups, server groups, IP addresses, or client names.
User-to-user shadowing. Users can shadow other users without requiring
administrator rights. Multiple users from different locations can view presentations
and training sessions, allowing one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many
online collaboration.
Smart card support. You can use smart cards with MetaFrame Presentation
Server, supported clients, and the Web Interface to provide secure access to
applications and data. Using smart cards simplifies the authentication process while
enhancing logon security. MetaFrame Presentation Server supports smart card
authentication to published applications, as well as to “smart card enabled”
applications such as Microsoft Outlook.
Content redirection. Administrators can specify whether local or remote
applications are used to open content, allowing for the appropriate application to be
launched to better meet the needs of the user. With Content redirection, you gain
flexibility when considering application installation and content storage locations.
Use Content redirection to redirect application launching from:
• Client to server. Content, such as a file attached to an email message, that the
user encounters when running a local application is opened with an application
published on the server. This capability is supported with the Win32 Program
Neighborhood Agent, the Macintosh client, and the WinCE client.
• Server to client. URL links that the user encounters when running a session are
opened using the locally installed Web browser. This capability is supported
with the Win32 clients and the Linux client.
Policies. With policies, you can apply to specific users or user groups selected
server settings, such as shadowing permission settings, printer autocreation settings,
and client device mapping settings. Using policies, you can tailor your environment
at the user level. User policy settings override all other MetaFrame Presentation
Server and Terminal Services settings.