Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

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August 22, 2024

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Sites using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) to manage access to applications and desktops can extend that use to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops using these options:

Install VDAs using SCCM.
Configuration Manager Wake Proxy feature: The Remote PC Access Wake on LAN feature is supported with Configuration Manager. For details, see Wake on LAN - SCCM integrated.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops properties: Properties enable you to identify Citrix Virtual Desktops for management through Configuration Manager. (In some versions, Configuration Manager uses the former name of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: XenApp and XenDesktop.)

Properties

Properties are available to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to manage virtual desktops.

Boolean properties displayed in Configuration Manager appear as 1 or 0, not true or false.

The properties are available for the Citrix_virtualDesktopInfo class in the Root\Citrix\DesktopInformation namespace. Property names come from the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider.

Property	Description
`AssignmentType`	Sets the value of IsAssigned. Valid values are: `ClientIP`, `ClientName`, `None`, and `User` (sets `IsAssigned` to `True`)
`BrokerSiteName`	Returns the same value as `HostIdentifier`
`DesktopCatalogName`	Machine catalog associated with the desktop.
`DesktopGroupName`	Delivery group associated with the desktop.
`HostIdentifier`	Returns the same value as `BrokerSiteName`.
`IsAssigned`	`True` to assign the desktop to a user, set to `False` for a random desktop
`IsMasterImage`	Allows decisions about the environment. For example, install applications on the image and not on the provisioned machines. Valid values are: `True` on a VM that is used as an image. This value is set during installation based on a selection, or cleared on a VM that is provisioned from that image.
`IsVirtualMachine`	`True` for a virtual machine, `false` for a physical machine.
`OSChangesPersist`	`False` if the desktop operating system image is reset to a clean state every time it is restarted; otherwise, `true`.
`PersistentDataLocation`	The location where Configuration Manager stores persistent data. This is not accessible to users.
`BrokerSiteName`, `DesktopCatalogName`, `DesktopGroupName`, `HostIdentifier`	Determined when the desktop registers with the Controller. They are null for a desktop that has not fully registered.

To collect the properties, run a hardware inventory in Configuration Manager. To view the properties, use the Configuration Manager Resource Explorer. In these instances, the names include spaces or vary slightly from the property names. For example, BrokerSiteName appears as Broker Site Name.

Configure Configuration Manager to collect Citrix WMI properties from the Citrix VDA
Create query-based device collections using Citrix WMI properties
Create global conditions based on Citrix WMI properties
Use global conditions to define application deployment type requirements

You can also use Microsoft properties in the Microsoft class CCM_DesktopMachine in the Root\ccm_vdi namespace. For more information, see the Microsoft documentation.

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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager environments

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