In my little corner of Citrix when someone mentions the HTML5 receiver, the first thought, the most in the nations appear internal word association is Chromebooks. Yes, even after publication of the receiver for Chrome HTML5 receiver remains a great way to get your Windows applications and desktops on Chrome OS devices. 
There are, however, other uses for the HTML5 receiver, have nothing to do with Chromebooks.
in the US federal government, the area that I have the most contact with as well as in other sectors of the economy , there are several third who require access to corporate applications and data. Contractors, partners and other temporary employees come to mind.
Every spring, as many of the agencies, I begin the planning process work for the summer, they need to know how to handle the influx of trainees arriving soon. This year, they will ask, and answer questions such as: "Do we have dust that old PCs in the storage and prep them or allow them to use their own devices?" Or: "If we BYOD go, how we protect agency data, and what we are responsible for, if we are agency software installed on personal own devices?" While in this example, I speak interns, I have questions like these come, in terms listen to other types of temporary workers.
, the receiver HTML5 can help Windows desktop, and applications on time and contract workers prepared by referring existing devices to a URL with no need a plugin to download.
allow a part of the problem with redeployment old desktops from the shelf or contractors and interns, to bring their own equipment, the distribution software. Further problems:. As the productive applications to deliver them in their daily tasks using
Traditional wipe after the machine and re-installation of a desktop operating system, you have to roll out agents and plugins, agents for security, system hardware and software inventory distribute and agent software.
If you go BYOD, you also do agency software and licenses shall expire on the device?
with Citrix, we want to consider that you publish your applications, publish your desktops through XenDesktop and XenApp problem of providing software endpoints to solve. But, you still need to provide a Citrix Receiver, to do that.
The process of actually deliver aside an agent provides a Citrix plugin is not difficult. I have seen agencies with the concept fighting on a device every means of setting no. Of the agency owned Questions arise such as: "Do we have to support it, now that we put something on the machine?" Or: "Is liable Agency, if something goes wrong with the machine?"
can help the Citrix HTML5 receivers offer truly secure client-less access to Windows applications and desktops.
The current version of the receiver HTML5 is 1.5, which adds support for HDX Insight and Support for Cloud Bridge.
the previous version (1.4) added:
- PDF Print
- Improved clipboard
- Secure WebSockets compounds
- End User Experience Metrics and unique ID for each device
HTML5 receiver requires storefront 2.6 or 2.5 and at least one of the following options: XenDesktop 7.5, 7.6, XenApp 6.5 and 7.x (hotfix rollup 3 or higher ) on the server end. is supported on the client side a compatible browser HTML5 on a desktop operating system needs (the specific http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-html5-15/receiver-html5-sys-req.html Discover. A NetScaler Gateway recommended for secure remote connections. unless you are running only web interface without storefront server in the Citrix environment, you have all the components to enable HTML5 recipients need.
storefront After setting up your environment is not only a prerequisite. There, there are most of the time when setting up the HTML5 receiver (Assuming that you already have around a traditional Citrix stood up) is set up any additional infrastructure components. of HTML5 is accessed by recipients storefront. the whole process once storefront is decorated runs on three steps down. for more information, see the XenDesktop 7.6 reviewers Guide.
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enable Citrix Receiver for HTML5 to be found in storefront
The options "use receiver for HTML5 when local can be installed" and "Always receiver for HTML5 use" is enabled, Citrix receiver.
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enable WebSockets in Citrix Group Policy
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to go to HTML5 receiver test of the site to the receiver put in storefront
Recalling: to test the HTML5 receiver from a device, the Citrix receiver skip the install and click install on registration.
Normally at this point I would congrats tell you, you can now use the HTML5 receiver. But, drawing on our applications of contractors, interns and other third-party access, you may want to "lock it." Lock down can mean different things to different audiences and is a topic for a separate article or a series of articles. In this case my significance of data from the virtual desktop session holds are copied to the user's endpoint. If you even want to back up the virtual desktop, I would check in the Federal Government, Robert Huie's Blog USGCB recommend modifications with XenDesktop for a starting point. If it lets the HTML5 receiver with a way to make the data transfer is to be mindful of. The receiver HTML5 not USB redirection, client drive mapping, so really the only way that HTML5 recipient data from the virtual desktop pass / application to the endpoint through the clipboard. Disable the clipboard for the recipient HTML5 is the same process as other recipients Clients with Citrix policies.
is in Citrix Centre under policy Search Client clipboard redirection policy and prohibit clipboard redirection
The Clipboard Tool do not appear to the end user after the change in policy, below are before and after screenshots.
activated with clipboard
forbidden with clipboard.
The Citrix Receiver HTML5 is a good opportunity to provide secure access to third without a client installed on an endpoint that is not part of your company. It will not require any further infrastructure components, as you already have in your Citrix environment. It is easy to configure, and it works with most desktop operating systems, and HTML-compliant browsers.
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