Citrix PVS 7.6 Install – Part 12: Creating a Delivery Group

This is part 12 in the Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6 installation and configuration guide. In this article we be creating a XenApp 7.6 Delivery Group which will publish the applications that are running on our PVS target devices.

Quick Links

Here are the links to each of the articles that make up this series:

• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Introduction
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 1: Installing PVS Server
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 2: Configuring PVS Server
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 3: Configuring DHCP for Citrix PVS PXE
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 4: Creating a Capture VM
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 5: Group Policy for PVS Target Devices
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 6: Preparing for Image Capture
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 7: Capturing the PVS Image
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 8: Installing Virtual Delivery Agent on the PVS Image
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 9: Preparing for Production use
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 10: Creating new PVS Target Devices
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 11: Creating a PVS-Enabled Machine Catalog
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 12: Creating a Delivery Group
• Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 13: Testing Published Applications

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Log into a Citrix Delivery Controller and launch Citrix Studio

2. From Citrix Studio, click on Delivery Groups. From the action menu, click Create Delivery Group

3. The Create Delivery Group Wizard will display. Click Next

4. From the Machines screen, complete the following steps:

1. Select the Machine Catalog you want to add into the Delivery Group (in this example we only have one that hasn’t been used – the PVS Machine Catalog)
2. Chose the number of machines from the Machine Catalog that will be used in the Delivery Group (i.e. 2)
3. Click Next

5. Select Applications and click Next

6. Add the Active Directory user(s) or group(s) that will have access to the Delivery Group. Click Next

7. Select the applications you want to publish and click Next

8. Enter a name and description for the Delivery Group and click Finish

9. Once completed, the new Delivery Group should appear in the Delivery Groups view of Citrix Studio

Next article…

The next article coming up in the series is: Citrix PVS 7.6 Install & Configuration Guide – Part 13: Testing Published Applications.