For a master image used to deploy machines, which component should be installed on the image to allow users to access resources?

For a master image used to deploy machines, which component should be installed on the image to allow users to access resources?

• A. Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA); users can access resources on the machines
• B. Citrix Workspace app; users can access resources on the machines
• C. Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA); machines can communicate with the Site database
• D. Citrix Workspace app; machines can communicate with the Site database

Answer: (A)

The essential idea is that the host machines themselves must run the agent that lets them participate in the Citrix delivery system. The Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) on a master image enables the VM to register with the Delivery Controller, participate in session brokering, and stream the user’s desktop or apps to whatever device they’re using. Without the VDA, the machine cannot host or deliver Citrix resources to users. The Citrix Workspace app, by contrast, is a client-side component installed on user devices to access resources from Citrix. It’s not required on the master image that will run the hosted desktops or apps, because the host needs the VDA to serve those sessions, not the client to connect to them. The Site database holds configuration and state for the Citrix site and is accessed by the Delivery Controllers, not directly by the VDA on each host. So a choice implying direct database communication by the VDA isn’t accurate. So, installing the Virtual Delivery Agent on the master image is the correct approach to allow users to access resources hosted on those machines.

The essential idea is that the host machines themselves must run the agent that lets them participate in the Citrix delivery system. The Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) on a master image enables the VM to register with the Delivery Controller, participate in session brokering, and stream the user’s desktop or apps to whatever device they’re using. Without the VDA, the machine cannot host or deliver Citrix resources to users.

The Citrix Workspace app, by contrast, is a client-side component installed on user devices to access resources from Citrix. It’s not required on the master image that will run the hosted desktops or apps, because the host needs the VDA to serve those sessions, not the client to connect to them.

The Site database holds configuration and state for the Citrix site and is accessed by the Delivery Controllers, not directly by the VDA on each host. So a choice implying direct database communication by the VDA isn’t accurate.

So, installing the Virtual Delivery Agent on the master image is the correct approach to allow users to access resources hosted on those machines.