How to Add Multiple XA/XD 6.5 Sites to Director

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This article describes how to add multiple XenApp 6.5 and XenDesktop 6.5 sites to single Director console.

Open IIS Manager > Default Website > Desktop Director > Application settings > Add.

Note: You initially will have the following line under Desktop Director Site in IIS after installing Desktop Director from iso:

Service.AutoDiscoveryAddresses = SiteAController,SiteBController (pointing to your Desktop Delivery Controller)

Add Service.AutoDiscoveryAddressesXA = FarmAController,FarmBController (point to your XenApp Server).
Add one more key Service.MultiSite = true.
Reset IIS from CMD.
Start Page, authenticate, and search for the user. It should look as displayed in the following screen shot:

The IIS Page should look as the following screen shot:

This article describes how to add XenApp and XenDesktop to single Desktop Director Site.

Note : New Director Version might be compatible with old XenApp and XenDesktop Versions and within each Site, although you can use New Director with Older versions of Delivery Controller but all the features in the latest version of Director might not be available. Citrix recommends having Director, Delivery Controller and VDA at the same version.

Reference:

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-xendesktop/current-release/director/version-matrix.html

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2017/07/05/compatibility-of-director-version-with-delivery-controller-and-vda-versions-demystified/

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