1Y0-250 · Question #50
An administrator plans to use only Citrix Receiver for XenDesktop remote access through a NetScaler Gateway device. Which type of policy should the administrator configure to meet this requirement?
The correct answer is A. Session. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An administrator plans to use only Citrix Receiver for XenDesktop remote access through a NetScaler Gateway device. Which type of policy should the administrator configure to meet this requirement?
Options
- ASession
- BAuthentication
- CClientless access
- DPre-authentication
How the community answered
(20 responses)- A75% (15)
- B5% (1)
- C15% (3)
- D5% (1)
Community Discussion
6
Imani T.Jun 26, 2026Session policy is your answer here. That is the policy type on NetScaler Gateway that controls how clients connect, including locking down access to Citrix Receiver only by defining the client experience and receiver-based session parameters for XenDesktop.
Isolde G.Jun 27, 2026Session policy gets you partway there, but the real lockdown comes from pairing it with a client security scan on the SmartAccess policy so that only endpoints with Receiver actually installed get past the pre-authentication scan in the first place.
Giovanna H.Jun 26, 2026The distractor here is C, clientless access, because that policy type handles browser-based access without a full client install, which sounds close to what is being described but is actually the opposite scenario since the question specifies Receiver, a full client. A Session policy is what binds Receiver behavior to the NetScaler Gateway virtual server, controlling which resources and settings apply when that client connects, so A is correct.
Isolde G.Jun 26, 2026Session policies on NetScaler Gateway are exactly what you configure here, because they let you bind Citrix Receiver as the allowed client and define ICA proxy settings that control how the gateway hands off connections to XenDesktop. Authentication and pre-authentication policies handle identity checks, not client type or session behavior, and clientless access is for browser-based scenarios without a full receiver client.
Mei-Ling H.Jun 19, 2026I pick B because the word "only" in the question is the key qualifier here, and controlling which users or client types are even allowed to proceed is an authentication-level decision, so configuring an Authentication policy is how the administrator enforces that Citrix Receiver is the required method before any session is ever established. If you restrict it at authentication, nothing else can slip through because the gate is at the front, not somewhere in the middle of the session setup.
Isolde G.Jun 20, 2026Mei-Ling, authentication policies govern identity verification, not client type enforcement, so locking the gate there still lets any client attempt a session up to that point. A Session Policy is where you set the client type expression that restricts access to Receiver only, which is the actual mechanism Citrix gives you to filter on how a user connects, not just who they are.