How should the administrator best organize gold images in a non-persistent Citrix MCS environment?

Question

Options

• ABuild a single gold image with all the applications in the application catalog.
• BCreate a base image without any applications and leverage Microsoft SCCM to deliver applications
• CCreate a gold image for each separate business unit.
• DCreate a gold image based on the user subnet assignment,

• A
  10% (2)
• B
  70% (14)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  15% (3)

Explanation

A gold image is a master image that contains the operating system, drivers, patches, and configurations for a virtual desktop. A non-persistent Citrix MCS environment is one where virtual desktops are created from a gold image and discarded after each user session. Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) is a tool that uses a gold image to create and manage virtual machines for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments. MCS can create different types of machines, such as pooled random, static assigned, or dedicated. One of the challenges of using MCS is managing multiple gold images for different user groups or application needs. Updating multiple gold images can be time-consuming and error- prone. Therefore, it is recommended to use a single base image without any applications and leverage another tool such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to deliver applications dynamically to the cloned virtual desktops. This approach can simplify image management, reduce storage consumption, improve performance, and enhance user experience. SCCM can also provide additional features such as patch management, compliance enforcement, inventory reporting, etc.

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