Course description
Duration: 5 days
Price: $6000
This fast-paced administration course covers the major aspects of installing, configuring and managing a highly available Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.1x environment as well as a full Citrix Provisioning 7.1x environment for image management. Gain an understanding of the solution architecture and communications, and the factors that contribute to a successful deployment. This accelerated 5-day course will teach you how to deploy and deliver apps and desktops (MCS and PVS); install and configure StoreFront and Citrix Receiver; set up profile management; and configure policies, printing and basic security features. Also learn how to monitor and troubleshoot the environment with Citrix Director.
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Course Outline
Module 1: Architecture Overview
- Architecture
- FlexCast models (use cases)
- Layered approach methodology
- Connection flow process
- Hosting platform considerations
Module 2: Initial Requirements and Lab
- Supporting infrastructure requirements
- Supporting infrastructure licensing considerations
- Preparing for Windows 10 and Server 2016 with AppDNA
- Lab environment
Module 3: Installing and Configuring a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
- Licensing considerations
- Installation and management
- Basic license server troubleshooting
- Delivery Controller role
- The Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
- Databases and the Local Host Cache (LHC
Module 4: Provision and Deliver Application and Desktop Resources
- The Virtual Delivery Agent
- Machine Catalogs and Delivery Groups
- Provisioning methods and considerations
- Provisioning methods: Machine Creation Services (MCS) in depth
- MCS environment considerations
Module 5: Providing Access with Citrix StoreFront and Receiver
- StoreFront installation and architecture
- StoreFront authentication services
- Self Service Password Reset
- Citrix Receiver
- Receiver configurations
Module 6: Understanding and Configuring Citrix Policies
- Policies introduction
- Policies for session management
Module 7: Application Presentation and Management
- Application properties
- File-type association
- Workspace Control
- Shortcut placement
- Session Prelaunch and Session Lingering
- Application groups
Module 8: Printing with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
- Printing introduction
- Print job routing
- Printer driver management
- Citrix Universal Print Driver and Server
Module 9: Citrix Profile Management
- User profiles
- Configuring Citrix Profile management
Module 10: Managing the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
- Delegated administration
- Logging and reporting
- Introduction to Zones
- Introduction to PowerShell
- Reboot schedules for the Server VDA
Module 11: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site Redundancy
- Component failure review
- Methods of redundancy
- Configuring site and access infrastructure redundancy
Module 12: Monitoring The Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
- Citrix administrator introduction to security considerations
- Certificate authority
- XML service security
- External HDX connection security with Citrix Gateway
Module 13: Installing and Configuring a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
- Introduction to Citrix Director
- Navigating Director
- Trends and reports
- Alerts and notifications
- Monitoring sessions
- Interacting with sessions
- Network monitoring with HDX Insight
Module 14: Introduction to Supporting and Troubleshooting Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
- Introduction to supporting Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
- Known issue awareness
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Hotfixes and the Long Term Service Release
- Common Troubleshooting Tools
Module 15: Advanced Provisioning with Provisioning Services
- Getting started with Provisioning Services
- Provisioning Services Architecture
Module 16: Provisioning Services Infrastructure
- The PVS server role
- The Farm database
- The vDisk Store
Module 17: Streaming the vDisk
- Introduction to vDisks
- Machine preparation
- Streaming vDisks
- Boot methods
Module 18: Target Devices
- Introduction to target devices
- Data I/O
- Handling persistent and non-persistent data
Module 19: Integrating Provisioning Services with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Setup Wizard
- Device Collections
- Published Apps and Desktops
- Using Provisioning Services with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Module 20: Provisioning Services Redundancy
- Farm component redundancy
- Store redundancy
- Database redundancy
Module 21: Supporting Provisioning Services
- Performing updates
- Auditing and support
- vDisk imagining
- Migrating vDisk images
- Troubleshooting
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