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Course Overview

This fast-paced administration course covers the major aspects of installing, configuring and managing a highly available

  • XenApp and XenDesktop 7.1x environment as well as a full Provisioning Services 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.

What you’ll learn

  • • Gain foundational knowledge of XenApp and XenDesktop required to be successful with the platform
  • • How to install, configure, and manage a highly available XenApp and XenDesktop site
  • • How to deploy and deliver apps and desktops to end users using both Machine Creation Services (MCS) and Provisioning Services (PVS) on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
  • • How to manage the end-user experience through policies and settings including profiles and printing
  • • How to install, configure, and manage a highly available Provisioning Services infrastructure for image management

Prerequisite Knowledge

  • This course requires little to no previous experience with the 7.x version of the platform; however, Citrix recommends completing the free XenApp and XenDesktop Introduction bundle at eLearning.citrix.com. Previous knowledge of legacy versions of XenApp or
  • XenDesktop is also beneficial due to the faster pace of this course.

Is this course for you?

  • Built for IT Professionals who need to install, configure,
  • and manage XenApp, XenDesktop, and Provisioning
  • Services. This course is taught at a much faster pace and
  • experience with previous versions is recommended. It is
  • an appropriate starting point or a refresher on version 7.1x
  • for administrators, engineers, and architects. For a less
  • intensive training yet thorough training, Citrix recommends
  • starting with the CXD-210 XenApp and XenDesktop 7.1x
  • Administration course.

Certification

  • Citrix Certified Associate – Virtualization (Partial preparation for CCP-V*
  • )
  • * This course covers both the CCA-V materials as well as provisioning services content covered in the CCP-V exam and students will receive an additional exam voucher with purchase of this training.

Module 1: Architecture Overview

  • • Architecture
  • • FlexCast models (use cases)
  • • Connection flow process
  • • Hosting platform considerations
  • • Layered approach methodology

Module 2: Initial Requirements and Lab

  • • Citrix consulting methodology
  • • Supporting infrastructure requirements
  • • Supporting infrastructure licensing considerations
  • • Lab environment

Module 3: Installing and Configuring a

  • XenApp and XenDesktop Site
  • • Licensing considerations
  • • Installation and management
  • • Basic license server troubleshooting
  • • Delivery Controller role
  • • The XenApp and XenDesktop 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
  • • Machine Creation Services (MCS) in depth
  • • MCS environment considerations
  • • Delivering Office 365 considerations

Module 5: Providing Access with Citrix

  • StoreFront and Receiver
  • • StoreFront installation and architecture
  • • StoreFront authentication services
  • • Citrix Receiver
  • • Receiver configurations

Module 6: Understanding and

  • Configuring Citrix Policies
  • • Policies introduction
  • • Citrix policies applied

Module 7: Application Presentation

  • and Management
  • • Application properties
  • • Workspace Control
  • • Shortcut placement
  • • Session Prelaunch and Session Lingering
  • • Application groups

Module 8: Printing with XenApp

  • and XenDesktop
  • • Printing introduction
  • • Print job routing
  • • Printer driver management
  • • Citrix Universal Print Driver and Server

Module 9: Citrix Profile Management

  • • User profiles and Citrix Profile Management
  • • Configuring Citrix Profile Management

Module 10: Managing the XenApp

  • and XenDesktop Site
  • • Delegated administration
  • • Logging and reporting
  • • Introduction to PowerShell
  • • Power management

Module 11: XenApp and XenDesktop

  • Site Redundancy
  • • Component failure review
  • • Methods of redundancy
  • • Configuring site and access infrastructure redundancy

Module 12: XenApp and XenDesktop Site

  • Basic Network Security
  • • Citrix administrator introduction to
  • security considerations
  • • Certificate authority
  • • XML service security
  • • External HDX connection security with
  • NetScaler Gateway

Module 13: Monitoring the XenApp

  • and XenDesktop 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 XenApp and XenDesktop
  • • Introduction to supporting XenApp and XenDesktop Site
  • • Known issue awareness
  • • XenApp and XenDesktop 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 XenApp and XenDesktop
  • • XenDesktop Setup Wizard
  • • Device Collections
  • • Published Apps and Desktops
  • • Using Provisioning Services with XenApp and XenDesktop

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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