5 Days
This course provides students an accelerated path to obtain the skills required to successfully deploy and support a complete Citrix hosted application and desktop virtualisation solution in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.
Throughout this course, students will learn how to configure an environment that includes the following Citrix components: XenApp and XenDesktop, XenServer, Citrix License Server, MCS, Provisioning Services (PVS), Personal vDisk, StoreFront, NetScaler (including NetScaler Gateway), and Citrix Receiver. Upon course completion, students will be able to build a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 environment from scratch, test the implementation to ensure that all components work as expected, and successfully manage, monitor, and troubleshoot a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 solution.
This course includes the Citrix exam which must be taken within six months of completing your course.
- Understanding the Architecture of a XenApp and XenDesktop Solution
- XenApp and XenDesktop Virtualization Technologies
- Infrastructure Components
- Citrix Components
- Designing a XenApp and XenDesktop Implementation
- Setting up the Hypervisor
- Installing the Hypervisor
- Installing the Hypervisor Management Console
- Configuring the Hypervisor
- Creating Templates
- Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
- Domain Controllers
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- Certificate Authority
- File Servers
- Setting Up SQL Server 2012
- Setting Up SQL Server Mirroring
- Setting Up Citrix Components
- Setting Up the Citrix License Server
- Setting Up a XenApp and XenDesktop Site
- XenApp and XenDesktop Delegated Administration
- Setting Up the Citrix Universal Print Server
- Setting Up a StoreFront Server Group
- Setting Up Citrix Receiver
- Troubleshooting Receiver
- Troubleshooting StoreFront
- Setting Up XenApp and XenDesktop Resources
- Preparing the Master Virtual Machine
- Setting Up a Server OS Master Image
- Setting Up a Desktop OS Master Image
- Creating Machine Catalogs
- Creating Delivery Groups
- Troubleshooting: Managing Desktops and Applications
- Setting Up Policies
- Policy Precedence (Studio vs. Group Policy Objects)
- Creating Policies Using Studio
- Creating Policies Using Group Policy
- Obtaining the Resultant Set of Policy Using Group Policy Objects
- Managing End-User Profiles
- Troubleshooting: Profile Management
- Managing Printing
- Default Printing Behavior
- Configuring Client Printing
- Managing Printer Drivers
- Optimising Printing Performance
- Setting Up and Managing the Universal Print Server
- Setting Up Provisioning Services
- Provisioning Services Architecture
- Setting Up a Provisioning Services Server
- Installing the Provisioning Services Console
- Configuring Boot from Network
- Setting Up a Second Provisioning Services Server
- Configuring the BootStrap File for High Availability
- Configuring the Master Target Device
- Creating the vDisk
- Assigning a vDisk to a Target Device
- Creating the Machine Catalog
- Creating the Delivery Group
- Citrix Director Overview
- Monitoring within the Director Dashboard
- Monitoring and Managing End-User Sessions
- Troubleshooting: Managing Sites, Sessions and End Users with Director
- Setting Up NetScaler
- Performing the Initial NetScaler Configuration
- Configuring NTP
- Setting Up DNS
- Creating Certificates for NetScaler
- Load Balancing StoreFront Servers
- Configuring NetScaler for Remote Access
- Modifying StoreFront to Integrate with NetScaler
- Configuring ICA Proxy
- Configuring Authentication Policies
- Configuring NetScaler for Email-Based Account Discovery
Before taking this course, it is recommended that students have:
- An understanding of server, desktop and application virtualisation concepts
- Experience with Windows Server 2012 R2, specifically:
- Active Directory
- Domains
- Groups and User Accounts
- Organizational Units
- Group Policy Objects
- Experience with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 user interfaces
- Basic storage knowledge (manage existing storage types, add new storage)
- Basics of Citrix licensing
- Familiarity with at least one hypervisor (XenServer, Hyper-V, or vSphere)
- Basic understanding of the different types of profiles (local, roaming, mandatory)
- Understand the XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 architecture, components, and communication
- Set up the hypervisor
- Set up and manage the XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 infrastructure
- Create and manage machine catalogs and Delivery Groups
- Configure and manage StoreFront
- Configure and manage policies and end-user profiles
- Manage sessions, sites, and end users with Director
- Manage printing
- Set up and Manage Provisioning Services
- Validate the Implementation
- Set up NetScaler to provide external access to XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 resources
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