CMB-300 Deploy and Manage Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.5 Fast Track

Course details

This course provides students an accelerated path to obtain the skills required to successfully deploy and support a complete Citrix hosted application and desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.

Course Outline

1 - Understanding the XenDesktop 7.5 Architecture

• Understanding the Architecture of a XenDesktop Solution
• XenDesktop Virtualization Technologies
• Infrastructure Components
• Citrix Components
• Designing a XenDesktop Implementation
• Design Document

2 - Hypervisor Considerations

• Setting up the Hypervisor
• Installing the Hypervisor
• Installing the Hypervisor Management Console
• Configuring the Hypervisor
• Creating Templates
• Reinforcement Exercise – Creating a Windows 7 Template

3 - Infrastructure Considerations

• Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
• Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
• Setting Up the Domain Controller
• Setting Up the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• Setting Up a Certificate Authority
• Setting Up the File Server
• Setting Up SQL Server 2012
• Setting Up SQL Server Mirroring
• Reinforcement Exercise – Redirecting Additional Folders

4 - Setting Up Citrix Components

• Setting Up Citrix Components
• Setting Up the Citrix License Server
• Setting Up the Delivery Controller
• Setting Up a Second Controller
• Setting Up the Citrix Universal Print Server
• Setting Up StoreFront
• Setting Up a Second StoreFront Server
• Setting Up Receiver
• Reinforcement Exercise – Using the Receiver for Web Site

5 - Setting Up XenDesktop Resources

• Setting Up XenDesktop Resources
• Preparing the Master Virtual Machine
• Setting Up a Server OS Master Image
• Setting Up a Desktop OS Master Image
• Creating a Machine Catalog
• Creating a Delivery Group
• Reinforcement Exercise – Adding Machines and Delivery Groups

6 - Managing Policies and Profiles

• 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
• Reinforcement Exercise 1: Working with Policies
• Reinforcement Exercise 2: Working with Profiles

7 - Managing Printing

• Managing Printing
• Default Printing Behavior
• Configuring Client Printing
• Managing Printer Drivers
• Optimizing Printing Performance
• Setting Up and Managing the Universal Print Server
• Reinforcement Exercise: Managing Printing

8 - Setting Up Provisioning Services

• 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
• Reinforcement Exercise – Creating BDM Target Devices

9 - Managing and Monitoring Sessions, Sites, and End Users with

• Director Overview
• Monitoring within the Director Dashboard
• Monitoring and Managing End-User Sessions
• Reinforcement Exercise: Using Director

10 - Setting Up NetScaler

• Setting Up NetScaler
• Performing the Initial NetScaler Configuration
• Configuring NTP
• Configuring NetScaler High Availability
• Setting Up DNS
• Creating Certificates for NetScaler
• Load Balancing StoreFront Servers
• Configuring NetScaler for Remote Access
• Redirecting HTTP Requests for StoreFront
• Modifying StoreFront to Integrate with NetScaler
• Configuring ICA Proxy
• Configuring Authentication Policies
• Configuring NetScaler for Email-Based Account Discovery
• Reinforcement Exercise – Scanning an Endpoint for a File