Course details
This course provides students with the skills required to effectively support a Citrix application and desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.
Course Outline
1 - Understanding the Architecture of a XenDesktop Solution
- XenDesktop Architecture Overview
- User Layer
- Access Layer
- Control Layer
- Resource Layer
- Management Layer
- XenDesktop Site
- Ports
- Reinforcement Exercise: XenDesktop 7 Components
2 - Managing Licenses and Delegating Administration
- Managing Licenses in Studio
- Managing Delegated Administration
- Monitoring Configuration Logs
- Troubleshooting: Managing Licenses and Delegated Administration
- Reinforcement Exercise: Configuring Roles and Scopes
3 - Managing and Monitoring the Hypervisor
- Architecture Overview
- Creating a Virtual Machine from an ISO
- Managing Virtual Machines within a Hypervisor
- Adjusting Virtual Machine or Template Resources
- Configuring and Customizing Alerts
- Troubleshooting: Managing and Monitoring Hypervisors
- Reinforcement Exercise 1: Creating a Virtual Machine Template
- Reinforcement Exercise 2: Completing the Setup Process After a Sysprep
4 - Managing Desktops and Applications
- Architecture Overview
- Managing Machine Catalogs
- Machine Creation Services
- Creating a Machine Catalog
- Managing Delivery Groups
- Managing Resources
- Deleting Resources
- Troubleshooting: Managing Desktops and Applications
- Reinforcement Exercise: Delivering Server Desktops
5 - Managing StoreFront
- StoreFront Architectural Overview
- StoreFront Management Console
- Creating a New Store
- Hiding a Store
- Managing Authentication
- Enabling End Users to Change Their Passwords
- Managing Delivery Controllers
- Managing Receiver Updates
- Removing a Store
- Troubleshooting: Managing StoreFront
- Reinforcement Exercise: Creating and Configuring a New Store
6 - Managing Policies and Profiles
- 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
- Troubleshooting: Managing Policies
- Managing End-User Profiles
- Troubleshooting: Profile Management
- Reinforcement Exercise 1: Working with Policies
- Reinforcement Exercise 2: Working with Profiles
7 - Managing and Monitoring Sessions, Sites, and End Users with
- Director Overview
- Monitoring within the Director Dashboard
- Monitoring and Managing End-User Sessions
- Troubleshooting: Managing Sites, Sessions, and End Users with Director
- Reinforcement Exercise: Using Director
8 - Managing Printing
- Managing Printing
- Default Printing Behavior
- Configuring Client Printing
- Managing Printer Drivers
- Optimizing Printing Performance
- Discussion Question
- Setting Up and Managing the Universal Print Server
- Troubleshooting: Managing Printing
- Reinforcement Exercise: Managing Printing
9 - Managing Provisioning Services
- Citrix Provisioning Services
- Machine Creation Services or Provisioning Services
- Provisioning Services Overview and Architecture
- Discussion Question
- Navigating the Provisioning Services Console
- Creating the vDisk
- Setting the vDisk Mode
- Creating the Machine Catalog
- Discussion Question
- Promoting Updated Versions
- VHD Chain of Differencing Disks
- Merging VHD Differencing Disks
- Troubleshooting: Provisioning Services
- Reinforcement Exercise: Provisioning Services
Target Audience: Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to:
- Understand the XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 architecture, components, and communication
- Delegate administration and manage licenses
- Manage the XenApp and XenDesktop infrastructure
- Create and manage machine catalogs and Delivery Groups
- Manage StoreFront
- Create and manage policies and end-user profiles
- Manage sessions, sites, and end users with Director
- Manage printing
- Manage Provisioning Services
Related Certifications:
- Citrix Certified Associate - Virtualization
- Citrix Certified Associate
- Citrix Certified Associate - Apps and Desktops
Related Exams:
- Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions Exam
- Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions
Course Location
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