CXD-203 Managing App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6

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