Duration: 5 Days
This fast-paced course provides the foundation necessary for you to effectively centralize and manage desktops and applications in the datacenter while delivering them as a service to users anywhere. You will learn how to build XenApp and XenDesktop environments, assign virtual desktops, and deliver published resources and printers to users. You will cover policies to customize farm settings and the user experience, and you will learn how to administer the environments. In addition, you will learn how to build a Provisioning Services farm to enable single-image desktop management.
This course consists of intensive hands-on labs and lectures and is expected to run approximately nine hours each day. You will be expected to self-study select modules designated by the instructor, as not all topics will be covered during the classroom time.
This course includes an exam voucher for Exam A20 Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration, the requirement for the CCA for Citrix XenApp 6 and an exam voucher for Exam A19 Citrix XenDesktop 5 Administration, the requirement for the CCA for Citrix XenDesktop 5.
Certification:
This course helps you prepare for:
- Exam A20: Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration, the requirement for CCA for Citrix XenApp 6 certification
- Exam A19: Citrix XenDesktop 5 Administration, the requirement for CCA for Citrix XenDesktop 5 certification
What You Will Learn
- Install and configure a Citrix license server, import Citrix licenses, configure license monitoring, and view license usage trends
- Install and configure Citrix XenApp to create a new farm or join an existing farm
- Create administrator accounts and assign custom administrative permissions to the accounts
- Configure the logging of administrative changes to a database
- Create and apply worker groups that simplify the administration of published resources and policies
- Install the Web Interface role
- Create and configure XenApp Web and XenApp Services web sites
- Customize the layout, content, and appearance of a XenApp web site
- Publish application and server desktop resources for access by users and verify that workspace control works correctly
- View and manage user sessions from the administrative console
- Install profiling software, profile an application for streaming, and link dependent profiles to allow interaction between streamed applications
- Publish a streamed application and verify that the streamed application works correctly
- Create policies to improve performance, restrict user access, and shadow user sessions
- Test policies to verify that they produce the desired effect
- Configure custom load evaluators and apply them to servers and applications
- Configure and test failover using a load balancing policy
- Install Citrix Receiver, configure and deliver a plug-in package, and verify that self-service applications can be added from a client device
- Configure printing, including printer auto-creation, driver compatibility lists, session printers, and printing policies
- Configure a XenApp web site to use an ICA proxy
- Tools that can be used to monitor XenApp servers and sessions
- Additional components included with Citrix XenApp Platinum edition
- Configure a XenServer host for desktop delivery
- Adjust virtual machine properties
- Back up virtual machine metadata to shared storage
- Import a virtual machine
- Install XenDesktop
- Add a controller to an existing site
- Install, configure, and secure Web Interface
- Delegate XenDesktop administration
- Prepare a master virtual machine
- Assign users to pooled virtual desktops and dedicated virtual desktops
- Modify desktop catalogs, groups, and a master virtual machine
- Use policies and Profile Management to restrict and allow XenDesktop features
- Monitor XenDesktop sessions
- Shadow XenDesktop sessions
- Install and configure Provisioning Services
- Create a shared vDisk
- Create streamed virtual desktops using Provisioning Services
- Update a vDisk
- Key features of XenDesktop 5.5
Audience
- Server, network, and systems administrators familiar with Microsoft Windows environments, including Windows 2008 R2 administrators
- Existing Citrix XenApp administrators interested in increasing their desktop virtualization skills with Citrix XenDesktop
- Systems engineers, sales engineers, analysts, consultants, and architects
Prerequistes
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Remote Desktop Services
- Knowledge of network and storage devices, device drivers, and operating systems
- Understanding of networking concepts, such as DNS, DHCP, IIS, load balancing, and file and printing services
- Active Directory and group policy
- Server, desktop, and application virtualization concepts
- Citrix XenApp
Course Outline
Citrix XenApp 6.5 Topics
1. Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6
- XenApp 6 Editions
- XenApp 6 Features
- XenApp Architecture
- XenApp Components
- Single and Multiple Farm Environments
- Data Store
- Data Store Updates and the Local Host Cache
- Independent Management Architecture
- Data Collectors
- Data Collector Election
- Zones
- Additional XenApp Components
- Delivery Services Console
2. Licensing XenApp
- XenApp Licensing
- Licensing Communication
- License Communication Process
- License Types
- Citrix License Server 11.6.1
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
- Additional Licensing Considerations
- License Administration Console
- Port Configuration
- Delegated Administrators in the License Administration Console
- Installing Licensing
- Manual Installation and Configuration
- Uninstalling Licensing
- License Server Considerations
- License File Management
- Obtaining License Files
- Importing License Files
- Subscription Advantage
- High Availability Considerations
- Additional License Server Processes
- License Server Clustering
3. Installing XenApp
- Installation Decisions
- XenApp Server Role Manager
- Web Interface Installation Decisions
- Unattended Installation and Configuration
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- XenApp Configuration Options
- Which farm or zones will be used in the environment?
- Which license server will be used for the server farm?
- Which database engine will be used for the data store database?
- Will shadowing be enabled?
- Which port will the Citrix XML service run?
- When will users be added to the local remote desktop users group?
- Which pass-through client will be used in the environment?
- Will pass-through authentication be used in the environment?
- Will information in the data store and configuration logging databases be protected with IMA Encryption?
4. Configuring XenApp Administration
- Worker Groups
- Publishing Applications
- Prioritizing
- Filtering Policies
- Administrator Privilege Levels
- Creating Administrator Accounts
- Configuring Administrator Permissions
- Configuring Folder Permissions
- Delegating Administration
- Configuration Logging
- Creating the Configuration Logging Database
- Configuration Logging Database Settings
- Enabling Configuration Logging
5. Installing and Configuring Web Interface
- Architecture and Communications
- Web Interface Communication Process
- Web Interface Installation
- Site Creation
- Creating a Web Interface Site
- Site Creation Considerations
- XenApp Web Site Configuration Options
- XenApp Services Site Configuration
- Web Interface Site Modification
- Modifying the Web Interface Configuration File
- Using the Web Interface Management Console
- Specifying Citrix Plug-In Backup URLs
- Site Appearance
- Site Customization Options
- Session Preferences
- Session Options
- User Options
- Workspace Control
- Functionality
- Configuration Options
- User Customization
- Configuring
- Citrix Plug-Ins and the Web Interface
- Plug-In Deployment Options
- Automatically Detecting Plug-Ins
- Client Detection
- Client for Java
- Authentication Configuration
- Authentication Options
- Generic RADIUS Support
- Explicit Authentication
- Pass-Through Authentication
- Smart Card Authentication
- Citrix XML Service Trust Relationships
- Secure Access Configuration
- Access Methods
- Network Address Translation
- Network Address Translation Access Types
- Client-Side Proxy Settings
- Server Configuration
- Configuring Multiple Server Farms
- Adding Farms
- Configuring Load Balancing
- Enabling Fault Tolerance
- Specifying the XML Communication Port
- Ticket Expiration Settings
- Web Interface Site Removal
- Troubleshooting Web Interface Issues
6. Delivering Applications and Content
- Published Resources
- Published Resource Types
- Resource Publishing Phases
- Resource Name and Location
- Server Assignment
- Configured or Anonymous Accounts
- Users and Groups
- Resource Publishing Settings
- VM Hosted Apps
- Organizing Published Resources for Users
- Advanced Published Resource Settings
- Access Control
- Content Redirection
- Implementing Resource Limits and Client Options
- Configuring Resource Appearance
- Published Resource Configuration
- Managing Connections to Resources
- Disabling or Hiding a Published Resource
- Troubleshooting Application Delivery Issues
7. Streaming Applications
- Application Streaming
- Components
- Communication Process
- Streaming App-V Packages
- Citrix Offline Plug-In
- Citrix Streaming Profiler
- Profiling Process
- Installing the Citrix Streaming Profiler
- Creating a Profile
- Profile Security Setting
- Targets
- Inter-Isolation Communication
- Profile Preference Settings
- Profile System Requirements
- Profile Installation Types
- Profile Properties
- Limits for Profiling Applications
- Target Properties
- Upgrading an Application in a Target
- Application Delivery Methods
- Benefits of Streaming with Dazzle
- Web Delivery Method
- Streaming to Servers
- Publishing a Streamed Application
- Specifying an Alternate Prof
Course Labs
Lab 1: Install the License Server
Lab 2: Import Citrix Licenses
Lab 3: Install XenApp Server Role
Lab 4: Configure the XenApp Server
Lab 5: Add XenAppServer-2 to the Farm
Lab 6: Reconfigure XenAppServer-2 as a XenApp Controller
Lab 7: Delegate Administration to Other Accounts
Lab 8: Create Location- and Application-Based Worker Groups
Lab 9: Install the Web Interface Role
Lab 10: Build a XenApp Web Site
Lab 11: Build a XenApp Services Site
Lab 12: Customize the XenApp Web Site with Coolidge Branding
Lab 13: Publish Hosted Applications
Lab 14: Publish the San Francisco Server Desktop
Lab 15: Test and Manage Sessions
Lab 16: Profile Mozilla Firefox for Windows 7
Lab 17: Profile Mozilla Firefox for Windows Server 2008 R2
Lab 18: Profile Linking Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Reader
Lab 19: Publish Firefox as a Streaming Application
Lab 20: Create a Policy to Prevent Session Termination Upon Application Exit
Lab 21: Create a Policy to Restrict User Access
Lab 22: Create a Policy to Configure Shadowing
Lab 23: Create a Policy from Template to Improve WAN Performance
Lab 24: Test the Policies
Lab 25: Assign a Custom Load Evaluator
Lab 26: Create a Failover Situation
Lab 27: Handle Failover with Load Balancing Policy
Lab 28: Simulate a Plug-in Deployment
Lab 29: Create a New Delivery for Citrix Self-Service Plugin
Lab 30: Use the Self-Service Applications
Lab 31: Identify Printer Defaults
Lab 32: Disallow Auto-Creation of a Trouble Printer
Lab 33: Disable Auto-Creation of Client Printers
Lab 34: Create Session Printers for All Employees
Lab 35: Test the Printer Policies
Lab 36: Set Up ICA Proxy on a New XenApp Web Site
Lab 37: Test the ICA Proxy Configuration
Lab 38: Configure License Service Monitoring
Lab 39: View XenApp License Server Activity
Lab 40: Configure the Hypervisor for Desktop Delivery
Lab 41: Install XenDesktop in a Production Environment
Lab 42: Add a Controller to an Existing Site
Lab 43: Install and Configure Web Interface
Lab 44: Secure Web Interface with HTTPS
Lab 45: Delegate Administration
Lab 46: Prepare the Master Virtual Machine
Lab 47: Create a Baseline Policy
Lab 48: Prioritize Policies
Lab 49: Configure Profile Management
Lab 50: Monitor XenDesktop Sessions
Lab 51: Shadow XenDesktop Sessions
Lab 52: Install Provisioning Services
Lab 53: Configure the Environment for Provisioning Services
Lab 54: Create a Master Target Device and Golden vDisk
Lab 55: Create Streamed Virtual Desktops
Lab 56: Update a vDisk
