CXD-310 Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.1x Advanced Administration
Training for your Group
- Private class for your team
- Online or on-location
- Fully customizable course material
- Onsite testing available
Training for Individuals
$5000
- Live, Instructor-led training
- Expert instructors
- Hands-on instruction
Course Overview
Get more value out of your XenApp and XenDesktop investment through the use of Workspace Environment Management, Provisioning Services, Application Layering, advanced features, and troubleshooting tools. You’ll leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions such as multi-zone environments spanning multiple locations with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, and HDX. You’ll gain the skills to improve logon times, user personalization, and resource performance through Workspace Environment Management. Also, learn to optimize management of your app and desktop images by building and combining App Layers. End the course by learning to install, configure, and manage Provisioning Services in accordance with leading practices.
Course Length: 5 days
Audience: Built for experienced IT Professionals working with XenApp and XenDesktop. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects responsible for the end user workspace, provisioning services environment, and overall health and performance of the solution
Prerequisites: CXD-210: Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.1x Administration
What You're Going To Learn
Students will learn the skills required to be more efficient with XenApp and XenDesktop and be able to leverage more functionality through additional components. A deeper understanding of troubleshooting tools will help student be self-sufficient with solving issues and identifying root cause. Through Workspace Environment Management students will learn to improve logon times, user personalization, and resource performance to provide a better experience while minimizing resource requirements. Students will install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Provisioning Services. The course will focus on leading practices, design considerations, and optimizations in setting up Provisioning Services for optimal resource consumption and performance.
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Course Outline
1 – Intermediate FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA)
- FMA Services
- SQL database connectivity and security
- Zones in FMA
2 – Workspace Environment Management (WEM)
- Introduction to WEM
- Installation and configuration
- Administration
- (Additional WEM topics covered later in the course)
3 – The Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA)
- VDA registration in a multi zone environment
- VDA connection security
- Workspace Environment Management VDA agent
4 – App Layering
- App Layering architecture
- Configuring and assigning app layers
- Managing app layers
5 – User Environment
- Optimizing session machines with WEM
- Zone Preference
- User Profile Management with WEM
6 – StoreFront Optimization and Routing
- User experience optimizations
- Optimal Gateway routing and Zones
- Subscription Store
7 – HDX and Multimedia
- Enlightened Data Protocol (EDT)
- HDX virtual channel architecture
- Multimedia delivery and redirection
- Delivering Skype for Business with XenApp and XenDesktop
8 – Supporting and Troubleshooting User connection issues
- Always on tracing
- Troubleshooting tools
9 – Advanced Provisioning with Provisioning Services
- Getting started with Provisioning Services
- Provisioning Services Architecture
10 – Provisioning Services Infrastructure
- The PVS server role
- The Farm database
- The vDisk Store
11 – Streaming the vDisk
- Introduction to vDisks
- Machine preparation
- Streaming vDisks
- Boot methods
12 – Target Devices
- Introduction to target devices
- Data I/O
- Handling persistent and non-persistent data
13 – Integrating Provisioning Services with XenApp and XenDesktop
- XenDesktop Setup Wizard
- Device Collections
- Published Apps and Desktops
- Using Provisioning Services with XenApp and XenDesktop
14 – Provisioning Services Redundancy
- Farm component redundancy
- Store redundancy
- Database redundancy
15 – Supporting Provisioning Services
- Performing updates
- Auditing and support
- vDisk imaging
- Migrating vDisk images
- Troubleshooting
What to Expect at LeapFox
Knowledgeable Instructors
Our instructors are certified professionals. They are trained on the latest features and how to get the most out of software programs.
Hands-on Labs
No boring lectures! Our courses are designed to give students lots of time to practice what they are learning with hands-on exercises and projects.
Certificate of Completion
Receive a certificate of completion at the end of every course.
Up-to-date Curriculum
Each course comes with a helpful and up-to-date ebook which will contain instruction and practice exercises.
Time Saving Tips N Tricks
In each course, your instructor will show you tips and tricks that will save you time and make you more efficient.
Friendly and Helpful Staff
Our staff is dedicated to your success. Each team member is trained to provide the absolute best customer service possible.
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