Citrix Training Institute Mumbai

Program Overview

This five-day Citrix certification program provides the foundation necessary for administrators to effectively centralize and manage applications in the datacentre and instantly deliver them as a service to users anywhere. Learners will receive training for installing and configuring Citrix XenApp 6.5 for Windows Server 2008 R2, Citrix Receiver and plug-ins, as well as for using administrative consoles and tools to configure resources, policies, server and farm settings, printers, virtualized applications and more.

Agenda

Day 1 Module 1: Introductions and program Overview Module 2: Introducing XenApp Module 3: Licensing XenApp Module 4: Installing XenApp Module 5: Configuring XenApp Administration	Day 2 Module 6: Installing and configuring Web Interface Module 7: Delivering Applications and Content Module 8: Streaming Application
Day 3 Module 9: Configuring Policies Module 10: Configuring Load Management	Day 4 Module 11: Optimizing the user Experience Module 12: Configuring Self-service Applications Module 13: Configuring Printing
Day 5 Module 14: Securing XenApp Module 15: Monitoring XenApp Module 16: Additional components

Who should attend? This program is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network and systems administrators familiar with Microsoft Windows environment, including Windows 2008 R2 administrators interested in becoming a XenApp administrator. Existing XenApp administrators or systems engineers interested in updating their XenApp skills, receiving authorized Citrix training on XenApp 6.5, or achieving certification for XenApp 6.5 are ideal candidates. Systems engineers, sales engineers, analysts, consultants and architects  are also appropriate candidates for this program.

Prerequisites Prior to taking this Certified Citrix training program, Citrix recommends that learners possess the following knowledge and experience: Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or Enterprise Database Servers Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy Basic understanding of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Familiarity with application virtualization technologies, such as Citrix application streaming or Microsoft App-V Basic understanding of Windows Server networking concepts, such as DNS, IIS® Load balancing, file and printing services procedures and high availability operations Exposure to basic system administration concepts, including logging, software upgrade Familiarity with server monitoring tools Basic understanding of VPN concepts, including SSL encryption and certificates

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, learners are able to perform the following:

• Identify the basic architecture and high level functionality of XenApp and farm components
• Configure License Administration console ports and administrators, install the Citrix License Server and import license files into the console
• Make installation decisions appropriate for an environment, and install and configure XenApp using the Server Role Manager and Server Configuration Tool
• Add and configure worker groups, administrative accounts, and permissions and log administrative changes
• Install and configure Web Interface, create and customize Web Interface sites and configure client delivery
• Publish applications, content and desktops for users
• Configure applications for streaming to servers and the desktops of Windows user devices
• Create and configure Citrix policies, applying filters and using policy modeling tools
• Create and assign load evaluators and implement load balancing policies
• Identify the different session optimization display settings, HDX settings and profile management components
• Identify self-service application technologies and install Citrix Receiver
• Explain key Citrix printing concepts and terms, and configure printing for XenApp
• Secure application access using Access Gateway
• Describe the monitoring tools and technologies for XenApp and track license usage
• Identify the purpose and key components of SmartAuditor, Single sign-on, Branch optimization, Provisioning services, Power and Capacity Management and XenServer

Delivery Method

Instructor-led classroom training led by a Citrix certified Instructor