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Designed to learn how to set up scalability, redundancy and security configurations. In this Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Advanced Administration course You will learn advance features to optimize management of your app and desktop images by building and combining App Layers and Workspace Environment
Management, which can improve logon times, centralize user settings management, optimize the performance of machines running the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA).
In the advanced troubleshooting section, you will learn techniques to investigate many of the commonissues that can affect environment health. You’ll leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions
such as multizone environments spanning multiple locations with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, and HDX.
Built for experienced IT Professionals familiar with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 in an on-premises environment or Citrix Cloud looking to expand their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops skills to an advanced level. Potential students include administrators or engineers responsible for the Citrix Apps and Desktop 7 Site.
In order for you to be able to fully complete your labs it is required for learners to have a valid email account and a mobile phone on which you can install an authenticator app on in order to activate Multifactor Authentication. please note, you will not be asked to submit your email address and your email address will be used for no other purpose than activation of the Multifactor Authentication.
Citrix course materials are only available to delegates in e-courseware format. Delegates will be provided with instructions on how to access their e-courseware on day one of the event. Those delegates who are attending this Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Advanced Administration course via either virtual or extended classroom will be required to provide either three monitors (to view courseware, labs and instructor demos simultaneously) or two monitors and a mobile device. Delegates will be required to have an active TCC (Training.Citrix.com) account in order to access course materials and labs.
Please set up Your TCC account up in advance of the course using the following link:
https://www.citrix.com/welcome/create-account/create-account-form.html
Please note: It is highly recommended that the delegate uses a personal email address (rather than company email) to set up their TCC account.
Should you encounter any issues in setting up your TCC account please ensure that you raise this directly with Citrix in advance of your event by visiting http://training.citrix.com then on the home page click, Help, then select Classroom Support, and submit a Critical or High priority request notifying Citrix of the course start date.
Strong foundational knowledge of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7. Citrix recommends students prepare for this course by taking the following course: CWS-215 Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud.
How to implement advanced administration concepts such as backups, disaster recovery, scalability and redundancy consideration for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 Site
How to configure Workspace Environment Management to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption
App Layering skills such as how to create and administer OS, platform, application, elastic and user layers
We offer a comprehensive range of Citrix courses.
StoreFront and Citrix Gateway
Site Infrastructure
Machines Running the Virtual Delivery Agent
VDA Registration in a Multi-Zone Environment
Zone Preference
Optimal Gateway Routing and Zones
Managing StoreFront Store Subscriptions in a Multi-Location Environment
StoreFront and Citrix ADC Branding
Backups
Disaster Recovery Considerations
Disaster Recovery Process
Multi-factor Authentication – RADIUS & OTP
Multi-factor Authentication – Smart Card Authentication
Federated Authentication – ADFS, SAML, and FAS
Introduction to Application Security
Preventing Jailbreak Attacks
Minimizing the Impact of Attacks
TLS to VDA Encryption
GPOs and Citrix Policies
Image Management
Troubleshooting techniques and tools
Troubleshooting Methodology Process (Standard Slide)
Resource Tools and Utilities
Introduction to PowerShell
Troubleshooting StoreFront
Troubleshooting Citrix Gateway
Validating FMA Services
Troubleshooting VDA Registration
Troubleshooting HDX Connections
App Layering Introduction
Architecture and How it Works
The OS Layer
The Platform Layer
The App Layers
Elastic App Layering
User Layers
Using Templates in App Layering
Using Layered Images in a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
Layer Priority
Updating Layers
Maintaining and Updating the App Layering Environment
Common App Layering Considerations and Additional Resources
Workspace Environment Management (WEM) considerations and configuration
Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Introduction
WEM Administration
Managing User Resources with WEM
Managing Profiles with WEM
Managing Endpoints with the WEM Transformer Feature
Optimizing Machine Performance with WEM
Optimizing User Experience with WEM
WEM Security Features
Migrating to WEM
Upgrading a WEM Deployment
WEM Multi-Location Considerations