Designed to learn how to set up scalability, redundancy and security configurations. 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.
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 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. If you do not wish to reference your company name when setting up your TCC account we recommend you use 'EDUCALC' as reference.
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.
Backup, recovery and security considerations and configurations
Module 1: Implementing Redundancy and Scalability
Module 2: Managing a Virtual Apps and Desktops Environment with Multiple Locations Zones
Module 3: Implementing Backups and Disaster Recovery
Module 4: Implementing Advanced Authentication Methods
Module 5: Improving App and Data Security
Module 6: Securing Machines Running the Virtual Delivery Agent
Troubleshooting techniques and tools
Module 7: Introduction to Troubleshooting
Module 8: Troubleshooting Access Issues
Module 9: Troubleshooting Delivery Controller Issues
Module 10: Troubleshooting VDA Registration Issues
Module 11: Troubleshooting HDX Connection Issues
Module 12: Introduction to App Layering
Module 13: Creating an OS Layer
Module 14: Creating a Platform Layer
Module 15: Creating App Layers
Module 16: Creating Elastic App and User Layers
Module 17: Deploying a Layered Image using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Using Templates in App Layering
Using Layered Images in a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site
Module 18: Exploring Layer Priority
Module 19: Maintaining an App Layering Environment
Workspace Environment Management (WEM) considerations and configuration
Module 20: Introduction to Workspace Environment Management (WEM)
Module 21: Using WEM to Centralize Environment Management
Module 22: Using WEM for Performance Optimization
Module 23: Using WEM to Secure Environments
Module 24: Migrating and Upgrading WEM