CMB-207-1I Citrix Desktop Virtualization Fast
Track
Audience
This course is intended for IT professionals, such as
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, are
ideal candidates. Systems engineers, sales engineers, analysts,
consultants, and architects are also appropriate candidates for
this course.
Instructional Method
This course is offered as an instructor-led training
course that focuses on the practical application of XenApp and
XenDesktop concepts and administrative tasks through hands-on
exercises in a lab environment. Students are expected to self-study
select modules of the course content after classroom hours each
day. Regularly scheduled Question and Answer sessions will occur
daily to address students' questions arising from the self-study
sessions.
Preparatory Recommendations
Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that students
have a basic understanding of the following
technologies:
Microsoft Windows Server
2008 R2 and Remote Desktop Services
Network and storage devices,
device drivers, and operating systems
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
Key Skills
Upon completion of this course, students will be able
to:
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.
Identify tools that can be
used to monitor XenApp servers and sessions.
Identify additional
components included with Citrix XenApp Platinum edition.
Configure a XenServer host
for desktop delivery.
Adjust virtual machine
properties.
Backup 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.
Identify key features of XenDesktop 5.5.